SAMN
NEW DELHI: Joint commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, a Tagore tourist circuit, Robi Tirtha, dramatisation of his works and feature films on him, and expansion of terms of the 1972 cultural agreement — these were the issues discussed by Culture Secretaries of India and Bangladesh on Thursday.
The joint commemoration of Tagore’s birth anniversary will begin in Dhaka on May 6 and in India the next day. This will be followed by a range of joint programmes, including painting exhibitions, cultural events, scholar retreats and seminars till May 2012.
‘Robi Tirath’ will include three sites in Bangladesh, including Zamindari headquarters on Padma river where Tagore spent some of the most productive years of his life, Shantiniketan and his ancestral home at Jorasanko. Secretary, Culture, Jawahar Sircar, said the government will try to rope in travel operators to work out tour packages for these sites.
(Thanks to Pritam Rohila)