Photo by Vinod Devlia
ATLANTA----September 20, 2005 - Robin Raina Foundation (RRF)
today announced that a capacity audience of 1100 people attended
the Sada-E-Ghazal concert held at the Glenn Memorial Auditorium
on 16th Sep.’05. The concert was the first of its kind in
Atlanta with three Ghazal legends – Ghulam Ali, Talat Aziz and
Anup Jilota playing together for the first time in Atlanta.
RRF also announced that the pre-show dinner on the 15th
September at the Impact Center was a huge success with the
foundation raising $143,000 in donations. The dinner was
attended by an exclusively invited audience of approximately 200
people, and presided by the legendary cricketer Kapil Dev. The
trio of Ghulam Ali, Anup Jilota and Talat Aziz also attended the
pre-show dinner.
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During the dinner, two bats were auctioned for a total sum of
$7,900. The evening’s highlight was the magnanimity shown by
Talat Aziz who donated $3100 for one of the signed bats. In a
rare gesture, the RRF founder first donated $4800 for one of the
signed bats and then in a spirit of friendship, gifted the bat
to one of RRF’s ardent supporters Mr. PI Joy, who had made the
second highest bid of $4700.

The pre-show dinner had all the four celebrities speaking from
the podium and conveying their strong admiration and support to
RRF’s efforts to help the under-privileged. This was followed by
a rather moving speech from the RRF Founder Robin Raina who
talked about the reasons for all of us in privileged positions
to step up and help the poor in the Indian sub-continent. He
used real life stories of the children adopted to underscore his
points. He talked about his recent trip to Pakistan and the need
to help the poor there. He also elaborated on RRF’s plans to
build a hospital for the poor on the outskirts of Delhi.
This moving performance was followed by an appeal by Robin Raina
to all present, to pledge money to the cause of the
under-privileged. The ensuing pledges at the dinner raised in
total a sum of $143,000 with Robin contributing $120,800 out of
it.
RRF spokesperson Sanjay Supehia also issued an appeal for more
donations and announced that it has already heard from many more
donors who promised to send their checks by post. All donations
should be in favor of Robin Raina Foundation and should be sent
to: RRF (Attention Sanjay Supehia), 2075 Lake Shore Landing,
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Both the pre-show and the concert evenings will be remembered by
all present for a long time for the true mix of magnanimity,
great music as also for a true opportunity where the exclusive
pre-show dinner audience was able to rub shoulders with the four
celebrities, take pictures with them as also truly mingle freely
with them.
About the Robin Raina Foundation
A 501(c) charity, Raina foundation has been setup to raise funds
for work to be carried out to empower children who need help
around the world. The foundation's focus is to make a difference
in the lives of children - who are handicapped, blind, mentally
challenged, sick or in need of urgent medical help and
underprivileged kids who need education.
RRF Contacts:
Sanjay Supehia, (678) 517-8688
ssupehia@rainafoundation.com
Ashish Arora, (678) 910-2604
aarora@rainafoundation.com
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