Falguni Pathak

Falguni Pathak

I have been singing for the last 27 years. I have not learnt music through any formal education.  I began singing as I continued to listen to songs on the radio.  I performed on stage for the first time at the age of nine.  I never looked back from there on. I kept achieving newer heights of success as I continued singing.  I was not falling short of anything for that matter.  Nevertheless, somewhere in one remote corner of my mind, I continued to feel some regret that I had not learnt music formally from a Guru.  I came to Bapu and my formal education in Music began here.

On the insistence of my friend Sheetal, in the year 2004, I came to take Bapu’s darshan.  In the beginning, I would come on a Thursday, take his darshan and would return.  However, slowly I began to take part in the activities of the Sanstha.  As I continued, before I could realize; I had become an integral part of the family of shraddhavans.  I began to acknowledge Bapu as my Sadguru.  What caught my attention the most was the fact that my Sadguru, behaved and looked like any one of us.  Just the way we go for a movie, he goes for a movie with his family.  He goes out on a picnic.  All of this felt unique.  It touched a chord deep inside knowing that my Sadguru was as normal as any one of us.  Particularly, I was quite delighted to know that just as I loved music, he loved music too.