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Comedian-actor-RJ Mir's nightmare to lose voice one day in the city of rising decibels
Kolkata, July 3 (IBNS) Popular TV anchor-RJ-emcee-actor-stand-up comedian Mir often goes through a nightmare about losing his voice one dreadful morning and not getting to do what he best knows - to cast his web of wit and oratory on countless fans of FMs, reality shows and functions.
"I am letting out one secret. I often see the nightmare these days that I have woken up and discovered I am not talking any more. I dread of losing my voice and not going to my places any more - to FM station, to channel studios, to other places.
"I love to talk and if I ever lose my voice that will be no less than excruciating pain," Mir tells IBNS on the sidelines of Speak India festival to raise awareness about the differently abled.
Mir draws this parallel when asked if the increasing sound pollution and rise in incidents of deafness among the present generation triggers alarm about an entire generation afflicted with the deafness syndrome one day.
On a different plateau, he regrets lack of sensitivity about the hardships of differently-abled, whom he would describe as specially abled, in public places of our country as compared to the situation abroad where there are ramps, and other provisions in transport, parks, resturants, offices everywhere.
"I will talk about a young chess talent from the state who had made Bengal proud in the chess national for blind in 2015 and is preparing to represent the country in the Chess Olympiad for Blind in 2017 in Macedonia. In my forums including FM talk show," he says.
National award winner singer Rupankar Bagchi, who was also roped in as the face of Avoru Health and Research Foundation's 'Speak India' campaign to project the cause of the hearing impaired, says "Not only the differently abled persons, even we the so-called normal human beings who exercise their vocal strains, are now facing the threat of an increasingly 'loud world of synthetic sounds."
"People are using head phones and we are always being invaded by noise. This is more seen in metro cities, We are increasingly not listening to each other. We all need voice therapy," Rupankar, who regaled the audience with award winning tracks like 'E Tumi Kemon' from Jatiswar and 'Gobhire Jao' from Hemlock Society, says at the backstage.
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