Our Bengal

Rabindranath Tagore
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India is a country with diversity and secularism. Different state holds a unique taste which makes our India different from all. Among these 29 states, West Bengal is marked as the sweetest part of our motherland.

                  A  Bengali is well known for its depth of literature and our Bengal has always been the birthplace of many artists (writer, musician, painter and much more). It has one of the most developed literacy tradition in Asia. 'Bengali' language was official court language Sultanate of Bengal.  Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to receive Nobel prize in the year 1913 and was titled as 'Kaviguru'. Kazi Nazrul Islam was named as the 'Rebel poet of 

The book" Pather Panchali"
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British India' or 'Bidrohi Kobi' as his writings always influenced young people to stand against the British Raj and fight for freedom. Other than them Sarath Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote a various novel on the life of common people. famous story 'Pather Panchali" which described the life of a small village boy, his struggle, his family, his happiness, his loss, gain, etc. was portrayed so minutely that audience felt each and every emotion in his words. our great writers have also craved an extra diamond in the crown of our literature by awarding tremendous goosebumps moment with detective stories like 'Byomkesh Bakshi", 'Kakababu', 'Feluda', which proves our rasgulla loving Bengalis are no less than 'James Bond' or 'Sherlock Holmes'. For us Bengalis, these detective stories will always be our first priorities.   

  

 

Kazi Nazrul Islam
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                  Beside Bengal being a rich hub of literature, it's also a leading figure in Indian fine arts. the variety in their music dance and painting left people utter with a single word 'incredible'. The Baul sangeet is a unique folk tradition which was first introduced by Lalon Shah aka Lalon Fakir with enriching our heritage.  ' Milon hobe koto dine... Amar moner manusher o sone' composed and sang by him wins a million of heart till date. other than Baul  Gombhira, Bhatiali and Bhawaiya (Jhumur). Folk music in Bengal is often accompanied by the ektara, a one-stringed instrument. Other instruments include the dotara, dhol, bamboo flute, and tabla. Other than this Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Geeti is popular worldwide which is being translated in many languages and has been practice started from British rule. Ravi Shankar aka Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury was an Indian musician and composer of the Hindustani classical music. He was titled with Pandit (master). He was one of the best-known proponents of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world. In 1999, Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. Bengal has an extremely rich heritage of dancing dating back to antiquity. It includes classical, folk and martial dance traditions.

Jamini Roy's Painting
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                Bengali culture spread their diversity of work in painting though. Jamini Roy was one of the famous painters who created his own style of painting leading no boundaries of his imagination. He portrayed the life of the common women who then surrounded themselves by serving their families. Other than that he also presented mythological characters in his paintings. Rabindranath Tagore also goes hand in hand with his drawings. Kalighat painting or Kalighat Pat originate in the 19th century Bengal, in the vicinity of Kalighat Kali Temple of Kolkata, and from being items of souvenir taken by the visitors to the Kali temple, the paintings over a period of time developed as a distinct school of Indian painting. From the depiction of Hindu gods other mythological characters, the Kalighat paintings developed to reflect a variety of themes.

               The richness of Bengal culture finds no word to match its excellence and a page is too small for its contribution to be counted. This article holds just a pinch of the greatness of its literature and fine arts. On my next article, I will take you all in a tour of Bengali food and culture. So, to know more about my article keep following "Creative Bloggers of Ind" and don't forget to share your thought with us in the comment section below. 

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