Sharabritta organised a recitation programme on Saturday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library to mark Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary. The programme titled Songee Rabindranath, featured recitation of selected verses from Tagore’s Raktokarobi and three lyrical dramas by Birendranath Bandyopaddhay,
a contemporary Indian playwright.
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Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary celebrated
The 152nd birth anniversary of Bishwakobi Rabindranath Tagore was observed in the country on Wednesday with a call for resisting militancy, religious fanaticism and rooting out superstition from the society. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 152nd birth anniversary of Tagore and 100 years’ celebration of his receiving the Nobel for ‘Gitanajoli’ at Shawkat
CELEBRATING BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Today is the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the man who molded the language, literature and music of the Bengal. He introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from the rigidity of models based on classical Sanskrit. He is as great in music as in poetry, and his songs are sung wherever Bangla is spoken. His compositions
Rabindranath Tagore as a Rebel
Rabindrantath Tagore is essentially the foremost poet, writer of Bengali language and as such, we quite legitimately take pride in this extraordinarily talented man known to the entire world. A great part of our being is filled with Tagore’s spirit- hope and despair. He is the torch bearer in our journey through smooth path as well as quagmire. Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated all over the world with great enthusiasm and we on our part have endeavoured to have
150th birth anniversary of Tagore today
The 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped the Bangla literature in the late 19th and the early 20th century, will be observed in Bangladesh and some other places today.
Tagore, who became Asia’s first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel prize in literature, was a poet, playwright, novelist, educationist, social reformer, nationalist, business manager, artist and
Tagore’s 150th birthday celebrations opens today
Bangladesh opens its two-day programme on Friday in the city as part of the first India-Bangladesh joint celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel prize winner in literature. And in New Delhi, the ceremony of the year-long commemoration will be inaugurated Saturday. Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari arrived in Dhaka on Thursday on a two-day visit to the
Rabindranath: The Contemporary Forever!
By Aly Zaker
It was in August of 1971. I was on an official mission of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, escorting some foreign dignitaries to the refugee camp in the Salt Lake area ofCalcutta. After my official duty was over as I was getting ready to leave, I heard that the Mukti Shangrami’ Shilpi Shangstha, led by Wahidul Huq and Sanjida Khatun, was corning to the camp to present their Rupantorer Gaan to enthuse and inspire the inmates of the camp.I knew most in the group fora long time. And,
Jokhon Bhanglo Milon Mela Hadi’s tribute to Tagore
On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, veteran singer Syed Abdul Hadi is bringing out an album of Tagore songs.
The album will be launched tomorrow (7 May) through a programme at the seminar hall of Central Public Library. Titled Jokhon Bhanglo Milon Mela, this is the first album of Hadi on Tagore songs.
Professor Anisuzzaman will
Bangladeshi artistes on way to India
Most of the 88 Bangladeshi artistes will leave Dhaka today for India participate in Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary programmes scheduled to be held in New Delhi and Kolkata.
The programme titled, ‘Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’ is a part of joint arrangement of Bangladesh and India to celebrate the anniversary, beginning in
Chhayanaut’s Yearlong Celebration of Tagore’s 150th Birth Anniversary Reaches 6th Phase
With the staging of “Daakghar” at the Chhayanaut Auditorium by the students of Nalanda [Chhayanaut’s school], the sixth phase of the yearlong celebration of Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary began on March 3.
The four-day event, featuring theatre and film adaptations of Tagore’s works, is being held at Chhayanaut Shangskriti Bhaban and National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala academy (BSA) in