Podcasts by Bong Baji

Ep.15 Soumya Mukherji from 2020-05-22T05:34

“That evening after celebrating Rabindra Jayanti in Colorado, which I had organised, we figured that there was 15inch snow outside and driving back home was impossible. So we contacted all Indians ...

Ep.14 Ina Puri from 2020-05-15T08:12:53

Ina Puri still lives in Kolkata, either in person or at heart, as all work of this writer, biographer, art curator and collector has its intellectual origin somewhere in the Bangla land. Listen to ...

Ep.13 Anirban Bhattacharya from 2020-05-08T05:21:23

He is a bestselling author for crime novels and also produces crime shows. On the other hand he has a comedy channel on Youtube where he talks about the typicalities of being a Bengali. Where does ...

Ep.12 Sujoy Ghosh from 2020-05-01T06:19:07

He has a collection of books that has been passed on to his daughter, which he expects would be passed on to her child. He actually wanted to write his story, but after writing it when no one wa...

Ep.11 Stutee Ghosh from 2020-04-24T08:30:04

Born to a Bengali father and Punjabi mother, brought up in Delhi, and now being an RJ, Stutee has been swimming across various cultures. Interestingly though, she has neither lost touch, nor compro...

Ep.10 Sutanu Chatterjee from 2020-04-16T23:13:46

Sutanu moved out of Bengal to join IIM Kozhicode and became the convener for arranging the Durga Puja on campus. He believes that Bengalis have always been extremely progressive not only in respons...

Ep.9 Mohar Basu from 2020-04-10T10:33:01

Having been an entertainment journalist in Mumbai for about 8 years now, Mohar Basu is still called an 'a(n)tel' - a sarcastic word for intellectual. So what, yes I am - she shrugs with confidence....

Ep.8 Deep Halder from 2020-04-03T07:13:48

At some point of time he wanted to come out of the comfort zone of Bengal. He wanted to mingle across communities to seek more, learn more. Deep Halder talks about his observations and thoughts, th...

Ep.7 Binda Dey from 2020-03-27T06:28:58

Born and bred amid a rich library of books, her sincerity and attitude for life was shaped by imaginary fictional characters. Not surprising that Binda Dey has been a consistent leader in the enter...

Ep.6 Arijit Guha Majumdar from 2020-03-20T04:21:47

Emerging from a small house in Kolkata, studies were the non-negotiable, uncompromising childhood job. Though juggling between Gurgaon and Mumbai now, Arijit's Bangaliyana reflects on iCafe's BongB...

Ep.5 Ananya Mukherjee from 2020-03-13T03:48:35

Ananya Mukherjee has been settled in Singapore since long and is a communications professional. And she has managed to find her 'Bengal' in Singapore, keeping herself culturally connected with her ...

Ep.4 Kumar Deb Sinha from 2020-03-05T18:31:16

Been long since Kumar Deb Sinha has moved out of Bengal. Now well settled in Mumbai. But 'home' is still in Kolkata, and so is the heart. Hear his story on iCafe's BongBaji

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Ep.3 Dr. Nana Banerjee from 2020-02-27T14:13:57

How does a Bengali upbringing affect personality and professionalism later? How Bengali is a person who has grown up in Delhi and lives in US now? Nana Banerjee in conversation with iCafe's BongBaj...

Ep.2 Saugato Bhowmik from 2020-02-20T16:36:12

Hasn't really spent much time in Bengal. But in Delhi's C. R. Park, there was full BongBaji with sports, music and books. Saugato Bhowmik brings back childhood memories and inheritance of rich Beng...

Ep.1 Aditi Paul from 2020-02-12T12:22:50

A large part of her life spent in the small town of Santiniketan, Birbhum, Aditi Paul is a revered singer today, working with and as one of the best in music industry. Her journey of finding a home...

BongBaji Trailer from 2020-01-23T09:53:20

A Bengali show covering the Bengali's outside Bengal, who often make an extra effort to stay put with the habits, rituals, festivals, peculiarities of their community - sometimes with greater passi...