In 2013, Mohan Singh Khangura said in an interview, these days an artiste gets his/her due recognition only after his/her passing away. His elder son Bikram was a Rabindrasangeet exponent of the contemporary generation. It is well-known among music connoisseurs that he was a brilliant
If we talk of fusion music today, Sourindro Mohun Tagore spoke of hybrid musical instruments long back in the 19th century. Instruments which had both features of Indian and Western traditions, such as the sitar and violin. His incredible knowledge on Hindustani classical music was
The singing style (gayaki) of both Santidev Ghosh and Sailajaranjan Majumdar was similar to Dinu-Da’s (Rabindranath Thakur’s nephew, Dinendranath Thakur) style if rendition. Dinu-Da was a man who provided a proper form to Rabindranath’s compositions. Actually, Rabindranath was a genius who was in a perpetual
Mohan Singh’s style of rendering Rabindrasangeet is often brought under the microscope and dissected by his detractors, who accuse him of not following the classical tenets of Rabindrasangeet, set and approved by the poet himself. But there is no base in this allegation. He has
Chandmoni Hembrom, a teenage music prodigy from Hooghly’s Itachuna village has taken cybercitizens across the country by storm. The sensational singer’s full-throated melodious rendition of Neha Kakkar’s song, O humsafar, without musical accompaniment, was posted in social media and immediately it caught the attention of
Oi aasontaler maatir pare lutiye rabo/ Tomar charon dhulay dhulay dhusaro habo/ Keno aamay maan diye aar dure raakho?/Chirojanom emon kore bhuliyo naako,/Asanmane aano tene paaye tabo./Tomar charon dhulay dhulay dhusaro habo (I shall lie on the floor under your seat /and get smeared in dust
Mohan Singh often reminisces his favourite Mohar-Di (Kanika Bandopadhyay). He relates one particular incident when Mohar-Di was asked to cook Khichuri. She was not certain about the quantity of rice and lentils required to prepare for all the partakers. So, she put equal amounts of
Sumanth Maroju, 21 and Sonali Majumder, 15, the remarkable salsa dancers who recently mesmerized judges and the audience far away in USA in the premiere show of America’s Got Talent. Sonali comes from a non-descript village of Bengal and in her childhood she had not
Suchismita left for her heavenly abode years ago. It was she who taught him Bengali and discovered the various facets of this introvert youth. Their love affair transcended the physical boundaries of Santiniketan’s red laterite soil paths, the vast deserted fields, the tree-lined avenues, Sonajhuri,
“I have a loyal band of listeners who like my classical vocal but they are mostly elderly people and they do not go around discussing or canvassing for me. Rabindrasangeet, on the other hand, appeals to all sections of the masses, cutting across age and