Rub in Punjabi means God. A rabbi is a man of God.  For Jews, he is their spiritual leader. Remember Robert Browning’s poem, Rabbi ben Ezra?

We have our own rabbi in Delhi, Rabbi Shergill.

His actual name is Gurpreet Singh Gill. He studied at  Guru Harkrishan Public School, India Gate and  Khalsa College, DU.

Rabbi created new genre of music, an integration of rock and sufiana. His first trade mark  song  ‘Bulla Ki Jana Main Kaun’ that made him famous overnight, illustrates this genre.

The  song itself was written by the famous Sufi poet Bulle Shah. Few people understand the words of the song, much less their  meanings beyond the first stanza. But still the song enthralls the listenrs.

The reason? The words appear to be rising  up somewhere from the deepest layers of the heart. The  soaring   crescendo convyes an angst in quest for self identity and  creates a kind of mystique, which in words of  Sir V S Naipal is “very, very soulful”

 The song amply exemplifies the universal power of music. You don’t understand the words, but you still love to hear it. Rabbi’s fans also  include Amitabh Bachchan,  and Meera Nair who compares him with Pakistan’s sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.