One late evening, Mohan Singh was sitting near the canal in Santiniketan with Tuku. Suddenly he saw two men walk towards them. In the darkness in the beginning he could not make out who they were. But as they came forward, Mohan Singh realised, one
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
Exactly 30 years back in 1990, he was allowed and permitted to work closely with the legend on a rare compilation on his life and repertoire of works including his singing of a Bengali film song. This is a project not spoken much about! The
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
Ek baar hori bolo mon rosona, arey manob dehai goirob koiro na, manob deha maatiro bhando, bhangile hoibe khondo re khondo.” (Say the name of God just once My friend, take no pride in the mortal body The human body is a pitcher of clay When it breaks it shall shatter into
‘E porobasheyrobe ke’ in Satyajit Ray’s masterpiece Kanchenjunga? Picturised on actress Karuna Bandyopadhyay, many of us are not aware that though the movie was not a commercial success, it had a greater impact behind the scenes. For it did bring out a rare talent from
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) is set to showcase a German machine that was used to record the poetry and song renditions by Rabindranath Tagore. In April 1932, Tagore had recorded the poem, ‘Jokhon hobo babar moto boro’, and the song, ‘Tobu mone rekho’