Bengaluru: The nightingale has started singing again in the Shravana Maasa. Though the Shravana Maasa comes after Ashaadha, in the month of August or thereabouts, this nightingale feels the Shravana maasa now!
According to Hindu rituals, Shravana has special significance. The most auspicious days of this month are the Fridays and the Tuesdays. These days women wake up early in the morning to worship the Goddess, and though August is still 4 months away, the nightingale has started singing again. She has put her bad days behind her and is looking forward to the good days ahead, even as she brightens the days of so many of her fans across India and the world.
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Yes, the famous Kannada light music (Sugama Sangeetha) singer Premalatha Diwakar, a rape victim, after several months, has returned to the mainstream music world – She will be releasing her CD of light songs on Tuesday. She will also sing many songs along with her students at the same event. The event is called “Matte Shravana” (Shravana again) for her comeback, which indirectly gives the message that she is trying to forget the bad days and start a new endeavor in her musical life.
Premalatha is the victim in the rape case against Ramachandrapur Mutt seer Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swami. She faced several challenges including an unofficial ban from her Havyaka community as well as the mental agony of getting arrested in an alleged false case against her family. The CID is investigating the case and it will file the chargesheet soon.
She even lost her brother-in-law Shyam Prasad Shastry, who committed suicide after an alleged threat from the supporters of Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swami.
Now Premalatha Diwakar, has started singing again after a long gap!
Raganjali Trust, an organisation dedicated to promotion of music has organised a function for releasing a CD of the latest collection of musical rendition of lyrics sung by Premalatha Diwakar, at Bengaluru Gayana Samaja at 5.30 pm on 21. 4. 2015. This function indicates her determination to come back to the mainstream from the the nightmare she found herself in during the last eight months.
The organisers have requested the public to attend this function and extend support which she needs in her struggle to reintegrate herself into society.
When contacted, Premalatha Diwakar, said that she is happy to make a come back and dedicate her songs for the women who always face challenges. She said that the songs are meaningful and they were collected from the famous poets of the land including Rastrakavi GS Shivarudrappa, Siddayya Puranik, HS Venkatesh Murthy etc.
However, she did not make any comment on the rape case against the Ramachandrapur Mut seer Raghaveshwara Swami.
