The story of Mohan Singh’s wife, Suchismita, a Bangali was mentioned in an earlier episode. Mohan fell in love with the Bengali language after reading Sahaj Path gifted by his wife. In Visva Bharati, he had five girls in his class and he was the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N8hr0BIfIE 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvxSQMgelRQ Reproduction of a short interview of Nemai Ghosh taken 4 years back. It is titled The Flâneur and the excerpt is from Calcutta Kolkata Notebook, published by Starmark • What Kolkata means to you? Kolkata is my lifeline. I owe everything to this city. I went around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LZL7DheMJY 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
Kolkata has always been the Mecca of Bengali culture that celebrates theatre. So did British India. It had a culture that still fascinates artists, historians and writers across the world. Since 1694, the port city of Calcutta, had British East India Company (EIC) exporting materials
I knew Sunil Gangopadhyay’s novel had that power to give voice to the words and feelings of millions of Bengalis across the globe. So, it was a self-imposed responsibility of producing it into a Television Series. Though I knew it would be a very difficult
The date 21st February has a special significance in my life, just like it has in the history of my mother tongue Bengali. The two sides of Padma witnessed the start of the first ever television series engaging artists and technicians of both sides of
Kolkata will see an unprecedented Good Friday this year, perhaps the first of its kind ever. A Good Friday live streamed to members of community, so that they feel as close as possible virtually. After all these are trying times and just like Jesus Christ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS9EHeVNslA 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVsPsJNhbmc 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