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Anoushka to touch little hearts with charity show
Like any other two-year-old, Priyanka Bachar simply loves to play if possible, for the entire day.
Shibsree Jana (4) suffers from a similar problem.
That Anoushka Shankar is a sitarist par excellence is nothing new. But Pandit Ravi Shankar's daughter is also a person with a big heart, who is doing all she can to provide relief to underprivileged children with heart ailments. On Sunday, she will play at a fund-raising concert in the Science City Auditorium, organized by the Rotary Club of Salt Lake Midtown, in association with The Anoushka Shankar Project in aid of paediatric heart surgery.
"If all the seats at the auditorium are booked, we can hope to help 20 underprivileged children in undergoing heart surgery," said Samir Saha, president of Rotary Club of Salt Lake Midtown. "It is the first time that Anoushka would be performing in eastern India with renowned Indian and overseas artistes as part of the project for paediatric heart surgery." Tickets for the show are priced between Rs 300 and Rs 2,000 and are available at all Aqua Java outlets, Zoom 16 outlets and Reliance World stores at Camac Street, Phoolbagan, Tollygunge and Howrah.
Ten-year-old Arindam Bag of Singur, whose father runs a tea stall, is excited and eager to meet Anoushka. "I love to play cricket but I soon become tired. I know that I will soon be fit to play like Sourav Ganguly. I want to be a doctor and make sure no child suffers from heart problems," he said.
Treating all these five children is Biswajit Bandopadhyay, head of the paediatric cardiology department at the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS). "Since they come from poor families, RTIICS has waived many expenditures; the remaining amount will hopefully be met if the cultural programme is a success," he said.
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