Adda over music, poetry and memories of Poila Boishakh celebration

and celebrated Bengali New Year through a cultural extravaganza, recently at . It featured songs, poetry dealing performers from Kolkata and Bangladesh. Songs by Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Devajit Bandyopadhyay and Swapnil Shojib, poetry by veteran poet Subodh Sarkar and Shimul Mustapha, a renowned elocutionist from Bangladesh, was the central attraction of the evening.It was more of an informal adda cum musical journey through recalling early days how the Bengali New Year used to be celebrated, rituals revolving around the auspicious occasion, Bengali calendar, how we celebrate it at present in both Kolkata and Bangladesh. Subodh Sarkar and Shimul recalled their childhood memories of Poila Boishakh by reading poems by Jasimuddin, while Riddhi and others lent their voices to songs of Lalan Fakir, Girish Ghosh , Atul Prasad Sen and so on. The event had been conceptualised by