Archive · 9 Jan 2026
Students Celebrate Teacher's 80th Birthday with Cultural Event
Students from a music school and a theatre group organized a special event to celebrate their teacher Ashis Bhattacharya's 80th birthday.
The event included a cultural evening with performances of Tagore's songs and two theatre plays.
The chief guest praised Bhattacharya for preserving the essence of Tagore's music.
Bhattacharya also shared a story about notating a rare Tagore song.
The theatre group performed two plays, one about superstition and another about urban-tribal conflicts.
The performances were well-received by the audience.
Students of Medhavi music school hosted a cultural evening to celebrate their teacher Ashis Bhattacharya's 80th birthday.
The chief guest, Sudin Chattopadhyay, praised Bhattacharya for preserving the essence of Tagore's songs.
Bhattacharya performed 12 songs from puja paryay and 6 from bichitra paryay.
Bhattacharya shared a story about notating a rare Tagore song, Ananter bani tumi, basanter madhuri utsabe, in 1985.
The theatre group Britya staged two productions: Swapnasiddha, a satire on superstition, and Jongoler Din-Raater Jongol, about urban-tribal conflicts.
- Who
- Students of the CL Block-based music school Medhavi and theatre group Britya
- What
- A cultural evening to celebrate Ashis Bhattacharya's 80th birthday and two theatre productions
- When
- Date not specified, but recent
- Where
- Laban Hrad Mancha in BD Block and CL Block-based music school
- Why
- To honor Ashis Bhattacharya's contributions to Rabindrasangeet and to perform theatre productions
- Event
- Cultural evening to commemorate Ashis Bhattacharya's 80th birthday
- Chief Guest
- Sudin Chattopadhyay, former president of the state council of Higher Secondary education
- Teacher
- Ashis Bhattacharya, Rabindrasangeet exponent
- Songs Performed
- 12 songs from puja paryay and 6 from bichitra paryay
- Song Notated
- Ananter bani tumi, basanter madhuri utsabe
- Play 1
- Swapnasiddha, a satire on superstition
- Play 2
- Jongoler Din-Raater Jongol, about urban-tribal conflicts
- Location
- Laban Hrad Mancha in BD Block