Rabindranath Tagore

Prabir Mitra hospitalised as health deteriorates

Veteran actor Prabir Mitra has been hospitalised due to severe health issues. Facing complications from oxygen deficiency and other ailments, he was admitted to a private medical facility in the capital on December 22. His younger son, Sifat Islam, confirmed the news to the daily Prothom Alo.

Bangladeshi dance troupe turns heads at Indian festival

In a lively celebration of cultural exchange, a distinguished nine-member ensemble from Dhaka’s esteemed dance academy, “Kolpotoru,” showcased Bangladesh’s artistic heritage at the illustrious “Bali Yatra Festival 2024” in India. The performance was held at the invitation of the Government of India. 

ESSAY / On the national anthem of Bangladesh: An apologetic discourse (part two)

The question here should be: Why does the nationality of the poet matter if the sentiment and emotional dimensions are the central focus that keeps the dynamic of a national anthem active?

ESSAY / On the national anthem of Bangladesh: An apologetic discourse

The recent attack on “Amar Shonar Bangla” stems from this type of attempt to categorise the national anthem, leading to further allegations against it

ESSAY / Tagore and the Hispanic world

Reception of Tagore in the Hispanic world is a significant literary event in itself because they acknowledged Tagore during such a time when the occidental enthusiasm for him was declining

REFLECTIONS / Rabindranath’s rebellion

“The liberation that comes through sorrow is greater than the sorrow,” says Nikhilesh, in Home and the World. I quote from Penguin’s Modern Classics edition, in Sreejata Guha’s translation.

Mad Theatre to present play on Tagore’s romance with Ocampo today

Today (June 25) at 7:15pm, the eighth rendezvous of "Rabindranather Dwitiyo Bijoya" will be staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The play is written, directed, and conceptualised by Asadul Islam, the head of Mad Theatre.

Photo exhibition features Rabindranath’s novel ‘Shesher Kobita’

A photo exhibition, inspired by the renowned poetic novel "Shesher Kobita" by the legendary Rabindranath Tagore, is set to take place this Friday (June 28) at 6pm at the Chitrashala Auditorium of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. 

Four veteran figures to receive Nazrul Padak this year

This year, four veteran figures are set to be honoured with the Nazrul Padak, as announced by the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University. The recipients of the award include renowned Nazrul Sangeet artistes Dalia Nausheen and Salahuddin Ahmed, alongside esteemed researchers Dr Gulshan Ara Kazi and Anupam Hayat.

May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022

What’s extraordinary about the ordinary?

In Pathak’s book we see instances of how the distinctive ordinary tendencies of everyday life are dipping and are capitalised under different industrial markets.

May 9, 2022
May 9, 2022

Tagore’s idea of nationalism

If you look for a definition of the word ‘nationalism’ on Google, or in an encyclopedia, you will find quite a few.  However, this word, like many such words, is ‘notorious’ in its own way, as no single definition seems to define it thoroughly.

February 10, 2022
February 10, 2022

Ode to the book, my forever Valentine

In a particularly American but artsy, cinematic production depicting the friendship between David Lipsky and David Foster Wallace,

October 28, 2021
October 28, 2021

The Shelf: New in nonfiction this month

Amitav Ghosh traces back to the lineage of nutmegs originating in the Banda Islands to argue how colonisation deeply influences the geopolitics even in the contemporary world, a violent phenomenon that has led to natural disasters linked to climate change.

August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021

Nazrul, Rabindranath, and Their Admiration for Each Other

Today is the 45th death anniversary of the younger of the two icons.

April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019

Rabirashmi hosts 'Boshonter Madhuri Utshabe'

Rabirashmi, an organisation dedicated to working with Rabindranath Tagore's lyrical works for over two decades, hosted Boshonter Madhuri Utshabe on Monday at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum.

November 18, 2018
November 18, 2018

Tagore’s Gitanjali published in Belarusian language

Famous Belarusian publisher Dmitry Kolas presented another book of translations, the collection of poems by 1913 Nobel Prize winner for Literature Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, in Belarusian language.

October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018

Chhayanaut named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony

Bangladesh’s leading cultural outfit Chhayanaut is named as one of the three winners of Indian government’s prestigious Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony.

May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018

Reflections on Tagore with Anima Roy

Anima Roy has garnered a reputation for being a stellar contemporary Tagore exponent in recent years.

May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018

The Kabi Guru Lives on

“The ultimate truth of our personality is that we are no mere biologists or geometricians; we are the dreamers of dreams, we are the music-makers.”