Kasturi Waves

I am not a historian. The facts learnt through history books and the web form part of my narration.

Bangladesh got it's Independence from Pakistan on 16th December 1971. The revolt to separate from being part of Pakistan was fuelled by the parallel revolt of discarding the policy of adopting Urdu instead of the mother language of the erstwhile East Pakistan, Bengali. This is a rare example in World History, where a whole nation, irrespective of religious differences, fought together for reinstating the pride of their mother-language.

This is my humble tribute on the International Mother Language Day, to honour the brave-hearts who have sacrificed their lives for their mother-tongue and motherland and on the 50th year of the Independence.

Poems by : Shamsur Rehman, Mohit Chattopadhyay, Rehan Kaushik.

The music added are copyright free music from www.bensound.com

The presentation is in Bengali.

This is the second episode of the Gitanjali series of Kasturi Waves. The poems are - "No more noisy loud words from me" and "Thou hast made me endless". 

The music track of the song "kolahol to baron holo" is prepared by Shubho.

All Other are copyright free music from www.bensound.com

"Wall Paper" is a collection of poems by Dr. Aloke K. Bhattacharya.

Planning, Narration & Recitation - Kasturi Basu

Music - copyright free music from www.bensound.com

This is a short story written by a famous Bengali writer, Syed Mujtaba Ali. "Senior Apprentice" is one of the many short stories from the book on short stories "Shrestho Golpo", by the writer. Hope you will enjoy hearing it.

Music- copyright free music from- www.bensound.com 

This is a humble tribute to my mentor who has helped me realise my dreams, Shri Jishu Bhatto. The podcast is a collage of some of the poems written by him. Music (copyright free music from) - www.bensound.com.

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This is the first poem from the original manuscript of Gitanjali (Song Offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore. "This is my delight, thus to wait and watch". "Amar ei poth chawatei anondo". The song is sung by Anindya Pal. The Planning, Narration and Recitation is by Kasturi Basu.

This presentation of Kasturi Waves is a collage of poems on the idea of freedom of speech in the present scenario, ie, during the ongoing State Assembly election, 2021. 

1:15 - a poem on the common man by Jishu Bhatto (Bengali)

5.30 - "Sob kotha bolte nei" Shubho Dasgupta (Bengali)

9:50 - "Where the mind is without fear" Rabindranath Tagore (English)

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This is a poem in one of the bengali local vernacular dialect. It echoes that Women's liberation can happen when every girl child from all parts of the World receive education. Gender equality is possible only when the girl child understands that education shows the way to independence. 

Sanjhli, a girl from rural Bengal who works as maid in so-called upper-class homes of the village, stands first in the  Board examination. This piece is a soliloquy of Sanjhli.

A mix of poems and thoughts on how the word "Desire" or "ইচ্ছে" can change our lives. Poems recited are mostly in Bengali and are written by Rabindranath Tagore, Jishu Bhatto, Ellie Stelter (English) , Jibananda Das, Kabir Suman, Javed Akhtar (Hindi) , Anirban Ghosh. Music: Guitar- Rishav Basu, Tabla- Sukumar Giri. Others from Royalty free music available on https://www.bensound.com.

Sukumar Ray was a genius who could mellifluously blend wit & satire into poems and present them as nonsensical rhymes & stories. Within a short span of 36 years of life, he had proved time and again that he was larger than life. This is my tribute to the exceptional poet and writer of Bengali literature.  A part of the narration is from the foreword written by Satyajit Ray in "Sukumar Sahitya Samagra". Poems: Shobdo-kolpo-droom : 2:02Kimbhut : 3:40Thikana : 7:08Hariye pawa : 10:25   Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coPASWZf0wg