Controversies about Nazrul’s tunes
Debates surrounding the original tunes of the rebel poet’s verses have existed for a long time.
1y ago
The ‘Karar Oi Louho Kopat’ controversy
The makers of "Pippa" could have chosen singers with prior experience of rendering Nazrul Islam’s songs.
1y ago
Italy beckons Bangladeshis
Ten years' back my two daughters and I took a vacation to Venice, Italy. I was the only earning member, both girls were students.
5y ago
Music for therapy
Samia Mahbub Ahmad, a beautiful lady sang with us on the same stage in the Nazrul Mela held in Washington DC in September 2018. I had listened to her twice before, once in the Omni auditorium and another time in the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), on both counts in Dhaka.
5y ago
Dreams do come true!
For some, dreams come true whilst for some, they don't. Take for example, my own self. As a child, I watched a procession of cinema actresses entering our house and leaving them.
5y ago
Farzeen Huq
Farzeen Huq is my friend from Holy Cross school days, 1970 to be exact. We were catching up in London where she lives, I admired her beautiful garden and every corner of her home had an exquisite piece of furniture which caught my fancy.
5y ago
Archiva
It was around the year 2003, Indian crooner Anuradha Padwal was going to have a live performance in the prestigious Dhaka Club and I was to host the show.
5y ago
A Product of Abbasuddin Shongeet Academy
He sat there in the rickshaw, his mother holding him firmly on her lap, as the rickshaw travelled the inner roads with potholes in Banani.
6y ago
March 17, 2018
Golden jubilee plus - Esho Gan Shikhi
It was the year 1964 and Ferdausi Rahman was very excited to be the first artist for the PTV station to be inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan), when artist Mustafa Monwar proposed for
February 24, 2018
An afternoon with Shahnaz Rahmatullah
Shahnaz Rahmatullah (former maiden name Shahnaz Begum) has been close to my heart since my childhood. I grew up in Purana
February 10, 2018
Winter music in Kolkata
I had never heard of the Behala festival. The Kolkata blind school in Behala has this festival every year; this was its fourth year by
February 3, 2018
Amne Saamne
On 27 December 2017, Pandit Jasraj arrived in Dhaka with his team to sing for the first time in the Bengal Classical music festival. His arrival was delayed by some confusion, his team members complained.
January 27, 2018
Mayurakshi
When my grandfather Abbasuddin Ahmed passed away in December 1959, my father had just returned from UK after joining the Lincoln's Inn, he had no income.
January 13, 2018
Michael Madhushudan Dutta Award for Sharmini Abbasi
When you are born to a family of luminaries, it is difficult to exude your own light out of the shadows of the giants who have been your predecessors.
December 16, 2017
Picture of my lass
‘Beloved’ is a very special word. In all the languages that I know, and some of them that my friends know (resulting in more than eight), I have found that poets have played with this word. In fact, they have played with the idea of the
December 2, 2017
Diajale
I am very lucky that I have many girlfriends, however in recent times I have found myself becoming lonely even in the presence of favorite childhood buddies.
November 18, 2017
Soulful Singing
Her father said, `So many people get admitted to the university every year, they complete their degrees, they take up positions as academics and others. How many people get scholarships to study in Shantiniketan? This is a calling, you must pursue that'.
October 21, 2017
Feroza Begum the precious one!
Feroza is a special turquoise stone available in Iran and other parts, signifying a beautiful blue, the hue bringing in a radiance and glow which stands out above all other stones.
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