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#Perspective / Echoes of a fading melody: The story of bansuri artist Kamol Sarker

Amidst the cacophony of the fairground, the sound of the flute came floating in the air. An elderly man was seen immersed in playing the bansuri (flute). He sat on a mat, with his craft — bamboo flutes — in front of him. Clad in a worn-out hoodie and faded pants, he looked no less endearing than a character from a modern-day fairy tale. Hailing from the district of Jhenaidah, Kamol Sarker, now 80, attends fairs in the city, hoping to sell his handmade bamboo flutes.

[WATCH] The flute maker

This is a tale of a person who makes and plays flute for living.

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Echoes of a fading melody: The story of bansuri artist Kamol Sarker

Amidst the cacophony of the fairground, the sound of the flute came floating in the air. An elderly man was seen immersed in playing the bansuri (flute). He sat on a mat, with his craft — bamboo flutes — in front of him. Clad in a worn-out hoodie and faded pants, he looked no less endearing than a character from a modern-day fairy tale. Hailing from the district of Jhenaidah, Kamol Sarker, now 80, attends fairs in the city, hoping to sell his handmade bamboo flutes.

January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016

[WATCH] The flute maker

This is a tale of a person who makes and plays flute for living.