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Kolkata, Aug 5, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Perhaps no other poet celebrated life in his works as much as Rabindranath Tagore. Yet throughout his long life the poet was constantly hounded by a series of bereavements at regular intervals. He endured the deaths of Notun Bouthan Kadambari Debi, his wife Mrinalini Devi, his daughter Madhabilata and son Soumendranath.

With his genius he transformed his personal grief into unique aesthetic creations. In a way, his life was a long tale of a brave struggle of a spiritual man trying to grapple with the problem of morality.

He has defined death by not accepting it as the final, futile end, but as an inseparable part of the cycle of life. Death has been depicted by him as the ultimate beloved, a friend.

Read all about the remarkable Bengali CD and listen free to clips online.

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Washington DC, August 1, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) You may have heard the wonderful poems written by Prithwiraj Choudhury recited by Bratati Banerjee and himself that we have featured before in this post. Prithwiraj recently got together with Mrigankasekhar Ganguly and they have created a short film directed by Mrigankasekhar based on the poem "Iti Apu" written by Prithwiraj and narrated by Saumitra Chatterjee, who played Apu in Satyajit Ray's iconic trilogy.

Watch the Bengali short film online.

Shudhu kobitar jonno ei jonmo,
Shudhu kobitar jonno kichu khela,
Shudhu kobitar jonno eka hiem sandhyabela bhubon pariya aasa

Sumana Bhattacharya shares with us a few of her recitation recordings. These are also being aired on our live radio channel.

• Ajike Gohon Kalima by Rabindranath Tagore
• selections from Amar Durgotsav
• Bonolata Sen by Jibonanondo Das
• Bosonto Utsav by Mondakranta Sen
• Bristhi Pore Tapur Tupur by  Rabindranath Tagore
  
• Jibon Debota by Rabindranath Tagore
• Megh Balikar Jonyo Rupkotha by Joy Goswami
• Pagol Bashonto by Rabindranath Tagore

Continuing our series of Bengali poem recitation (Bangla Kobita Abritti) by Suddhasatya Ghosh, presenting Babumoshai by Sankha Ghosh and Ebar Hoyeche Sandhya by Shakti Chattopadhyay recited by Ghosh.

Calcutta, April 15, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) On the occasion of Bengali new year (Bangla Nababarsho), creative writer, painter and elocutionist Brototi Paul recites three of her new poems for Washington Bangla Radio's audience:

• Subho Nababarsho
• Basundhara
• Daliter Pujo

Enjoy the poetess reciting her own poems using the audio player. We are also airing these recordings on our Live Bengali radio channel.

Teresa Sebastián was born in Bilbao, Spain. She has been writing since she was a girl, and a winner of the "Premio Poesía de Primavera de la AAVV" award. Read all about Teresa, and watch online video of the outstanding "Poesi­a en Concierto - Tagore" (Tagore Poem In Concert) where Teresa Sebastian reads her own poem "Tagore" live with musicians J.C. Blancas on electronics/keyboards, X.Paixarino on the flute and Niraj Kumar on the Tabla.

Germantown, Maryland, Feb 10, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Sanchalika Acharyya has performed more than 70 stage shows of dance, recitation and sruti natok (Bengali audio drama). She counts Kathak dancing, Recitation and Gardening among her varied interests. Sanchalika is a District-level champion in recitation for three consecutive years, 1996, 1997 and 1998, at the Chatra Yuva Utsav.

Listen to Bangla Kobita Abritti by Sanchalika.

Submit your recitation / elocution recordings for airing on WBRi global broadcast. Use the Contact link for submissions.

PARAMITA PALIT is a molecular biologist by profession. Paramita has an inborn creativity from the age of three years when she performed first time on stage and received an award. A poet, elocutionist, dancer - all together a multifacet personality, Paramita feels herself most comfortable as an anchor. She has won various awards in inter-state, inter-college and inter-university competetions in debate, extempore and recitation. She has trained herself through the workshops conducted by famous group thetre of Kolkata Nandikar and has successfully performed in Nandikar Jatiya Natyamela as a child artist. Being a post doctoral student in molecular biology in NRCPB, New Delhi , she spends most of her time in her research work. She has published her research work in a number of scientific journals of international repute. In spite of that her passion drives her to spend her leisure time with poetry.

Paramita has anchored a number of programs in New Delhi too. Here is a small bouque of her selected recitation mostly of Rabindranath Tagore:

• CAMELLIA - A famous creation of Rabindranath Tagore that portrays the silent love of a Bengali boy..
• SADHARAN MEYE a story of a common Bengali girl next door whom the poet made immortal by beautifully painting her love and agony in this poem. 

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Listen to online Bengali Recitation broadcast by Sayantani Das on WBRi Kolkata Bangla Online Radio. The recitations are poems written by Tagore, Joy Goswami & Kabita Singha. 

1.    Janmantar by Rabindranath Tagore
2.    Africa by Rabindranath Tagore
3.    Sadharon Meye by Rabindranath Tagore
4.    Mone Pora by Rabindranath Tagore
5.    Meghbalikar Jonno Rupkatha by Joy Goswami
6.    Ami sei meyeti by Kabita Shingha

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Germantown, Maryland, Oct 21, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Published in 2008, the novel Moner Manush is a biographical account of Lalon Fakir - the Emperor of the Bauls - through the eyes of the acclaimed Bengali poet and writer Sunil Gangopadhyay.

Fakir Lalon Shah was a folk philosopher and composer, born in 1774 in the present district of Kushtia in Bangladesh. The novel depicts the life experiences of Lalon: his childhood; the tragic separation from his family; his settlement in the forest away from locality and the growth of his follower community and his simple philosophy of life. Lalon's life and his beliefs have a huge relevance in todays world when religion has divided our society. Lalon lived between institutional religions and called for a unified approach towards realising the presence of 'God' within the human body. His songs give subliminal exposures to the reality that lies beyond the material world and show the triviality of any attempt to divide people both materially or spiritually.

Watch a video preview of the Audio-book online.

Palash Dey has been very enthusiastic in poetry recitation as well as writing poetry since childhood. He wrote his first poem and a story in school during Class 6. Listen to his recitations of poems written by poet Shivani Bhattacharjee and many others on our live radio channel.

1. Bishya Korta by Shivani Bhattacharjee
2. Bristi Tumi Eso by Shivani Bhattacharjee
3. Chole Jawa by Shivani Bhattacharjee
4. Naari Tumi Nodi Hao by Shivani Bhattacharjee
5. Sei Meye by Shivani Bhattacharjee
6. Shabdora Amay Dake by Shivani Bhattacharjee
7. Shapner Feriwala by Shivani Bhattacharjee
8. Utkonthya by Shivani Bhattacharjee

9. Africa by Rabindranath Tagore

10. Cancer by Nicolus Gieno
11. Jonmantor by Rabindranath Tagore

12. Mritunjoy by Rabindranath Tagore

13. Probhat utsob by Rabindranath Tagore

14. Prosno by Rabindranath Tagore

15. Raatree by Subhas Mukhopadhyay

16. Sagor dola by Buddhadeb Basu

17. Sojasoji by Rabindranath Tagore

Submit your recitations / elocution for airing on our online Radio Channel along with publication of your profile and availability of your contribution to visitors on-demand.

Read online and download free Hindi translation e-book of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali (Song Offerings). Check out our online auction house to see if you find collectible antiques like an original 1914 Edition of Gitanjali.

To celebrate Sharodiya Durga Puja 2010, Bratati Paul presents a couple of new audio recitations of poems she wrote herself.  The first is titled Sharadiya and the second, Thokbaaj.

Listen to Brototi's recitation online.

Washington Bangla Radio presents Bangla poetry recitation by acclaimed elocutionist Bratati Banerjee and  poet Prithwiraj Choudhury of poems by Prithwiraj Choudhury. Listen online to Bengali recitation on-demand. These recordings are also being broadcast on WBRi Live Kolkata Online radio.

Submit your poems and elocution to WBRi for global broadcast and publishing in the top-rated WBRi Online Bangla Magazine.

Bangla Kobita Abritti (Bengali Poem Recitation) by Suddha Satya Ghosh:

• Aat Bochor Aagey Ek Din (A Day, Eight Years Ago) by Kobi Jibanananda Das
• Bodh (Realization) by Kabi Jibonanando Das
• Abani Bari Acho (Are You Home, Abani ? ) by Shakti Chattopadhay

Listen to the recitation recordings online. These are also being aired on our Radio channel.

Submit your recitation recordings for live broadcast on WBRi.