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Jagjit Singh in town

The Round Table India (RTI) is an organisation of young people between the ages of 25 to 40 years and is represented in over 69 cities in India. The main objective of the RTI is to educate one million children through their slogan FREEDOM THROUGH EDUCATION programme.

Madras Spice Round Table 159 which is just 20 months old, has been driving voluntary energies towards social causes and has already completed a Rs. eight-lakh school project at Ambattur.

MSRT 159 has commissioned another mega project costing about Rs 15 lakh, to build a school in Madipakkam, for the underprivileged, orphaned, physically challenged and poor children, according to Gitesh Aggarwal, Inter Table Organiser.

'Katradhu Tamizh' Ram's next Diwali in Suburbs Rajini Still In A Dilemma! அஜீத் பேட்டி? ராம் இயக்கத்தில் சேரன்? கமல் பாராட்டிய டைட்டில்்

Towards this endeavor, MSRT 159 is organising a star musical nite as a fund raiser, where the star performer will be the undisputed king of Ghazals, Jagjit Singh. The event is on Saturday, the 26th of June 2004 at the Music Academy, Chennai.

Tickets are priced at Rs. 250 (Balcony) and Rs. 500, 1,000 and 1,500 for Ground floor, and are available at spots like Landmark, Odyssey, Sree Mithai, Music Zone and Seating World.

Jagjit Singh is the name of a soul touching voice . 'Jag' means World and 'Jit' means Winning. Like his name, he has won millions of hearts all over the world. His talent of singing Ghazals in unique style, with his own mix of classical and western music have changed the typical way of singing ghazals. He has given Ghazal singing a new dimension.

Jagjit Singh was born in the Ganganagar, Rajasthan, a western state of India on 8th February 1941. Being born in a very religious Sikh family; his father inspired him to sing the religious chants in ragas. But as Jagjit grew up he was more drawn towards modern music and his talents in ragas gave him a chance to master the art of ghazal singing.

After acquiring the B.A. Degree from D.A.V. College in Jalandhar, he came to Mumbai, looking for a career in playback singing and then the struggle began. He used to sing at marriage parties and functions at that time. During this struggle to survive in such a vast city, he meet Chitra Singh; fell in love; and married her.

He got his first LP out in 1976 which was a big hit and his first song in this the unforgettable Album was ' Baat Niklegi to Phir door talak jayegi'. So we can say "Baat nikli aur abhi tak goonj rahi hai ".

He then sang in Hindi, Punjabi films and had a number of albums released which were liked by almost anybody who understood Hindi or Punjabi.

Jagjit Singh went through a painful time when he lost his only son Vivek in a car accident. In an interview to a Canadian TV channel, he mentioned that he could not have survived this pain if there was no music." 'Jag' ne cheena mujhse mujhe jo bhi laga payara....sab 'Jit' gaye mujhse main hardam hi hara", clearly shows the pain Jagjit Singh has encountered in his life.

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