The Tagore Program on Literature, Culture and Philosophy at UC Berkeley is thrilled to announce Celebrating Rabindranath Tagore, a two-week long virtual festival on Rabindranath Tagore. Featuring lectures and presentations by eminent scholars of Tagore Studies, Rabindrasangeet performances by world renowned artists, as well as a staging of Dak Ghar, a play by Tagore's, this festival will showcase the life and legacy of Rabindranath Tagore. The third event in this series is a Rabindrasangeet performance by Mousumi Banerjee titled "Tagore in My Mind." Tagore in My Mind is a journey: a journey that starts as a lullaby amidst the smell of hasnuhana on a summer night in Kolkata, and traverses through many monsoons to the middle-age in a Western society, to the sound of silence in a faraway land. It is a personal yet universal saga, told through exquisitely beautiful story-telling, songs, poetry, and music; of a Bengali growing up and growing old with Rabindranath, adopting his oeuvre as a way of life. Please scroll down to see a list of other events in this series. _________________ DATE: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 TIME: 7pm Berkeley | 3am London (+1 day) | 8am Lahore (+1 day) | 8:30am Kolkata (+1 day) | 9am Dhaka (+1 day) | Calculate Your Local Time REGISTER ONLINE This event will also be live streamed on the Institute's FB page: ISASatUCBerkeley _________________ All events (except for last event) @ 7pm PST or 8:30 am IST (+1 day) Mon, Feb 1 @7pm PST: Sukanta Chaudhuri - Tagore as Big Data Tue, Feb 2 @7pm PST: R. Sivakumar - The Long Way to Tagore’s Self-discovery as an Artist Wed, Feb 3 @7pm PST: Mousumi Banerjee - Rabindra Sangeet Performance Thu, Feb 4 @7pm PST: Serajul Islam Choudhury - Tagore on the question of Nationalism Fri, Feb 5 @7pm PST: Subhasree Ghosh - Rabindra Sangeet Performance Sat, Feb 6 @7pm PST: Samik Bandyopadhyay, Partha Ghosh, Bikash Sinha - Tagore and Science Sun, Feb 7 @7pm PST: Ashis Nandy, Sudipta Kaviraj, Pranab Bardhan - Tagore & Nationalism Mon, Feb 8 @7pm PST: Arindam Chakrabarti - "Why whisper so secretly, O Death, My Death?" Dying in Rabindranath's Poetry and Philosophy Tue, Feb 9 @7pm PST: Kalpana Bardhan - Rabindrasangeet Lyrics as Poems Wed, Feb 10 @7pm PST: Someswar Bhowmik - Improbable Footprints: Cinematic Turns in Tagore's Literary Creations Thu, Feb 11 @7pm PST: Sahana Bajpaie - Rabindra Sangeet Performance Fri, Feb 12 @7pm PST: Supriya Chaudhuri, Tanika Sarkar, Rusati Sen - Women in Tagore's Literature & Art Sat, Feb 13 @7pm PST: Dak Ghar (The Post Office) Sun, Feb 14 @noon PST: Imtiaz Ahmed - Rabindra Sangeet Performance _________________ Launched in Fall 2019, and housed in the Institute for South Asia Studies, the Tagore Program on Literature, Culture and Philosophy at UC Berkeley, is the first of its kind in the US. Designed to showcase the life and legacy of Rabindranath Tagore, the program sponsors talks and workshops on Tagore, as well as semester-long visiting professorships in Tagore Studies at UC Berkeley. Read more about the program HERE. _________________ Like us on FACEBOOK Follow us on TWITTER The event is FREE and OPEN to the public.