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Nothing
feeds the soul like music! Most of us cannot do without
our daily dose of music from our favourite artists. Well,
after all what is life without enjoying music? Many of
us are fortunate enough and blessed with good health to
enjoy the good things in life. Some of us have never come
across a terminally ill person. Sometimes, our mind refuses
to stop and remember the unfortunate.
Did you know that A.R. Rahman’s father, Malayalam
music director Ravi Sekhar, died of cancer? And the popular
music director Mahesh Mahadevan who scored scintillating
music for films such as ‘Nammavar’, ’Kuruthi
Punal’, ‘Alavandaan’ (background score)
and numerous jingles, recently lost his battle with cancer.
Incidence
of Cancer in India
According to the National Cancer Registry Programme in
India, the estimated numbers of new cancer cases diagnosed
in India per year is a whopping 700,000 –900,000.The
population based cancer registries report says that 1
in 15 men and 1 in 12 women in urban centres in India
are likely to be afflicted by cancer once in their life
time!
Visit
http://icmr.nic.in/ncrp/cancer_reg.htm
for more details on the National Cancer Registry Programme
and information on the incidence of cancer in India
Support
Cancer care and Music
For the list of institutions and organizations offering
cancer care in India, visit
http://www.uicc.org/publ/directory/in.html
Mahesh memorial Trust has been formed as a non-profit
organization to support cancer patients and spread awareness
about cancer .The trust also supports institutions imparting
education in music. Recently, the ‘UNITY OF LIGHT’
A R Rahman concert was organized by the trust in Chennai
.All proceeds from the concert would go towards the activities
of the trust. Lets support Mahesh Memorial Trust and support
music for a cause-cancer care!
Mahesh
Memorial Trust
7-B Third Street, Balajinagar
Chennai 600 014, India
Tel: (044) 813-1505
Fax: +91 44 813-2598
Email: info@real-image.com
Visit
the following links for info on Mahesh Memorial Trust
and the Unity of Light concert in Chennai.
Live
beyond cancer programme of Mahesh memorial trust
http://www.real-image.com/livebeyondcancer/
Unity
of Light concert ,Chennai organized by Mahesh memorial
Trust
http://www.unityoflight.info/unityoflight.html
A
note on Mahesh
http://www.real-image.com/maheshnote.htm
The
Hindu article on Mahesh
http://www.real-image.com/maheshart.htm
Post
a message:
Share
your memories of Mahesh or send a message to his family
here :
http://www.real-image.com/maheshform.htm
View
condolence messages on Mahesh here:
http://www.real-image.com/maheshmes.htm
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