Rabindra Jayanti Celebration Organised by Dept of Bengali (collaboration with IQAC) on behalf of Arts Section

The Bhawanipur Education Society College celebrated the 162nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on 13th May 2023 (Saturday). It was organized by the Department of Bengali in collaboration with the IQAC. The event commenced with the lighting of the lamp followed by the  inaugural song presented by Prof. Pushpita Ganguly, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics. The key note address was given the Teacher-in-Charge Dr.Subhabrata Gangopadhyay. The next speaker was Prof. Debjani Ganguly, Vice Principal of Arts who spoke on the contemporary  relevance of Tagore. The resource person of the programme was Prof. Indrashish  Banerjee, Associate Professor of Ramkrishna Mission Vidya Mandir Political Science Department. He presented a paper entitled “Bhanga Gaan Gora Gaan, Prachya  Pashchatya o Kobi  Guru”. Apart from discussing the history and the timeline of Tagore’s folk music creations, he also focused on the different and popular genre of the Baul community.

Audio Drama(Teachers’ Contribution) “Bisarjan” was staged by the teachers of various departments. The entire audio drama was seen  in rapt attention and immensely appreciated by the audience as this piece put forward the absolute crisis that is created due to religious superstition and dogmatism which leads to sacrifice in the name of religion, and how Rabindranath counters it with his logic of humane understanding of these inhuman practices.

The audio drama was followed by a host of cultural events.  Several songs created and penned down by Tagore himself were  performed by the students and  the teachers. The Invited guest singers were Rajnath Das (with Arup Bagh){English department} and Prof. Apalak Das (Rani Birla girls college). It was followed by a row  of elocoutionary endeavor by the teachers and students of the college. Dance performances were showcased by the students  to pay tribute to Rabindranath  Tagore. The students also staged  an enchanting performance of ‘Natir Puja’ an adaptation from Tagore’s verse ‘Abhishar’. More than 150 participants (40 teachers and 110 students) joined this day long cultural programme from our college. The programme was concluded by the  vote of thanks delivered by Dr. Mili Sammaddar, Head of the Department, Bengali.