Told by	Ms  Chhobi Banerjee
Obtained by	Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date	5th April, 2017
Place	Ms  Chhobi Banerjee Residence , Kali Temple Road, Kolkata
About the speaker	Classical Vocalist, Daughter of Sri Kashinath Chattopadhyay
Tags	Kashinath Chattopadhyay, Tansen Sangeet Sanmelan, 1969, Mahajati Sadan, Durgadas Banerjee, Savani Behug, Bishwanath Bose, Tabla, Sarengi, Savani Nat, Savani, Greenroom
Language	Bengali

Ms Chhobi Banerjee Speaks :

Verbatim:

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Verbatim by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

Translation:

Back in those days, the music conference Tansen was held in MahajatiSadan. My father used to sing at these conferences. In ‘68–69, my father wasn’t in good health, but he was supposed to perform at the Tansen music conference. He didn’t take us with him. We went with a woman (who we called pishima) from the family of Duggadas Banerjee – they were our neighbours. Theirs was a zamindar family. An elderly woman of their household bought the tickets and took us with her. A huge crowd had gathered there to hear my father sing. He sang the ShawaniBeh?g. Pundit Bishwanath Bose, the father of Kumar Bose, was accompanying him on the tabla. There were other instruments as well, including the sarengi. After his performance was over, there was great excitement. We are unfortunate that we could never learn such songs. We saw father entering the greenroom and a crowd around him asking for his autograph. We told him we were leaving and went home with pishima. He was surrounded by people.

Translated by: Sarbajaya Bhattacharya

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