Note: This was originally posted on March29, 2014. On the day before yesterday [27 Mar 2014] at the ‘Vistar’ program Buddhada [Padmabhushan Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta] suddenly asked me if I knew ‘Ahiri Marwa’ [আহীরী মারোয়া জানিস?]. I said, no, I did not learn any rag named ‘Ahiri Marwa’ [না শিখিনি]. Next evening when I came back…

This was originally posted on August 7, 2012. Then my Mejdi was happy, glad and constantly putting her full energy to keep us all happier with her glowing presence. We are not ready to accept that not seeing is missing her! Since July 22 2019 the feel of her presence, in a sense, has been getting…

Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay gave a sitar solo recital at his workplace Rabindra Bharati University. The program was arranged on February 26, 2012 at the Uday Shankar Hall at Emerald Bower Campus to observe the sesquicentennial birthday celebration of Swami Vivekananda. Professor Bandopadhyay played Shudh-Sarang and a dhun based on the Tagore song ‘Megher kole rod…