Today I spent the day hanging out in NYC’s Indian and Bangladeshi neighbourhood of Jackson Heights, Queens where there are many Bengalis who speak the Bengali language (Bangla). I went around ordering ...

Ironically, a song that the Nobel laureate wrote in 1905 to call for the unity of Bengal amid the British move to partition ...

They emerge from social injustices, unfulfilled desires, and forgotten histories, and in their persistence, they remind us that the supernatural is often an allegory for the very real.

There are songs that hit your playlist, and then there are songs that feel like an invitation to a destination. Shayan ...

Arranged and produced by Shuvendu Das Shuvo, the song features Gaboo (Gaurab Chatterjee), son of Moheener Ghoraguli founder ...

Folk songs have a particular place in the world. Unlike many other genres, folk songs are meant to be meditated on. Listeners are meant to chew on the lyrics to gain some understanding of the world ...

An old Bangla song softly lingers through the halls of the India International Centre in Delhi, where memories of the ...

Manna Dey built a parallel legacy in Bengali music, collaborating with legends like Salil Chowdhury and Hemant Kumar, and made melodies that are still famous.

Three Asian countries -- Singapore, South Korea, Japan -- dominate the passport rankings The Bangladeshi passport has dropped a few places in the latest passport rankings recently announced. The ...

Nagpur: The Bijoya Sammelani programme of Vishwa Bangla Sammelan, Nagpur was held on October 12 at Saraswat Sabha Library Hall, Dhantoli. The cultural evening featured soulful Bengali songs by ...

When Paul Simon first came to Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still in the early stages of his music career as a songwriter and was in search of inspiration. That’s when he bumped into Martin Carthy, ...

Whether sung in the cozy confines of a pub or on a grand stage, this spirited song "Rattlin' Bog" continues to bring people together and celebrate the enchanting spirit of Ireland's folklore. "Rattlin ...