Wednesday 6 May 2015

Publication of Summer Issue 2015 of JBS, Vol.4 No.1, Themed on Bengali Music: Bengalis and Music on the Occasion of Buddhapurnima

After the proud publications of our issues on Ognijug (Vol. 1, No.1), Bengali Cinema (Vol.1, No.2), Bengali Theatre (Vol.2, No.1), Science and Technology in History: Modern Bengali Perspectives (Vol.2, No.2), Literature and Movements: Bengali Crossroads (Vol.3, No.1) Kolkata (Vol.3, No.2), Journal of Bengali Studies is happy to announce the online publication of its Summer Issue 2015 (Vol.4, No.1) on the theme of Bengali Music: Bengalis and Music on the occasion of Buddhapurnima, 4 May 2015. You can read the issue from here
 Bengali Music: Bengalis and Music
ISSN: 2277-9426    
Journal of Bengali Studies
Vol. 4, No. 1 
4 May 2015
Buddhapurnima, 20 Boishakh 1422
Summer Issue

Bengali Music: Bengalis and Music

Editor: Tamal Dasgupta
            

Contents

Editorial 7

Article

From Songs of Innocence to Songs of Experience: The Trajectory of Bengali Popular Music from 1980s to the Present
Tamal Dasgupta 10

Indic Philosophy in Bengali Religious Songs
Somnath Sarkar 42
Hindu Reformism and the Comic Songs of Dwijendralal Roy in Colonial Bengal
Ayon Halder 52

Searching for Moner Manush (Man of Heart): Bauls of Bengal and Fakir Lalon Shah
Anirban Mondal 58

Music, Devotion and Religion: A Case Study of Charyapad
Dhananjay Garai 66

Kirtan of Bengal: An Enriched Tradition
Sayantan Thakur 73

Sarala Debi Chaudhurani, the Singer and Composer: An Unexploited Potential
Shrubabati Chakrabarty 87

Review
Father and Son: The Bengali Dynasty in Bombay
Mousumi Biswas Dasgupta 100

Workshop
Our Lost Friend: A Story
Amit Shankar Saha 104
Commentary
Bishnupur Gharana: The Bengali School of Classical Music
Nachiketa Bandyopadhyay 110


Footfalls of Yesteryears: A Brief Overview of Modern Bengali Songs
Gautam Sengupta 119