New Delhi, Sept 11: Atal Behari Vajpayee, the nation's most poetic premier yet, will score a prime ministerial first when an audio cassette containing eight poems written by him is released at a function here on September 14.Titled ``Geet Naya Gata Hoon'', the cassette of Hindi poems is the first such venture by an Indian Prime Minister and would feature eight of his poems from his noted work ``Meri Ekkavan Kavitaye'' (my 51 poems) published a few years ago.
The cassette will be released by Gyanpeeth award winner Ali Sardar Jafri at a function at which Vajpayee would also be present.
The songs are rendered by noted Marathi classical singer Padmaja Phenany Joglekar, who also makes her debut in the Hindi music world with the cassette. Music has been given by noted Sindhi and Punjabi music director Mahesh Chander and Padmaja.
The launch of the cassette, which is being brought out by HMV was announced by Padmaja as also Bhalchandra Datar of the Datar group who has sponsored the project.They said the royalty of the project would be donated to the Prime Minister' relief fund.
On the occasion, renowned artist Usha Pnenany Bhatte, will present the Prime Minister a portrait of his drawn by her.
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