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| Alka Ajith, Thalassery, Kannur |
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At the age when infants need lullabies to go to sleep, Alka was already lisping songs to entertain her parents. Now at 7 years of age, Alka Ajith has already achieved distinctions like singing in 10 languages, 500 plus stage performances, UNESCO gold medal, Rotary International award, etc.
Alka, who debuted on stage at the age of 2½ years, is a hit with the audiences of ‘ganamelas’, where she sings from her repertoire of 3000 songs. Alka has a family tradition of music. Her grandfather was a noted singer. Her father Ajith is a professional singer and keyboard player. Ajith’s brother Manoj is a guitarist with Yesudas’s troupe. Another uncle of her, Sudhir, is a member of the military orchestra.
Her debut on August 15, 1999 at I.M.A Hall, Thalassry happened at a time when her father left R.R.Orchestra at Bangalore and started Sangeet Sagar at Thalassry. Now young Alka is the star singer in the Sangeet Sagar troupe. Although the troupe has other singers, 15-songs effort of Alka is the key attraction at their programmes.
A fan of noted playback singer K.S.Chitra, Alka has already brought out 6 audio cassettes and has found her name included in the Limca Book of Indian Records.
Courtesy: Biju Pazhayampally, Stree Dhanam, June 2004
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