Santiniketan Podcast

A talk with Ravi Kuchimanchi and Somnath Mukherjee on starting an AID chapter, followed by 4 letters written by Rabindranath Tagore to Kalimohan Ghosh, from the book Kobi O Kormi by Purnananda chattopadhyay. Songs by Neela Mazumdar and from Chitrangada.

Reading from Santiniketaner Chithi by Subhmoy ghosh of 28.8.53 and 12.9.53, and Atal Babur Antim Chinta by Prashuram. Songs and recitation by Suchitra Mitra, Arabindo Biswas, Tanaya Guha, Manabendra Mukherjee, Ramkumar Chatterjee and Pramita Mallick.

Tagore plays catalytic role in Geddess writing the introduction to Mukherjee's book, mentioning Goldsmiths poem on deserted village of 1770. Songs and recitation by Santideb Ghosh, Lopamudra Mitra, Phulomoni Dasi, Sumantra Sengupta, Pijushkanti Sarkar.

A global adda between Tonu, Tapas Basu, Tamojir Ray and Sutapa Bhattacharya (Nina di) – conducted on the 15th of August 2010. Songs by Vikram Singh, Prahlad Brahmachari, Phulomala Dasi, Sugata Sen and Basabi Dutta Roy.

Presenting 5 letters by Subhomoy Ghosh, from 20th June to 16th August 1953, published in Ananada Bazar Patrika. Songs by Kalim Sarafi, Sharmila Roy Pommot, Kanika Bandopadhyay, Indranil Sen, Ishita Ganguly and Mohan Singh.

Presenting Short story Reba Roshadhi by Saradindu Bandhopadhyay, based on historical background of the 13th century. Songs by Prabhat Pal, Firoza begum, Kartik Das Baul, Mistuni Roy Bevins, Ramkumar Chatterjee.

Anuradha Mitra covers a talk with Shyamali Khastagir, and the last Podcast of Nature Stories on the changing Canadian Arctic. Songs by Alpona Roy, Sandip Tagore and Japanese friends, Suchitra Mitra, Subinoy Roy, Pramita Mallick, Laisa Ahmed Lisa.

An interview of Ramachandra Guha by Chris Lydon of Radio Open Source, where Guha discusses the bright and the darker sides of India's past present and future. Songs by Suchitra Mitra, Aditi Mohsin, Amala Das, Anuttama Ghosh and Arghya Sen.

Reading from two books, How much should a person consume by Ramachandra Guha and Dilemmas in Agriculture by Gorrepati Narendranath. Songs by Parvathi Baul, Sharmeen Omar, Rajewsari Dutta, and Rina Srimal.

Reciting a kobigan on Tagore geneology, and reading from three books related to Tagore and Santiniketan, by Kalyali Sur, Santideb Ghosh and Palit, Mitra and Bannerjee. Songs by Chintamoni Dasi, Tamojit Ray, Shyamali Sur, Purabi Mukherjee, Anjana Sen.

Prof Afshin Marashi speaks at UCLA on Rabindranath Tagore's visit to Iran in 1932 and an identity based on Indo-Iranian civilization. Recitation and songs by Tonu, Krishnachandra De, Basabi Dutta, Aloke Roychowdhury, Anuttama Ghosh, Arghya Sen.

Ravi Kuchimanchi at Wharton, Navi Raju at Cambridge and Katy Clark at PRI, speak about changing India at both top and bottom end. Songs from Santideb Ghosh, Aditi Mohsin, Abdul Aleem, Dhanajay Bhattacharya, Krishna Chatterjee and Arati Mukherjee

Presenting a conference call involving Somnath Mukherjee of Boston and the residents of the Cyclone ravaged island of K Plot in the Sunderbans. Songs from Laisa Ahmed Lisa, Maya Sen, Hemanta Mukherjee, Tanaya Guha and Sugata Sen.

Covering items from Chinese media, Oriya Rabindrasangeet, RTI, orphan elephants of Africa to the plight of sunderbans residents and AID groups work in there. Songs by Tamojit Ray, Trupti Panda, Kanika Bannerjee, Pramita Mallick and Mohan Singh.

Michael Madusudan Dutta's exam paper discussed in Oxford. Bratin Biswas of Surul Cenre of Services in Rural Area talks on bringing sustainable agriculture back in Birbhum. Songs by Basabi Dutta Roy, Geeta Ghatak, Hemanta Mukherjee and Indranil Sen.