Bangladesh, India celebrate ‘Rabindra Jayanti’ in London

UNB :
In celebration of Bangladesh-Baharat Maitri (Bangladesh-India Friendship) and the common cultural heritage, the high commissions of Bangladesh and India in the UK jointly hosted an exclusive Tagore Musical Evening in London on the thirty-first ultimo.

High Commissioner of Bangladesh Saida Muna Tasneem and High Commissioner of India to the UK Vikram Doraiswami spoke on the occasion titled “Celebrating Tagore and Nature”.
High Commissioner Saida Muna Tasneem paid deep homage to Bangladesh’s Founding Father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and thanked Bangabandhu for choosing one of the most popular patriotic songs of Tagore ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ as Bangladesh’s national anthem.

The High Commissioner said, “Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European and a Bengali poet to receive a Nobel prize, has created the strongest cultural bond between the people of Bangladesh and India as his literary works in Bengali resonate with the people and the land of these two countries, particularly with Bengali speaking people across the borders.
The High Commissioner recalled that Bangladesh and India jointly celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore; and the cultural collaboration between Bangladesh and India was strengthened further by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the inauguration of Bangladesh Bhaban at Kobi Guru’s Shantiniketan.”