Bimal Mitra novel Shaheb-Bibi-Golaam now in an audio drama format
Kolkata, Mar 29 (IBNS): Kolkata-based Abhibyakti is ready to present Bimal Mitra’s famous novel “Shaheb-Bibi-Golaam” as an audio drama.
Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University hosts seminar on impact of nature and environment on music
Kolkata, Mar 24 (IBNS): Rabindra Bharati University's vocal music department recently held a two-day international seminar on the impact of nature and environment on music at the Dwarakanath Mancha of Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, on Thursday.
New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS): The National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) project, under the Union Ministry of Culture, and implemented by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has been certified as the world’s first Trusted Digital Repository.
'Swartarang': Adding new melodies to Indian Classical music
Kolkata, Mar 19 (IBNS): Pandit Sanatan Goswami released his latest music album 'Swartarang', along with GiMA Award winner musician percussionist Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee (who designed the sound of the album), recently, in Kolkata.
Calcutta Heritage Collective's exhibition on built heritage across the world
Kolkata, Mar 17 (IBNS): Calcutta Heritage Collective, on Friday, hosted “VIVA” (meaning 'alive' in Spanish), an exhibition of 35 photographs taken by journalist and photographer Kounteya Sinha.
Decoding Phalguni, a dance drama composed by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore
Kolkata, March 17 (IBNS): West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University held ‘Phalguni’ Niye, a one-day seminar on Rabindranath Tagore’s dance drama ‘Phalguni’, with talks by experts and the enactment of selected scenes, at Bichitra, Jorasanko Thakurbari in Kolkata, recently.
International Women's Day celebrated at Howrah Sarat Sadan
Kolkata, Mar 10 (IBNS): The International Women's Day was celebrated recently at Howrah Sarat Sadan in West Bengal in the presence of eminent personalities from the world of film, music and politics.
Who would have thought that the vinyl record would make a comeback in this digital age? But it has, surprisingly. In 2016, in a massive reversal of fortune, record sales in the United Kingdom surpassed that of digital downloads. Sudipto Maity explores the Indian vinyl market
44th Karbi Youth Festival showcases ethnic, traditional cultures at Taralangso
Guwahati, Feb 19 (IBNS): The 44th Karbi Youth Festival (KYF), one of the biggest ethnic festivals of Northeast India, was held at Taralangso in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): Singer Gouranga Chandra Rudra’s second music album, Shathi Karo Boike Tomar, is a potpourri of modern Bengali songs that talk about the loss of innocence in society, a lost childhood, and the need to restore the dying values of society, including love for books.
Kolkata, Jan 17, (IBNS): The four-day Rabindra Bharati Sanskriti Utsav 2018 organised by West Bengal's Rabindra Bharati University begins on Wednesday and will continue until Jan 20, 2018.
The Freer|Sackler galleries in Washington, D.C. showcase an impressive collection of India’s ancient relics and modern-day masterpieces. SPAN writer Carrie Loewenthal Massey reports
EZCC's nine-day Parv Bharatiyan festival entertains Kolkatans
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IBNS): The recently conluded nine-day Parv Bharatiyam festival of music and dance, organised by the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, entertained thousands of music and dance lovers of Kolkata.
Kolkata: Annual art exhibition by students of Rabindra Bharati University at ICCR
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): The seven-day Annual Art Exhibition 2017-18 of the West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, was inaugurated at the Kolkata-based Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) by actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
Karbi Utsav celebrated in Guwahati Book Fair
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): Noted Assamese literaturate and former president of Asom Sahitya Sabha Homen Borgohain on Friday said that, Karbi people are rich in folk-literature and folk-culture.