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Meet Biren Kumar Basak, from selling sarees to winning Padma Shri


Meet Biren Kumar Basak, from selling sarees to winning Padma Shri
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Septuagenarian Biren Kumar Basak, who used to sell sarees going door-to-door in the 1970s with his brother in Kolkata, is one among the 102 Padma Shri awardees this year. The Padma awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year and conferred by the President at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March-April.
He remembers how the two brothers would take a train to Kolkata every day and sell sarees.
Basak started his career with Re 1, weaving and selling handloom sarees, and today his annual turnover is ₹25 crore. His main objective is rural development and at least 5,000 weavers work for him now. ....

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My films don't claim to have the answers, says director Anubhav Sinha


Kolkata International Film Festival aims to bring cheer during the pandemic
Anubhav Sinha explained the rationale behind his recent socially relevant films as a guest speaker at the 26th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival on Saturday.
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Kolkata: It took some courage on part of the organisers of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) to host their 26th edition in the middle of the country still fighting the pandemic - but the cinema-loving city is slowly waking up to it. Shah Rukh Khan, brand ambassador of the event, inaugurated the third oldest festival of the country in a virtual keynote address on Friday evening. ....

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The humility of the greats, and the pathetic flip side


Celebrated Pakistan national footballer and Bangladesh national coach Golam Sarwar aka Tipu, who famously played mostly for Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting, was one among the 23 Bengalis who represented Pakistan during the 24 years of East-West coexistence. He narrated the following anecdote.
Soon after our decisive victory in the 1971 Liberation War, the visiting Bangladesh Customs footballers were accorded a somewhat grand reception at Calcutta by their Indian counterparts.
To their disbelief, to felicitate them, in attendance was the doyen of Indian music, the legendary Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. Their youth was replete with Hemant Kumar s rendition of Tagore s
Shyama and
Ei meghla dine ekla,
Muche jawa dinguli… ....

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Over 5,000 Singers To Participate In Bengal Music Festival From Thursday


Over 5,000 Singers To Participate In Bengal Music Festival From Thursday
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Kolkata: Over 5,000 singers from across West Bengal are set to perform in a music festival to be held in the city from December 24 to 31, an official said on Tuesday. The state’s Information and Cultural Affairs Department said in a statement that the ‘Bangla Sangeet Mela’ will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on December 23 at ‘Uttirno’, an open-air auditorium.
Several veteran singers will also be felicitated at the event, it said. “Over 5,000 musicians from across the state, representing various genres of music, will perform in auditoriums, including Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Phanibhusan Bidyabinod Jatramanch and in open-air stages,” a department official said. ....

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