Nazrul's works a shared cultural heritage of India and Bangladesh: Verma

Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday said national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's works are a shared cultural heritage of India and Bangladesh that set a base to uphold closer people-to-people tie between the two neighbouring countries.  

The envoy was speaking at a musical evening of Shyama Sangeet by Kazi Nazrul Islam, organized by the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center (IGCC) of the Indian High Commission on Tuesday afternoon (November 12, 2024) at the Indian Cultural Center in Dhaka.

The national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam, is equally popular in India and Bangladesh. Nazrul has composed more than hundred devotional songs on Goddess Maa Kali, which is called Shyama Sangeet.

Renowned artists Tito Munshi, Mridula Samadder and Bijon Chandra Mistry performed selected works of Nazrul's Shyama Sangeet in the event. Prominent persons from the field of art and culture in Bangladesh joined the programme.