During the months of October/November each year, when Diwali is usually celebrated, I get a chance to socialise with the people from the Indian Community in Scotland. Me and my family make it a point to visit the Diwali celebrations organised by the Telugu Association of Scotland (TAS) every year. We attended this year's celebrations held on 2nd November at Ballarup Hall in East Kilbride. This year was a bit different from the previous years, in a sense that we watched a musical performance by a newly formed group of Indian origin singers/musicians living in the UK. The group is named "Rainbow Raagas" and is based in Liverpool. The event was compered by an ex-anchor in Mana Telugu TV, Mr. Vijay Bhaskar.The celebrations were inaugurated by Mr. Murthy an Andhraite, who left the shores of India many years back and is now settled in Glasgow.
Kumari Anjali started the evening with the Telugu song written by Sri Sankarambadi Sundarachari "Maa Telugu Talliki". Pranav and Lalit then recited a few Telugu slokas and Lakshmi Ashtakam.
President of TAS, Dr. Ashok Bhuvanagiri gave a speech highlighting the progress made by the Association in the past six years. Kumari Vakya then performed Kuchipudi dance.This was followed by rendition of Telugu Kritis by Kumari Soumyasi and Kumari Anjali. Few other children performed dances and played the violin and the keyboard.
The proceedings were further enlivened with "Rainbow Raagas" performing telugu songs from the present and yester era. The group consists of founder and singer Andrew, singers Kalyani and Rex, drums player Charles and a Keyboard artist.
During the intervals, Prem a very talented mime artist performed a couple of miming acts. The first was about a man trying to get rid of a chewing gum and the second was about a man's ordeal in search of water.
Later in the evening, "Rainbow Raagas" performed some more melodious songs. There were interludes of dancing by some Indian Students studying in universities in and around Glasgow.
The celebrations concluded with the felicitation of all the participants by Mr. Murthy.
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