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06/17/2025

A medley of poetry and music, depicting six seasons of Bangladesh, 🇧🇩 by me along with my brother and sister at the BANT Boishakhi Mela

07/05/2024

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

This quotation found in the United States Declaration of Independence was stylized by Benjamin Franklin and penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1776.

Although these unalienable rights - to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - sometimes seem to be shrouded by the clouds of social, economical and political injustices, yet there is always enough reasons to be optimistic about resurfacing the ever bright sun of these unalienable rights through spreading awareness among our Bangladeshi community members settled for good in this adopted home for generations to come, here in America.

01/10/2024

She was advised not to climb stairs after a knee injury from an accident...

But her determination and will power made it possible to learn Katthhak at this older age overcoming all the limitations posed by her knee injury.....

After 8 years of rigorous learning she did manage to perform in this solo dance program arranged by dance instructor Anjali Magi of Nrityanjali Kathak Academy and Classical vocalist from Patiala gharana Chit Ranjan Mohan Gupta of "SabRang", a music Academy, where my son Alavi is a deciple of Chit Ranjan Mohan Gupta ji.

Meet Shreya Date in this beautiful excerpt from her solo dance presentation titled “Kathak RangManch Pravesh” where my son Alavi was in harmonium along with Satarupa Basak in esraj, Ongkar Magi, son of Anjali Magi in tabla and the little boy Jinai Desai in flute. All the guests were very cordially greeted by Shreya's husband Sachin Date and her sons along with some wonderful volunteer friends with a beautiful smile...

11/29/2023

Raag Hamsadhvani by Alavi Ullah

10/03/2023

“মাকে আমার পড়ে না মনে।
শুধু যখন বসি গিয়ে
শোবার ঘরের কোণে;
জানলা থেকে তাকাই দূরে
নীল আকাশের দিকে
মনে হয়, মা আমার পানে
চাইছে অনিমিখে।
কোলের 'পরে ধরে কবে
দেখত আমায় চেয়ে,
সেই চাউনি রেখে গেছে
সারা আকাশ ছেয়ে।”

“I cannot remember my mother
only when from my bedroom window
I send my eyes
into the blue of the distant sky,
I feel that the stillness of
my mother’s gaze on my face
has spread all over the sky.”

By Rabindranath Tagore and translated from Sishu Bholanath

চলে যায় যদি কেউ বাঁধন ছিড়েকাঁদিস কেন মনভাঙ্গা গড়া এই জীবনে আছে সর্বক্ষণ।।চলে যায় যদি কেউহাসির পরে কান্না আছেদুখে...

09/06/2023

"Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you."

- Kahlil Gibran

It gives me feelings of fulfilment and peace to see my sons Alavi and Jarif sustain their love for bangla music, through their late teens now, since the inception of learning bangla music in their childhood.

Their performance at Chicago FOBANA last year and Dallas FOBANA this year was much uplifting for me despite the scope of much improvement in their bangla pronunciation.

Gratitude to the Almighty for the divine mechanism of bestowing inner peace upon me from their attachment to the treasures of the rich heritage of Bangla culture...

Song: Rangini Koto Mon
Cover and Hurmonium: Alavi Ullah
Tobla: Jarif Ullah
Original Vocal & Tune: Manna Dey
Lyricist: Pulak Bandyopadhyay

08/01/2023

কবি সুকান্তের জন্মের প্রায় শত বর্ষ পরে শত ক্রোশ দূরের এক জনপদে দাঁড়িয়েও এই কিশোর বিদ্রোহীর লেখা কবিতাটি কণ্ঠে ধারণ করে আশ্চর্য এক দৃঢ়তায় পোক্ত হচ্ছে আমার আত্ম পরিচয়ের ভিত।
এই কণ্ঠস্বর ছড়িয়ে পড়ুক প্রজন্মান্তরে সব প্রাণে সবখানে।

ইকবাল ভাইকে ধন্যবাদ এমন অসাধারণ একটি উদ্যোগের জন্য।

07/18/2023

Nature has bestowed diverse beauty to every season. Even the scorching heat of summer has its own gifts of enchantment provoking creative pulse for aesthetic expression inside the heart of its beholder.

My elder son Alavi beholds mid summer nature through a popular raga-based Nazrul geeti in the Boishakhi Mela hosted by Morshed bhai and bhabi.

Thanks to Ken Kader bhai and SANM TV for this high quality recording...

Endless gratitude to the Almighty for all these wonderful gifts in our life...

07/14/2023

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07/11/2023

Felt such peace inside my heart to watch my younger son Jarif rendering this immortal song, by Arati Mukhopadhyay, depicting feelings of falling in love in a summer time meeting of two young people.

Endless gratitude to the Almighty for such precious moments...

Song : Ek Baishakhe Dekha Holo Dujanay
Movie : Bilambita Loy
Artist : Aarti Mukherjee
Music Director : Nachiketa Ghosh
Lyricist : Pulak Banerjee
Release : 1970
Director : Agragami
Starcast : Uttam Kumar, Supriya Debi, Asit Baran

06/22/2023

A father is always a role model to almost all daughters in the world.

My father is my first and last hero. He is the one who has always been there for me even before I called him for help. He has guided me all the way during his life time and still continues to be the guiding spirit in the day to day challenges life brings to me. The life-long honesty he maintained is always a ray of pride that lights up my journey as a woman through some darkest hours haunted by our prejudiced societies here and there across the globe.

May the Almighty reward him with the best place in jannaat...

06/09/2023

While my younger son Jarif was rendering this immortal song from Hemanta at the recital program of his tabla school on a hot Texas afternoon, I felt like I have got all the answers to my decades of dedication for upbringing my sons rooted deep into bangla culture.

He sang truly well with a better bangla accent and better connectedness to his ancestral identity...

Thanks to Shahrukh Taj for his extraordinary tabla with this song...

Thanks to Shantonu Da for bringing all these wonderful moments through the recital programs...

Heartfelt thanks to Ruma Taposhi for teaching Jarif how to sing this wonderful song in a befitting manner.

Grateful to the Almighty for the relentless shower of his gifts upon us...

Song : Amay Prashno Kare Neel Dhrubatara
Original Singer : Hemanta Mukherjee
Music and Lyrics : Salil Chowdhury
Cover : Jarif ULLAH
Tabla : Shahrukh Taj