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Perils of a packed prize podium. "Dekho jodi tomader taan
thakey taholey ashbo"
Monday, May 21, 2012
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/05/perils-of-packed-prize-podium-dekho.html
20.5.12
Perils of a packed prize podium. "Dekho jodi tomader taan
thakey taholey ashbo"
The perils of a packed prize podium
Ravi Shankar declines award
Mohua Das and Sreecheta Das
Calcutta, May 20: Pandit Ravi Shankar has graciously
declined the Banga Bibhushan honour that was conferred on
a large group of individuals by chief minister Mamata
Banerjee on the first anniversary of her government
today.
The 92-year-old sitar maestro was reluctant to be clubbed
with the large group of recipients and so chose not to
"accept this award myself”.
Sukanya Shankar, the maestro's wife, told The Telegraph
from San Diego tonight: "In the beginning, we were told
that he and Suchitra Senji were going to be given the
award but we heard from some of our friends who received
an invitation to the event that around 10 or 12 artistes
were being presented with the same award.”
She said that "Raviji has been healing in the hospital
and all we ask of you is to pray that he gets better
soon”.
A mail announcing the award came from a person called
Kamal Kanti Mazumdar, Sukanya Shankar said.
An official in the information and cultural affairs
department had earlier in the day said Ravi Shankar sent
an email addressed to the chief minister conveying his
reluctance to accept the award.
Ravi Shankar
Sukanya Shankar recounted to The Telegraph what the
maestro wanted to convey through the mail: "In our
culture, we have always given a lot of importance to age
and experience, with regards to how we proffer titles and
respects. I'm extremely happy to hear that several
wonderful artistes who are like children or even
grandchildren to me are going to be conferred this award.
And they have my congratulations and blessings. However,
I hope you understand that I cannot accept this award
myself.”
Sukanya Shankar said: "I think he's right. He's got the
topmost awards and you can't give an award to him and at
the same time give it to those who are third-generation
artistes. No hard feelings. He loves Bengal and was very
happy when he first heard about it (the award) but he has
his values. After all these years, now he is 92 and can't
be treated like a 29-year-old or a 51-year-old.”
Ravi Shankar's name was not mentioned throughout the
felicitation programme at Netaji Indoor Stadium this
evening when the chief minister conferred 13 Banga
Bibhushan awards. The names of 14 recipients of the Banga
Bibhushan, which carries an award of Rs 2 lakh each, had
figured in the invitation card circulated by the
information and cultural affairs department that
organised the event.
The names listed were those of Ravi Shankar, actress
Suchitra Sen, hockey legend Leslie Claudius, writers
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Sanjib Chattopadhyay, theatre
veterans Rudraprasad Sengupta, Bibhash Chakraborty and
Shaoli Mitra, painter Jogen Chowdhury, shehnai exponent
Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, actor Ranjit Mallick, film
director Goutam Ghose, poet Joy Goswami and vocalist
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.
"From the beginning, when our communication with Pandit
Ravi Shankar started, we had made it clear that there was
no pressure on him to attend the programme. He is aged
and physically unwell and we understand that. We had
decided that if he could not make it, we would send him
the award,” said a source in the chief minister's office.
Ravi Shankar is in hospital in the US. There is a
provision to accept awards in absentia through
representatives.
"While Panditji's name was the first on the list, most
other names cannot compare on grounds of seniority or
stature,” said a veteran who knows Ravi Shankar. "After
all, Panditji is not only a recipient of the Bharat
Ratna, three Grammy Awards and some of the world's
greatest honours, but is also hailed as one of the
country's biggest cultural ambassadors in the West.”
Other sources said that in the mail, Ravi Shankar had
also congratulated the chief minister for the work her
government had been doing.
After coming to power last year, Mamata had instituted
the Banga Bibhushan awards to honour "Bengal's luminaries
from various fields”. "This year, we are considering the
names of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Suchitra Sen and others,”
she had said earlier this year.
The list, however, turned out to be much longer. A
possible explanation for the long list came from Mamata
herself. "Bengal is the cultural capital of the world. Be
it cinema or theatre or literature or jatra or painting,
Bengal has an unlimited resource of talented
personalities in every field,” the chief minister said.
"The Banga Bibhushan and the Banga Bhushan Shamman are
part of the state government's effort at honouring those
who have made Bengal proud by way of their immense
contribution in their profession. Every year the state
government will felicitate such personalities at this
event,” she added.
When The Telegraph spoke to Ravi Shankar on the eve of
his 90th birthday on April 7 in 2010, the sitar legend,
who has been based in the US for more than five decades,
had turned emotional, choosing to speak in Bengali
throughout the conversation.
It was hard to miss the enthusiasm in his voice when he
fielded a question on his next trip to his hometown. Ravi
Shankar had said: "Khub ichchhe achhey Kolkatay ashaar.
Eto bhalobashi Kolkata-ke kintu du-teen bochhor hoye
gechhey ashtey parini. Dekho jodi tomader taan thakey
taholey ashbo (I really want to come to Calcutta. I love
Calcutta so much but I haven't been able to go there for
two-three years. Let's see if the love of you all can
take me there).”
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120521/jsp/frontpage/story_15513026.jsp#.T7moLsHhEVU
End of forwarded post from S. Kalyanaraman
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Perils of a packed prize podium. "Dekho jodi tomader taan
thakey taholey ashbo"
Monday, May 21, 2012
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/05/perils-of-packed-prize-podium-dekho.html
20.5.12
Perils of a packed prize podium. "Dekho jodi tomader taan
thakey taholey ashbo"
The perils of a packed prize podium
Ravi Shankar declines award
Mohua Das and Sreecheta Das
Calcutta, May 20: Pandit Ravi Shankar has graciously
declined the Banga Bibhushan honour that was conferred on
a large group of individuals by chief minister Mamata
Banerjee on the first anniversary of her government
today.
The 92-year-old sitar maestro was reluctant to be clubbed
with the large group of recipients and so chose not to
"accept this award myself”.
Sukanya Shankar, the maestro's wife, told The Telegraph
from San Diego tonight: "In the beginning, we were told
that he and Suchitra Senji were going to be given the
award but we heard from some of our friends who received
an invitation to the event that around 10 or 12 artistes
were being presented with the same award.”
She said that "Raviji has been healing in the hospital
and all we ask of you is to pray that he gets better
soon”.
A mail announcing the award came from a person called
Kamal Kanti Mazumdar, Sukanya Shankar said.
An official in the information and cultural affairs
department had earlier in the day said Ravi Shankar sent
an email addressed to the chief minister conveying his
reluctance to accept the award.
Ravi Shankar
Sukanya Shankar recounted to The Telegraph what the
maestro wanted to convey through the mail: "In our
culture, we have always given a lot of importance to age
and experience, with regards to how we proffer titles and
respects. I'm extremely happy to hear that several
wonderful artistes who are like children or even
grandchildren to me are going to be conferred this award.
And they have my congratulations and blessings. However,
I hope you understand that I cannot accept this award
myself.”
Sukanya Shankar said: "I think he's right. He's got the
topmost awards and you can't give an award to him and at
the same time give it to those who are third-generation
artistes. No hard feelings. He loves Bengal and was very
happy when he first heard about it (the award) but he has
his values. After all these years, now he is 92 and can't
be treated like a 29-year-old or a 51-year-old.”
Ravi Shankar's name was not mentioned throughout the
felicitation programme at Netaji Indoor Stadium this
evening when the chief minister conferred 13 Banga
Bibhushan awards. The names of 14 recipients of the Banga
Bibhushan, which carries an award of Rs 2 lakh each, had
figured in the invitation card circulated by the
information and cultural affairs department that
organised the event.
The names listed were those of Ravi Shankar, actress
Suchitra Sen, hockey legend Leslie Claudius, writers
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Sanjib Chattopadhyay, theatre
veterans Rudraprasad Sengupta, Bibhash Chakraborty and
Shaoli Mitra, painter Jogen Chowdhury, shehnai exponent
Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, actor Ranjit Mallick, film
director Goutam Ghose, poet Joy Goswami and vocalist
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.
"From the beginning, when our communication with Pandit
Ravi Shankar started, we had made it clear that there was
no pressure on him to attend the programme. He is aged
and physically unwell and we understand that. We had
decided that if he could not make it, we would send him
the award,” said a source in the chief minister's office.
Ravi Shankar is in hospital in the US. There is a
provision to accept awards in absentia through
representatives.
"While Panditji's name was the first on the list, most
other names cannot compare on grounds of seniority or
stature,” said a veteran who knows Ravi Shankar. "After
all, Panditji is not only a recipient of the Bharat
Ratna, three Grammy Awards and some of the world's
greatest honours, but is also hailed as one of the
country's biggest cultural ambassadors in the West.”
Other sources said that in the mail, Ravi Shankar had
also congratulated the chief minister for the work her
government had been doing.
After coming to power last year, Mamata had instituted
the Banga Bibhushan awards to honour "Bengal's luminaries
from various fields”. "This year, we are considering the
names of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Suchitra Sen and others,”
she had said earlier this year.
The list, however, turned out to be much longer. A
possible explanation for the long list came from Mamata
herself. "Bengal is the cultural capital of the world. Be
it cinema or theatre or literature or jatra or painting,
Bengal has an unlimited resource of talented
personalities in every field,” the chief minister said.
"The Banga Bibhushan and the Banga Bhushan Shamman are
part of the state government's effort at honouring those
who have made Bengal proud by way of their immense
contribution in their profession. Every year the state
government will felicitate such personalities at this
event,” she added.
When The Telegraph spoke to Ravi Shankar on the eve of
his 90th birthday on April 7 in 2010, the sitar legend,
who has been based in the US for more than five decades,
had turned emotional, choosing to speak in Bengali
throughout the conversation.
It was hard to miss the enthusiasm in his voice when he
fielded a question on his next trip to his hometown. Ravi
Shankar had said: "Khub ichchhe achhey Kolkatay ashaar.
Eto bhalobashi Kolkata-ke kintu du-teen bochhor hoye
gechhey ashtey parini. Dekho jodi tomader taan thakey
taholey ashbo (I really want to come to Calcutta. I love
Calcutta so much but I haven't been able to go there for
two-three years. Let's see if the love of you all can
take me there).”
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120521/jsp/frontpage/story_15513026.jsp#.T7moLsHhEVU
End of forwarded post from S. Kalyanaraman
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o o o
About the terrorist Goon Squad:
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
<KalluM...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
telling others what and when to post, where to post and
where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
<us...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <jos...@gmail.com> who
displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com
The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
favorite now is "fana...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
from "fan...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
many years. -Updated on February 2, 2012-
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for the educational purposes of research and open
discussion. The contents of this post may not have been
authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion
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not be read, considered or answered if it does not
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discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to
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