Renowned Rabindra Sangeet artiste Sahana Bajpaie has expressed concern over what she describes as the gradual erosion of Bengali identity, particularly in the cultural sphere. In a recent Facebook ...

Renowned Rabindra Sangeet artist Sahana Bajpaie has warned of what she sees as a steady decline in Bengali identity. In a Facebook post, she criticised the growing trend of prioritising Hindi songs ...

Sanjida Khatun, whose very essence was steeped in melody, whose breath carried the cadence of literature, and whose life radiated an unflinching love for her land. To utter her name is to invoke a ...

Two years ago, Sanjida Khatun came to Chhayanaut in a wheelchair for an event celebrating her 90th birthday. This time, a sombre mood pervaded her beloved institution as she returned for the last time ...

In a heartfelt tribute to one of Bangladesh's most revered Rabindra Sangeet singers, Papia Sarwar, the 43rd annual session of the Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad will honour her with the ...

There's a special aura around the people who are part of the first generation in a particular field. Their legacy becomes intrinsically linked with that field as they invariably set the tone for ...

While Kerala and Bengal share numerous cultural similarities, Prof. B. Ananthakrishnan, Vice Chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam, emphasised that it is important to study the differences between these ...

KOCHI: Sharing a slice of the Bengali culture and folk music, artists from Visva Bharati University of West Bengal recently mesmerised music lovers with Riturang, a celebration of the soulful songs of ...

Renowned singer, songwriter and academic Dr Sahana Bajpaie, who teaches Bengali language and literature at SOAS, University of London, shared a video showing one of her students singing Amar Praner ...

Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. May 7 is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It is known as Pachishe Boisakh in West ...