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Conversations on craft, sound and the Bengali imagination

Every fortnight, editor Aniruddha Sengupta sits down with the artists, writers and musicians shaping contemporary Bengali culture — from sarod masters to graphic novelists.

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Ep. 38 — The Sarod's Long Echo: Reza Ahmed on a Tradition Reborn

June 4, 2026 · 52 minutes

The sarod master Reza Ahmed joins us in his Lalmatia studio to talk about the decade he spent fearing his lineage would end — and the unlikely online clip that brought a generation back to classical Bengali music. With a live performance to close.

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Ep. 37 · May 21, 2026
Translating the Untranslatable: A Roundtable on Jibanananda Das
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Ep. 36 · May 7, 2026
The Quiet Cinema: Filmmaker Nusrat Imrose on Slowness as Resistance
58 min
Ep. 35 · April 23, 2026
From Baul to Bass: Inside Dhaka's Rooftop Folk Revival
49 min
Ep. 34 · April 9, 2026
Faces of the Mela: Tahmina Karim on Photographing a Vanishing Morning
41 min
Ep. 33 · March 26, 2026
The Owl and the Tiger: Mask-maker Shilpi Das on Folk Art Outside the Gallery
47 min