Poetry (2)

On Rabindranath Tagore’s 160th Birth Anniversary, Singer Pragya Dasgupta Collaborates With Ad Guru Sumanto Chattopadhyay On A Unique Interpretation Of O Je Mane Na Mana

“... Mukt karo bhay, aapona-maajhe shakti dharo nijere karo jay” On odd days, at precisely 8:25 am, the school assembly hall was filled with these very words sung at the tops of our voices. Our music instructor, a tall and skinny Bengali gentleman, spectacles nearly…

By Rohan Sabharwal

In These Times, Joell Mukherjii’s Enchanting Melody Set To Swanand Kirkire’s Pensive Poem Is A Sureshot Mood Changer

Ezra Pound defined poetry as a composition of words set to music, thus building on Aristotle’s early definition of poetry as the form of mimesis that utilises rhythm, language, and harmony. Harmony, he said, distinguished poetry from other language-based forms. With his latest single, composer…

By Rohan Sabharwal