EKPHRASES has a rich fare of performances, interviews and curated virtual exhibitions from young and established practitioners of the respective arts of music, painting and photography who respond to the challenge and inspiration of sibling arts and their trajectories.

The articles and interviews in this section for this issue are  about the flourishing of Hindustani classical music in Bengal and Kolkata in the twentieth century ; the presentation and reception of Tagore at home and abroad. While Tagore’s music had inspired western classical composers in the twentieth century, the experimentation continues with musicians hailing from  his home country.  Anirban Dasgupta’s article discusses how and to what extent Rabindrasangeet influenced more traditional forms of music and its exponents in the country. He analyses in  depth the tradition pioneered by his father, the sarode maestro Pt. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, in this context. Sounak Chattopadhyay in an interview with us, talks about his reception of Tagore and his compositions based on Rabindrasangeet. Aidan Soder in her interview tells us about the western reception of Tagore as a  mezzo soprano. To add a sense of humour to this musical fare, Bhabani Shankar Dasgupta’s article  narrates an interesting anecdote about Wazed Ali Shah and “nyastarongo”.  The paintings by Arjun Chaudhuri, from a very diverse perspective offer an artist’s perception of Kolkata as a cityscape. .