Students of Kala Bhavana at one of the many outdoor spaces on the campus (Photo: Arijit Sen/Mint)Rabindranath Tagore’s vision for Kala Bhavana was ambitious. As the old joke goes, next to Kala Bhavana stands the gala (voice) bhavana. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)In the last hundred years, Kala Bhavana has been graced by faculty from across India and the world. “The golden age of Kala Bhavana was its first 30 years, till 1951, when Nandalal Bose retired," says Siva Kumar. Soumik Nandy Majumdar, who teaches history of art at Kala Bhavana, completed his postgraduate studies from MSU after a bachelor’s degree from Visva-Bharati.

Source: Mint October 12, 2019 03:22 UTC