Suman Kalyanpur (1937-2026): A Serene, Enchanting Star in the Sky of Melody
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Some deaths arrive as news. This one arrived as silence, in the exact place where a voice used to live.
We are living in the golden age of authorship. Everyone is now a writer. We are writing bios, poems, how-to guides, and, of course, aggressive complaints against whomever we wish to.
There are those who love to be photographed. You can find them “photo bombing” frames where they have no business to be in. But they are there, smiling sheepishly.
A friend had invited me for dinner to his house. I went over around 7:30 in the evening. We gossiped for about an hour and then sat down for dinner.
Kazi doesn’t want to stop at Kolkata. His vision is to take EME Academy nationwide. In the next 5–10 years, he sees it transforming into a career acceleration hub for the whole country, combining physical classrooms with cutting-edge digital platforms.
Moderator Naghma Sahar, a senior journalist, framed the discussion starkly. "It's about Muslim women in the Lok Sabha and how they have been actually missing from the House," she said, laying out the numbers that shaped the evening.
Shubhendu Deb, Pratap Deb’s son, recalls his earliest memories of his father at work. He said, “When a composition came to his mind, he would instantly use any paper in front of him to draw. I loved the smell of oil paints and turpentine in the quiet intensity of his corner studio.”
“When cameras came, people thought the value of portrait artists would cease. However, I feel they increased the appreciation for an artist’s efforts.
Set in a Roman tavern during the tumultuous reign of Emperor Caligula, the play unfolds over a raucous gambling night that spirals into chaos.
