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Taslima releases 'The Reporter' at
book fair
Kolkata: "The Reporter", a book promising to guide
greenhorn journalists, has been released at the Kolkata Book
Fair by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen and journalist
Suman Chattopadhyay.
Aimed at students of journalism and aspiring reporters, the
book released Wednesday evening has been penned by Arindam Basu
and Sujoy Dhar, both news agency journalists.
They have not only written from their own experiences and
best available material on the subject but also presented
the viewpoints of eminent journalists on various aspects of
reporting.
"The authors presented the book to me sometime back
and the effort is laudable," said Nasreen.
The book was released at the stall of Kolkata TV, a channel
that will be launched in March. The stall came alive with
a discussion, "Is Trial by Media A Cause For Concern",
as Chattopadhyay and cricket historian Boria Majumdar debated
the raging topic of media ethics.
Tailored to meet the needs of students of the profession
and every aspiring journalist, the book dwells upon a wide
variety of disciplines ranging from beat reporting, investigative
reporting and political reporting to business, rural and sports
reporting.
But the highlight of the book is the contribution of some
true blue journalists on various branches of reporting.
"We are indeed grateful to have people like Rajdeep
Sardesai, Aniruddha Bahal, K.G. Suresh, L.P. Sahi, Raju Narisetti,
Nicholas Kotch and Toby Murcott among others as part of this
book," one of the authors said at the launch.
Priced at Rs.175, the book has been published by Alchemy,
an imprint of publishers The Mehras.
Jazz and Salsa together
Of late, the western music scene in Kolkata has literally been
jazzed up by some very talented visitors from abroad. One
such event at the Hyatt Regency recently saw an interesting
presentation where the Latino sound mixed with traditional
American Jazz made for a delightful experience. Presented
by the American Center in an exclusive evening soiree, the
Rhythmic Prophesies Latin Jazz Quartet was on a four city
tour of the country. The band is composed of four young men
based in New York but whose Puerto Rican roots figure prominently
in their kind of music. Percussionist Reinaldo De Jesua Corchado,
bassist Luques Curtis, his brother Zaccai Curtis , a top piano
performer and an award winner for his scintillating performance,
and Richie Barshay, the founding member of the internationally
renowned Afro-Cuban jazz band, are known in their individual
fields too but when they make music together, they set the
feet tapping with their innovative fusion sound. The drum
beats of Africa, the languorous salsa are woven into the New
Orleans jazz sound in their compositions. No wonder members
of the audience readily took to the floor when the band invited
them to join in the spirit of the music.
The foursome said they were very well received in Bangladesh,
their previous stop before Kolkata, and were thoroughly enjoying
the India experience, a first for them.
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