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25 Boishakh

25 Boishakh, 8 May 2012 - 152 birthday of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Kolkata, the city of joy will observe the birth centenary of the great
poet with traditional reverence, happiness and enthusiasm. The main
event on this day would be performed in the open stage at Rabindra
Sadan from 2pm-10pm. Eminent singers of the city will sing
Rabindra Sangeet : Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Purba Dam, Mohan Singh, Swapan
Gupta, Swapna Ghoshal, Abhirup Guhathakurata, Purabi Mukhopadhyay,
Ajoy Chakraborty, Hoimanti Shukla, Pubali Debnath, Dr. Chitralekha
Chowdhury, Pramita Mullick, Srikanta Acharya, Swagatalaksmi Dasgupta,
Shraboni Sen, Raghab Chattopadhyay, Shantanu Roy Chowdhury, Rajashri
Bhattacharya, Ustad Rashid Khan, Nachiketa, Rezwana Chowdhury Banya,
Jayati Chakraborty, Indrani Sen, Indraneel Sen, Lopamudra Mitra, Anjan
Dutta and Sriradha Bandyopadhyay. Recitation: Pradip Ghosh, Shaonli
Mitra, Pranati Thakur and Satinath Mukhopadhyay. Dance-drama: Balmiki
Pratibha (direction: Alakananda Roy). Dance Troop: Kalamandalam
(direction: Guru Thankamani Kutti). Solo
Dance: Jun Malia. Bangla Band: Rabi O Nabin, Chandrabindu and Dohar.

9 May 2012: at 5pm : Rabindra Sadan, Girish Mancha, Sisir Mancha,
Madhusudan Mancha and Mohar Kunja.
A unique book fair everyday at Mohar Kunja.

No entry fee. --
A. B.
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