With the new millennium beckoning, Raageshwari and her father decided to work around this very concept and dedicate an album to it. The album was called ‘Y2K Saal Do Hazaar’. The troubles Rishabh faced while filming the ambitious video for the title song served as a sign of things to come. The video for ‘Ikki chikki chikita’ was also mired in problems as Ragz filmed the video while combating malaria.

To the relief of everyone involved, the album was released with much fanfare and even a concert on the eve of the year 2000. But no sooner than a week after the concert Raageshwari was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a condition that left her with a paralysed and distorted left side of the face and a slur in her voice. It took over a year for her to recover from her condition and emerge stronger than before. Intense physiotherapy, electrical stimulation and yoga helped her resurrect herself. This she combined with classical training in order to heal her vocal chords.

In the meantime, Raageshwari used television as a means to stay in touch with her fans. TV shows like ‘Ek do teen’ and ‘Baar baar dekho’ on MTV; ‘Kuch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun’ on Sony; ‘Quest’ for BBC and ‘One on One With Raageshwari’ on Ten Sports kept her alive in public memory.

Today, the words ‘workaholic’ and ‘thorough professional’ seem to be synonymous with Raageshwari. Perseverance and destiny have helped her find her way back in the music industry and Ragz is back doing what defines her: offering her music as the soundtrack to our lives!