This band allows the blind to express themselves in music

Blind musician Ragu Raman (centre) playing Rasa Sayang on the harmonium. He is joined by fellow blind singers (from left to right) Lim Ah Peng, M. Manoghayathiri and Muhamad Mazwan Muhamad Shakri. - LOW LAY PHON / The Star

When hell broke loose in the pub due to rowdy crowds, blind musician Ragu Raman would be whisked to safety.

“Bouncers would lift me up and carried me out the back door,” says a bemused Raman, 56, whose real name is Raman Nagappan. “I didn’t feel like a maharajah ... I feared for my life!” adds Raman, who has been in the music industry for 33 years.