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
Journal of Bengali Studies … by bengalistudies
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
