https://t.co/QyvBuqWQBP This was the 1st Rabindra Sangeet I heard in my Kannadiga household. My parents named me after a Tagore heroine. And I befriended him marrying into a Bengali household. I wrote of my Tryst with Tagore on Substack. You can read it on the link in the thread.
#Kolkata people do not miss this. Will make you reflect on why we need our symbols and what they mean to each of us even in this imperfect democracy. Not in town and will miss this but so glad to have done it in Pune a month back. Have a good session @tmkrishna.
Will be in conversation with scholar and historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee about my latest book, 'We, The People of India: Decoding a Nation's Symbols' organised by Kolkata Centre for Creativity tomorrow, April 25th at 6 PM at the KCC Amphitheatre, Kolkata. All are welcome. @WestlandBooks@KCCinkolkata
@Badass_BankErr@GhoshSamyak She was in Kolkata on the 14th January at St Xavier's. Her first public engagement on the book outside of Kerala. Was brilliant as always. A couple of students sang Let it be and she sang along. Maybe she will come again.
@ronita_c@vinita65@PippaRannBooks And I received my copy too. Always so so happy and proud to see your words in print Ronita. This poem is very special. Now we must plan our date for the signing.
@tmkrishna asks naive questions. Challenges us to "escape the perpetual trap laid out by violence &deception,.... to imagine the unthinkable &explore the improbable." In a world fuelled by aggression we need voices like his to.remind us of our inherent but eroding humanity.
Sandip Roy: The air we breathe cannot be a luxury | Mint https://t.co/AcetXdWAYo @chernozems A grey afternoon here in Kolkata. AQI is 102 Air quality is poor. I rest content that it is better than some months back.