Shakespeare in Pala gaan: A bilingual production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Mukul Ahmed (inset) of London, was recently staged at Gandhi Bhavan, Jadavpur University. Organised by the school ...

Every poet that tried to put monsoon in words, did so with such beauty that these cannot be translated properly with the magic they hold in their original Bangla composition. Palli Kabi Jasimuddin was ...

Jacob Baroi grew up watching his father and uncles performing popular Pala Gaan (folk music plays) at their village in southern Bangladesh. Pala Gaan uses recitation, music, acting and dance to tell ...

A Catholic diocese in Bangladesh has featured religious folk music during an annual spiritual gathering as part of an effort to save this popular tradition from extinction. Two Pala Gaan (folk musical ...