Art and painting
From childhood I was interested in drawing, most of which is attributed to my mother, a non-professional painter. With the help of Pritam and Satyam Panja (two art teachers), I was fortunate to learn the basics of art, painting and other forms: like clay, bamboo and plaster-of-Paris art, apart from the usual charcoal-shading, water and oil colour painting. I finished 5th year degree in painting during the 10th board examination to get Chitra Bisharad, and in the same year been awarded the Sangeet Bibhusan too. I drew this silhouette of R. Tagore when at 7th standard in school and here are some Paintings (Class IV-X).
Hawaiian Guitar
This is my old friend, the classical Hawaiian lap-steel Guitar .
I learned to play at a young age and was awarded Sangeet Bibhusan in Rabindra
Sangeet (Songs of R. Tagore, the first non-European Nobel laureate in literature)
after six years while I finished my secondary education. I'm also conversant with the
electric guitar and still continue to play when at home. Here are my Tagore renditions:
