Bangabibhushan and Bangabhushan Samman would be given today at Netaji Indoor Stadium at 5pm. The greatest honour of Bengal - 'Bangabibhushan' would be given to 14 personalities in the field of cinema, music, sports, literature, drama, poetry and painting, who enriched the culture of Bengal and promoted the fame of Bengal to the world. They are: Pandit Ravi Shankar, Suchitra Sen, Leslie Claudius, Rudraprasad Sengupta, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Sanjib Chattopadhyay, Bibhas Chakraborty, Jogen Chowdhury, Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, Ranjit Mullick, Shaonli Mitra, Goutam Ghosh, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and Joy Goswami. 'Bangabhushan' Samman would be given to Ustad Rashid Khan, Bikram Ghosh and Nachiketa. -- A. B.
The City of Joy 'KOLKATA' one of the oldest city of India. Its lifestyle, festivals, flavours, characteristics and colours are depicting in my blog. You can grab the hue of a heritage city in this blog ASIM BANDO'S KOLKATA BLOG