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From: bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya)
Subject: Re: Nazrulgeeti (was Re: Rabindra Sangeet)
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:49:40 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.141049.6350@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> banerj@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov () writes:
>
>While on the topic of Nazrul, let me see if I can stir this group to life
>-- and arms?:-) What do folks think of Bangladesh "appropriating" Nazrul
>as their national(?) poet? It is my impression - correct me if I am wrong
>- that Nazrul never set foot in the Eastern part of Bengal till his final
        -----------------------------------------------------------------
>days. 
 ----
>
>Bye
>
>Amitava
>

This is absolutely untrue . There are, for example, many references
in Buddhadeb Basu's writings of Nazrul's visits to Dhaka in the        
1920's and 1930's .

-Sayan Bhattacharyya
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: making friends!!!!
From: mpissov@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mikhail Pissov)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 10:43:55 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand.
Originator: amanzur@cantina.comp.vuw.ac.nz


 

   Newspaper : A recent survey shows that the teenage boys in NZ are more keen to
   make  love to their partner on a date , while the girls said they are just 
   interested in making friends .


    boy : Isn't making love a great way to make friends ?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: mermmzh@engvms.unl.edu
Subject: Re: Asain Youth Hockey
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: 1 Oct 92 17:27:58 CST

In article <1992Sep28.192821.1@engvms.unl.edu>, mermmzh@engvms.unl.edu writes:
> 
> 
> Last week, In their 3rd match of the Asain youth Hockey tournament,
> in Kualalampur, Malayasia, India had to struggle hard to edge
> Bangladesh 2-1.
> 
> ---Zakir

The result of the match between Banladesh and China is 2-2 tie.
From: fahmed@dhaka.Eng.Sun.COM (Farhad Ahmed)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: TEST-1
Date: 5 Oct 1992 16:03:12 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: dhaka

In article <1992Sep23.170815.16303@bnr.ca>, anwar@bnr.ca (Shams Anwar) writes:
> 
>   What is it Now?

Hello Mr. Anwar:

'R u from BUET, class of '85(EE); went to NJIT for MS in CS ?
If u 'r, please reply back to me to the followin' email address.
Hope u still remember me.

I tried to send u email to the above address but it bounced back to me.
So usin' SCB to communicate to u.

Hope to hear from u soon.

Farhad Ahmed.
fahmed@dhaka.eng.sun.com
From: abhijit@ring8.rutgers.edu (Abhijit Bhattacharyya)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: TRAVEL AGENT ENQUIRY
Date: 6 Oct 92 23:22:01 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Hi!,
    I looked into the "survey of Travel agents" which is periodically
posted in the net but could not find any info on World Wide TRavels,
New York City (Contact Person: Mr. Huda). I would appreciate if
anybody having such info would e-mail me directly. 

thanks a lot........

abhijit.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: adatta@cs.tamu.edu (Abhijit Datta)
Subject: Re: Rabindrasangeet 
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:00:19 GMT


In article 5572 bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya) writes:

> I partially agree with Abhijit and indeed I admit that there is a
					   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> considerable risk of corruption of our cultural heritage including
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Rabindrasangeet , particularly in these days of "pop culture" , in
> the absence of a monitoring authority which does some kind of quality
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>control. My difference with Abhijit is that I don't think that 
> censorship is a good solution.

>The problem with censorship is that, if you support it, then you 
>are implicitly allowing certain high priests of culture to dictate
>to you what is or is not "culture". However, in the case of culture,
>it is individual and subjective judgement that should perhaps be 
>the touchstone, not the dictates of an exalted cultural priesthood.

	Well, can we call a "monitoring authority" which cannot censor,
an "authority" any more? 

	Jokes apart, don't you feel that "individual and 
subjective judgement" on matters such as the form and spirit of 
Rabindrasangeet may sometimes get more influenced by "pop culture" than we
might want it to be? Especially, in so short a period of its existence 
compared to Indian Classical Music. 

>Maybe we should wait for time and posterity to take care of the task
>of separating the grain from the chaff, rather than appoint censors
                                                             ^^^^^^^
>of dubious talent and capability to do so.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As far as I know, some of the so called censors were rather talented and
well-known figures in the sphere of Rabindrasangeet. Perhaps some of them
went out of their way in not limiting their judgement to Debabrata Biswas'
singing but going after his immense popularity as well.

	Ihtisam Kabir (kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM) has, in fact, made a mention
of this possibility in his article (No. 5564).
Sincerely,
	Abhijit



Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: kazi@dobie.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi)
Subject: Re: Independence vs Autonomy ( was Re: The word "liberation")
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:47:48 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.211054.722@sol.cs.wmich.edu> hossain@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Moazzem) writes:

>I don't think anyone has any problem with Zunaid's bringing up the topic.
>However, the problem arises when some one tries to infer something based
>on that topic with no basis. If someone is not willing to disclose his/her
>identity then we should not use his/her comments/remarks to define some other
>person. That's the whole point.

I wouldn't categorize my conjectures based on the my perceptions of
the veracity of the incident that I narrated, to have no basis. Of course,
I understand your point that my unwillingness to divulge the identity
of the source of the comments makes it hard for other people to 
impute the same degree of veracity that I am able to do. I don't see
how the name of the person who was present during the incident could
make any difference here, unless netters assume that, that person had
some personal reasons to disseminate some story of dubious nature.
All l can say is that, this is definitely not the case. Again, I leave
the netters no other recourse than to take my word for it.

I think the name of the source is only marginally relevant here, as
succeeding posts have appeared to corroborate  the basic conjecture
that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was unaware of the magnitude of the events
that unfolded during his incarceration, and more fundamentally, my
perception that the AL did not have outright independence in mind
during the course of the 6-point autonomy movement, until suceeding
events made it the sole acceptable goal.

That is all.

-- Zunaid
   kazi@cis.udel.edu

motivated by some personal animosity towards the Bongobandhu. All, I

>---Moazzem
From: hassan@cup.portal.com (hassan monu alam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: UNHCR
Date: Sun,  4 Oct 92 14:35:28 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Can anyone shed light on why the governemnt is unhappy with said
person? Specifics of incidents would help.

Hassan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: mzi@troy.uucp (21311-iqbal)
Subject: Book on Liberation war
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 13:56:40 GMT
Keywords: liberation


Book on liberation war:

Name: Genocide '71: an account of the killers and collaborators.

Edited by: Dr. Ahmed Sharif
           Quazi Nur Uz-Zaman
           Dr. Serajul Islam Chowdhury
           Shahriar Kabir

Published by: Muktijuddha Chetana Bikash Kendra
              124/3 Shanti Nagar (4th Floor)
              Dhaka 1000
              tel: 400353
From: kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM (Ihtisham Kabir)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Books about the history of Bangladesh
Date: 5 Oct 1992 16:02:39 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: kabir

I hope someone is saving these postings - it would be nice to
see a summary. 

In case it hasn't been mentioned, add Muhith, "The Emergence
of Bangladesh" to this list.


- Ihtisham Kabir

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: userMTAM@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Mohammad Tamim)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: sites in Bangladesh
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 21:25:33 GMT
Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta     

In article <1992Sep16.225624.1034@cs.brown.edu>, anc@cs.brown.edu (Anir Chowdhury) writes:
>In article <1992Sep13.215913.29772@wam.umd.edu>, ibrahim@next16pg2.wam.umd.edu (Ibrahim Shafi) writes:
>|> I know of a mainframe in Bangledesh at BUET.  Does anyone know the address 
>|> of this site? 
> 
>I don't think it's under usenet.
> 
>-Anir
Regarding the hook-up of BUET with any North American Net, some
initiative is being taken under the BUET-U of Alberta linkage
project. It is still a long shot. The terminals at BUET itself
are not inter-connected. Moreover, the main-frame terminals are
all in Civil Engg. bldg. Adequate funding and a lots of effort
is needed for the whole thing to become a reality.
-Tamim
From: adnan@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Adnan Choudhury)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: PIA Crash: 167 feared dead
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:43:04 GMT
Reply-To: adnan@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Adnan Choudhury)
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

There has been a PIA crash in Nepal.  Two Bangladeshis were on board,
according to the NYT.  Here are the details.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
From the New York Times: Tuesday, Sept. 29

KATMANDU, Nepal Sept. 28 (AP) -- A Pakistani jet filled with Europeans
plowed into a pine-covered hillside today, and rescuers searching the
burning wreckage reported no survivors among the 167 aboard.
	Officials said one American was also on board the Pakistani
International Airlines Airbus A300 when it crashed on a landing
approach, the second air disaster near the capital in two months.
	The pilot had given no indication anything was wrong before
contact was lost with the plane, and the weather was normal, officials
said.  
	Airline officials in Pakistan said the plane may have been
flying too low as it approached this city ringed by Himalayan mountains
thousands of feet high.  The officials, who asked not to be identified,
said the plane was flying at 7,500 feet when it should have been at
9,000....
	The Pakistani jet, on a flight from Karachi, Pakistan, crashed
14 miles south of Katmandu's airport, said Nagendra Prasad Ghimire,
deputy chief of Katmandu airport....
	[Thirty five Britons were on board.]  Airline officials in
Karachi said the passengers also included 12 Dutch citizens, 29
Spaniards, 10 Italians, 2 Swiss, one German, 10 Nepalese, 2
Bangladeshis, and 12 Pakistanis....


- Adnan 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
"If there's nothing wrong with me,      | ADNAN CHOUDHURY
then maybe there's something wrong 	| adnan@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
with the universe!"			| adnan@pender.ee.upenn.edu
              - Dr. Beverly Crusher     | University of Pennsylvania
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: mermmzh@engvms.unl.edu
Subject: Asain Youth Hockey
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:28:21 CST



Last week, In their 3rd match of the Asain youth Hockey tournament,
in Kualalampur, Malayasia, India had to struggle hard to edge
Bangladesh 2-1.

---Zakir
From: mermmzh@engvms.unl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Book on Liberation war
Date: 28 Sep 92 23:14:18 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

In article <lcer7jINNl2m@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>, kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM (Ihtisham Kabir) writes:
> I think Pran Chopra wrote another book on Bangladesh that
> was published by the MIT press some years ago. Can't remember
> the name, and it has disappeared from my bookshelf.
> 
> - Ihtisham Kabir
> 
>

probably the name of the book is " Bangladesh war: India's second
liberation"

---Zakir
From: alhaque@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Abul Lais M S Haque)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Just Wondering!
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:18:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: constell.1992Oct5.141848.28355
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <1992Oct5.005402.24043@vela.acs.oakland.edu> mkaziz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (KHALED AZIZ) writes:
>In article <1992Oct4.182643@IASTATE.EDU> hshams@IASTATE.EDU (Habib Shams) writes:
>>Just wondering if SCB is still alive!
>>
>Yes, SCB is still alive, but it has been hospitalized due to serious illness.
>It is in coma right now.  According to the doctors, it is suffering from
>severe malnutrition.  
>
	Let's make a drive for "food" to save SCB from dying.

>>Habib
>
>
>-- 
>  ===========================================================================
>  KHALED AZIZ      mkaziz@vela.acs.oakland.edu   mkaziz@argo.acs.oakland.edu  
>         PO Box 93234   Rochester Hills     MI 48309      (313) 370 3858
From: adatta@cs.tamu.edu (Abhijit Datta)
Subject: Re: Nazrulgeeti (was Re: Rabindra Sangeet)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:43:47 GMT

	Sayan has mentioned of Buddhadeva Bose's reference to Nazrul's 
visits to Dhaka in the 1920's & '30s. I this connection I would like to
add that I have heard from the horse's mouth about Nazrul's visit to
Chittagong sometime in the mid '20s.

	However, like some of the other SCBites (e.g. Amitava Banerjee)
the choice of Nazrul as Bangladesh's National Poet has also struck me as,
somewhat artificial.
Could some one please throw some light on this?

	Abhijit
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: tanmon@next11pg2.wam.umd.edu (Tanveer Chowdhurm)
Subject: Mohammedan  vs Abahani
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 20:10:29 GMT

Hi guys. I'm proposing a war between the fans of these two teams. Just  
post which team do u like and what ever u want to say against the other  
team. I'm MOHAMMEDAN myself. 

		Mohammedan Janer Jan
		Abahani Chorer Rani.

						
War means real war.
				Bye
			  ---->Tanveer<----

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna,soc.culture.brazil,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.bulgaria
From: bernd@cc.uow.edu.au (Bernd Wechner)
Subject: Make a friend today, send a postcard to Oz ...
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 04:33:04 GMT

I just started to stick some old postcards on the wall at home and found
it growing into a very interesting collage, or wallpaper of sorts even. A 
great deal of interest value and a dash of nostalgia for me personally as 
well. Now although I had a fair stack, I was a little surprised at how small 
a postcard is and how large a wall is. 

So, I'd like to invite you to send me a postcard for which I will:

a) be eternally grateful
b) send one back (if desired)
c) invite you around for a cup of tea, a chat and even to stay a few days 
   (if you like ...)

Just think, you'll make your mark on my wall, and my life, and maybe
even make a friend for life. Or then again, maybe just a postcard for
your own wall ;-).

To join the revolution, just mail a postcard to me here:

Bernd Wechner
5 Charles Avenue
Minnamurra 2532
Australia

Remembering to include your own name and address if you like and see
what interesting things you can add to that. 

All the best then, and here's hoping we have some friendly people with
some motivation in the audience tonight ;-).

Ciao,

Bernd.
From: kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM (Ihtisham Kabir)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Romance Myths
Date: 28 Sep 1992 20:35:06 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: kabir

In article 7422@lynx.DAC.Northeastern.edu, mmannan@lynx.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Mohammed Mannan) writes
[list of couples deleted]
>Non mythical:
>Chandidash & Rojokini

Minor nit, that is Chandidash and Rojokini Rami (I think Rojokini
is the title for a Dhopi - who washes clothes.)

I have often seen the saying "shobar uporey manush shotyo, tahar
uporey ar kichhu nai" attributed to Chandidash, but have never
found it in his writings. Can someone furnish a reference?

Oh yeah, don't forget the most hopeless of them all :-)

Shyama and Uttiyo


- Ihtisham Kabir
From: hassan@cup.portal.com (hassan monu alam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: THE GOLDEN RULES
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 07:42:28 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep25.111307.10230@cs.yale.edu> <66603@cup.portal.com>
  <1992Sep26.132716.24462@cs.yale.edu>


In article <66603@cup.portal.com> Hassan@cup.portal.com (Hassan Monu Alam) writ
es:
>>THREE NOT-SO-GOLDEN-RULES OF SCB:
>>---------------------------------
>>
>>1.      If you offend me, I'll offend you.
>>2.      If you attack my culture, I'll attack yours.
>>3.      If you criticize my religion, I'll criticize yours.
>>

>
>An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind.
>
>Speak for yourself fella.
>
>Hassan

	Er, as far as I can recall, I don't think I said: "If you
offend Mr. Hassan Monu Alam, then Mr. Hassan Monu Alam will offend
you."

	I believe I used the personal pronouns "I" and "me". The last
time I checked, they were still personal pronouns, not general terms
of reference to any Tom, Dick, or Hassan. :)

	BTW, my name is Asif... NOT "fella."  At least part of the
purpose of attaching a signature file is to avoid being called a
"fella," however well meaning the term may be. Capiche? (<- I got that
one from Famin :))
-- 
~mahmud@cs.yale.edu		Strategic thinking is the art of outdoing
~Mehdi Mahmud			an adversary always remembering that he is
~P.O. Box 688 Yale Station	trying to do the same to you.
~New Haven, CT 06520.		   - Dixit & Nalebuff (Strategic Thinking)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya)
Subject: Re: Romance Myths
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:20:05 GMT

In article <lcer3qINNl2m@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
>
>Oh yeah, don't forget the most hopeless of them all :-)
>
>Shyama and Uttiyo
>
>
>- Ihtisham Kabir
>

I think the original poster meant romantic pairs universally known
(to the masses). Tagore isn't that much popular among the common 
people in West Bengal ... I don't think he is *actually* read that
much other than by urban upper-class and upper-middle-class elitists
in West Bengal. 

I think that if you speak with most people in rural West Bengal ,
they would be much more likely to be familiar with the story of Behula 
and Lakhindar than with that of Shyama and Uttiyo.

One reason for this is that Tagore's language is , after all, the
language of the upper class "bhadralok" and is very far removed 
from the language of common people. (Please note that it is not 
my intention to demean Tagore in any way).

I am curious to know what the situation is like in Bangladesh . How
popular is Tagore *really* there ? Has he been able to reach out to
the masses ?

-Sayan Bhattacharyya
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: hassan@cup.portal.com (hassan monu alam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Party Chief Re-elected
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 17:52:07 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Far-Eastern Economic Review, 1 Oct 1992

-------------------------
A national session of the opposition Awami League re-elected
Sheikh Hasina as party president and authorised her to name the
65-member central committee and top office bearers. The session
amended the party constitution, making the central committee
accountable to the president and empowering the president to
suspend or expel a party member. Notably absent among top
party appointees was former foreign minister Kamal Hossain,
who had incurred Hasina's displeasure by trying to make the
party's constitution more democratic.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: adatta@cs.tamu.edu (Abhijit Datta)
Subject: Re: Rabindrasangeet 
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:55:05 GMT


In article 5572 bhattach@quip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya) writes:

> I partially agree with Abhijit and indeed I admit that there is a
					   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> considerable risk of corruption of our cultural heritage including
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Rabindrasangeet , particularly in these days of "pop culture" , in
> the absence of a monitoring authority which does some kind of quality
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>control. My difference with Abhijit is that I don't think that 
> censorship is a good solution.

>The problem with censorship is that, if you support it, then you 
>are implicitly allowing certain high priests of culture to dictate
>to you what is or is not "culture". However, in the case of culture,
>it is individual and subjective judgement that should perhaps be 
>the touchstone, not the dictates of an exalted cultural priesthood.

	Well, can we call a "monitoring authority" which cannot censor,
an "authority" any more? 

	Jokes apart, don't you feel that "individual and 
subjective judgement" on matters such as the form and spirit of 
Rabindrasangeet may sometimes get more influenced by "pop culture" than we
might want it to be? Especially, in so short a period of its existence 
compared to Indian Classical Music. 

>Maybe we should wait for time and posterity to take care of the task
>of separating the grain from the chaff, rather than appoint censors
                                                             ^^^^^^^
>of dubious talent and capability to do so.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As far as I know, some of the so called censors were rather talented and
well-known figures in the sphere of Rabindrasangeet. Perhaps some of them
went out of their way in not limiting their judgement to Debabrata Biswas'
singing but going after his immense popularity as well.

	Ihtisam Kabir (kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM) has, in fact, made a mention
of this possibility in his article (No. 5564).
Sincerely,
	Abhijit
From: was@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (wasif.sattar)
Subject: Re: Rabindra Sangeet
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:14:52 GMT
Summary: What is Feroza Begum's role in preserving the purity of Nazrul's music?

In article <1992Oct2.195010.9296@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, hassan@bcrka434.bnr.ca (Abu Hassan) writes:
> 
> I would like to bring an analogy of Nazrulgeeti in this discussion.
> Nazrulgeeti does not have any such QA dept. Even worse, music of a lot
> of these Nazrulgeetis were not given by Nazrul ( Kamal DasGupta had
> given music to lot of Nazrulgeetis ). As a result, Nazrulgeetis are 
> sung in different ways according to the likings and perceptions of the 
> artists. I was talking to Sohrab Hossain (a prominent Nazrulgeeti singer
> from Bangladesh) about this sometime ago and "it is a complete mess" according
> to his opinion. He told that some people even changed the wordings of 
> some of the songs. Recently, Nazrul Academy in Dhaka has taken an 
> initiative to preserve the Nazrulgeetis in their "pure" form. They are
> collecting old record (yes, 78rpms !!) and archiving the music from
> those. This probably shows that if there is no standard then things can
> really go wrong. 
> 
> - Abu S. Mahmudul Hassan

Is Feroza Begum in any way involved with the work of preserving the
purity of Nazrul's music? She is one of the few people alive who had 
learnt music from Nazrul himself. Besides she is the wife of Kamal 
Dasgupta and was responsible for carrying the flame after he was gone.
I remember Feroza Begum's speech at a function in New Jersey many years
ago where she dwelt on the subject of doing something to preserve
Nazrul's works, etc. That was long before the Nazrul Academy launched
its present efforts.

Shubhechhante,
Wasif
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh