<P><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I'm
quite disappointed to see a no. of posts opened in last few weeks )
declaring Vinit as another Rafi born. This only speaks volumes of
ignorance of current generation in understanding what Rafi Sahab was.
For that matter any singer who established a niche in the Golden era,
won't be born again.<SPAN></SPAN>Rafi
sahab was a singer par excellence; there is hardly any other singer who is
as versatile as him. He was a true blessing to the people of <?:namespace
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><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</
st1:place></st1:country-region> from God. He has sung all categories of
songs, right from classical songs to qawaali, ghazal, bhajan, thumri &
several semiclassical Hindi Film songs.Other than being a very good
singer, he was a very good person. Once Nisar Bazmi ( a composer who
moved to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-regi on> in 1960) didn't
have money to pay Rafi da then Rafi saab charged him only 1 Re/song…!!
Can we expect this from singers today..?He has been awarded many
honours, filmfare awards plus Padamshree by Govt. of India. To reach
anyway near him will remain a dream for 1000 years…!So I humbly
request every one to desist from comparing any budding singer with the
legends like Rafisahab / Kishoreda/Yesudaas or others.</SPAN>
I agree. Rafi was a classically trained singer. Sorry to say this but today's
youth ( I am sounding so old here 😊 ); do not appreciate classical
training. That's why Chandu was in the yellow zone so much. That why
Nihira lost before Himani. That's why Raktima was out day 1.