Manna Dey, singer, on the changing Puja music scene in Kolkata manna dey, singer, on the changing puja music scene in kolkata bengali adhunik gaan (modern songs) and pujor gaan (festive songs) were ...

Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay passed away in Kolkata on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was 90. Sandhya Mukhopadhyay took Bengali songs to new heights, whether it was playback ...

Moushumi Bhowmik, just like her music, defies easy classification. Her unbounded curiosity about music and the creation of an archive to make a reservoir of folk music available for generations to ...

Zeenath Sultana Mitu of DU has been singing Manna Dey ever since her childhood train rides with her father, long before she heard the name of the man. Just look at the talent hunt programmes in ...

Kabir Suman -- singer, musician, songwriter and activist -- is a showman par excellence. At a recent concert in New Delhi, titled 'Bijoya Sammelan: Adhunik Bangla Gaan', Kabir (originally Suman ...

An arts and cultural festival celebrating Bengali artists is taking place in Birmingham. A series of events are being held between 16-23 November for Bangla Week 2024. The festival, organised by ...

I do not hesitate to say that my songs have found their place in the heart of my land, along with her flowers that are never exhausted, and that the folk of the future, in days of joy or sorrow or ...

Unique T-shirts with popular Bangla lyrics are all the rage now! Which one are you switching your Iron Maiden tee for? It comes as no surprise that Bengalis are extremely sentimental about their ...

bengali adhunik gaan (modern songs) and pujor gaan (festive songs) were big attractions for durga puja in the past. why have bengalis lost that passion? also, where have all the songs gone? it is ...