Mohan Singh Khangura’s journey to Santiniketan is intrinsically linked to his association with renowned cine and theatre actor, Balraj Sahni. Sahni spent a brief period of time at Visva Bharati teaching English at Patha Bhavana. Mohan’s cousin, Harwant Singh Sekhu was Sahni’s friend. Both were
Soukarya Ghosal (SG) has already made his mark as an independent film director in Tollywood with films like Pendulum, Loadshedding, Rainbow Jelly, Rakta Rahasya and Bhootpori under his belt. Time and again he has been vocal about children’s rights. How has his journey been so
Mohan Singh studied and specialized in classical vocal music at Sangeet Bhavana, but he hardly sang Ranbindrasangeet. For him, Rabindrasangeet was a kind of devotion and he offered Tagore’s songs as prayer and sang to himself, for his own peace of mind. He performed duets
Mohan Singh Khangura never wished to be stamped as a Punjabi or a Bengali. He feels most comfortable when he is presented as an out-and-out ‘Santiniketani’ (one who hails from Santiniketan). That’s when he feels most comfortable and insists that’s the one and only way
Nemai Chand Boral was a man of few words. Sometimes he would casually ask Mohan Singh to drop in at his quarter saying, “Come over to our house this evening. My wife will be cooking luchi and aloo dum curry.” After dinner music would follow.
He is an icon amid the infinite ocean of music. Although born in a Punjabi family in a village near Kila Raipur in Ludhiana district, he prefers to be identified as a Santiniketan ashramite. He is Mohan Singh Khangura. Born into an educated, liberal family
At a time when students of Benaras Hindu University have refused to learn Sanskrit from Firoze Khan, a PhD in the subject who was appointed, Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir Belur appointed Muslim professor Ramzan Khan and tribal Ganesh Tudu as assistant professors of Sanskrit. Vidyamandira happens
• There was an era in Bengal Music, when songs had rich lyrics. Are lyrics still important? My world of songs is centred around my father Salil Chowdhury’s music. I mostly listen to Western and Indian classical music. However, the last time I heard Bengali songs
Singer Rupankar Bagchi in an exclusive interview to GB speaks on his singing and acting career and his take on modern music • Hardly any Pujo albums are being launched these days, instead we find launches on Youtube. What is your take on this shift? I think
• There was an era in Bengal Music, when songs had rich lyrics. Are lyrics still important? My world of songs is centred around my father Salil Chowdhury’s music. I mostly listen to Western and Indian classical music. However, the last time I heard Bengali songs