Sounak Gupta | Author | Music Archivist

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About Sounak Gupta

Sounak Gupta, Assistant Editor, LearningandCreativity.com, is a regular blogger and writes on various websites. His writings (in English and Bengali) as an amateur author have also been published in magazines and news dailies in India and abroad. He has co-authored a chapter on Hemant Kumar's Bengali music in the acclaimed book The Unforgettable Music of Hemant Kumar, written by Manek Premchand. An MA in Bengali Literature, Sounak is currently doing his Masters in Education. Sounak takes keen interest in music. One of his passions is the collection and archiving of Indian Music on Gramophone Records. His YouTube channels GeetaDuttDevotee and Sounak93 are great storehouses of rare and peerless music.

Rabindranath Tagore and India’s First Electrical Recording

The story behind Rabindranath Tagore's historic recording of two recitation titles with a translation of '1400 Saal'....

English Translations

To Nothingness?

A wistful poem about oblivion and nothingness that awaits every soul. ...

Poems

Sound Recording In India: Rabindranath, Rabindrasangeet (1904-1941)

Rabindranath Tagore’s association with the recording industry began in 1904. An exploration of the sound recordings of Tagore and Rabindra Sangeet by Sounak Gupta....

Music

Eternal Wait: The Story Of The Dark Girl By The Meghna (Geeta Dutt)

"A dark girl sits by the river – she misses the tunes of the boatmen. The birds don’t give her accompaniment. Yet she sits. Hums – tunes of an era she wishes to visit – tunes that stir her soul, the rhythm that arouses...

100 Years of Indian Cinema

The Music of Silence: Kanika Bandyopadhyay

On Rabindra Jayanti today, Learning and Creativity brings you a glimpse into how Rabindranath Tagore and his creations impacted the life of Kanika Bandyopadhyay, his best known prodigy and a singer par excellence....

Music