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
June 20, 2015
Epar Bangla, Opar Bangla
As part of Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit a leading TV channel included the names and short interviews of luminaries who came to Bangladesh from West Bengal and vice versa.
June 6, 2015
Leena Alam
Every time I hear the name Hemayetpur, it reminds me of a village where people send patients for mental health treatment.
May 30, 2015
A long lost face...Sakina Sarwar
I worked hard to obtain her phone number. I was adamant. I tried all possible contacts and then finally dropped her a line through a post card as I had her address.
May 9, 2015
BHUPOTI BHUSHON BARMAN
With the arrival of almost 30 channels in Bangladesh, we get to listen to the interviews of many men and women who are lauded for their achievements.
April 25, 2015
SUNIL GANGOPADHYAYA
When I met him in Kolkata, the first question that I shot at him was “Why your autobiography is called Half my life?”
April 18, 2015
WOMEN'S ATTIRE --Kazi Nazrul Islam
“Pori zafrani ghagori Chole Serajer Pori”
April 11, 2015
G.P. MITRA
I still remember his youthful face. He taught us Physics and Mathematics in Holy Cross School. He warned us that the 'Notredame students' were working harder than us.
March 28, 2015
USTAD YASIN KHAN
When he sat in an unassuming manner, I was not sure whether he would give a long speech or just mumble a few words of thanks.
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