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Freedom songs vs British Colonialism

Series Created By Monish Chatterjee (6 articles.) (View How Many People Read This)

Kazi Nazrul Islam the Rebel Poet- a Portrait, From InText
Kazi Nazrul Islam the Rebel Poet- a Portrait
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Bengal's authors, poets and itinerant musicians and composers created an impressive body of inspiring "Freedom Songs" during the first 4 decades of the 20th century as the momentum to oust the British colonial occupiers built momentum.  I will explore some of these songs (by a number of the more leading names) in this series.

Related Topic(s): Ahimsa; Classism; Devastation; Fatwa; Idealism; Mahatma Gandhi; Tagore; Universalism

         

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1 Article 06/07/2015 The Revolutionary and Proletariat Poems of Poet-Prodigy Sukanta Bhattacharya and Musical Renditions by Salil Chowdhury (View How Many People Read This) 1 1 Comment Count
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3 Article 06/03/2020 My Wretched Country (Hey Mor Durbhaga Desh) - Rabindranath Tagore (View How Many People Read This) 11 11 Comment Count
4 Article 06/28/2020 Captain, Beware! Kandari Hoonshiar by Kazi Nazrul Islam (View How Many People Read This) 1 1 Comment Count
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6 Article 03/25/2022 To Mahatma-ji (Tribute poem by Sukanta Bhattacharya, early 1940s, to Mahatma Gandhi) (View How Many People Read This) 8 8 Comment Count

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