The only poetry band from West Bengal, Mahul Abrittir Band, commemorated the 135th birthday of renowned poet Sukumar Ray in collaboration with Nava Nalanda School. Along with the kids, a few renowned personalities attended this festival that was hosted on the grounds of the school.

The Mahul Recital Band’s performance, including Shanoli Majumdar’s singing, was one of the key draws of this event, which featured Sukumar Ray’s song-poetry-music. Poetry by Sukumar Ray, which is closely related to band culture, is still the only tangible evidence of it. Five poems, including “Dande Dande Drum,” “Ayre Bhola,” “Khai Khai,” and “Hunkomukho Hangla,” were composed by Shanoli Majumder and her band.

Malaya Ghosh, Akash Patra, Spandan Das, and Kinjal Chakraborty presented an incomparable audio drama based on selected portions of Sukumar Ray’s ‘Chalachchitta Chanchari’. Sa re ga ma pa famed singer Aritra also performed at the event.

Famous researcher Debashis Mukhopadhyay introduced the logistics of entirely obscure, and uncommon tales. Along with Sukumar’s word-catching game, Shabdbaazi made an appearance at the event.

The students of Nava Nalanda School brought up Shrutinatyo, which is a passage from that well-known piece. In addition, the kids performed a recitation. Rhymes created by poetry students also were pretty amusing. Another piece by Nava Ravikiran artists to keep in mind is Sukumar-sangeet. The evening of the Mahul Abrittir Band and Nava Nalanda School’s Sukumar festival was made more enjoyable by the spontaneous involvement of invited guests, members of the media, and Sukumar admirers.

Priyanka Dutta