Bhaskar Dasgupta’s obsession with music and Indian classical cultural heritage was nurtured by his childhood as depicted by the essay “House without Walls” within this book. Music ...lihat lebih banyakBhaskar Dasgupta’s obsession with music and Indian classical cultural heritage was nurtured by his childhood as depicted by the essay “House without Walls” within this book. Music has maintained pole position within a wider curiosity for all strands of the Indian cultural heritage; inspired by heroes such as Ashoka, Akbar, Jayadev, Kabir ,Tagore, and Nazrul. His love of Best of India, Best of Indian has led to several original musical and dance shows staged in London by him and his wife Dalia. These include Kavita K2K, Kahata Kabir, Maatri-Chinta, Kaun Banega Vidyapati, Guldastaa ,Gulbageecha and the forthcoming show juxtaposing Tagore and Nazrul in Sheydiner Dujon. He and his wife, Dalia, hold an open house for established and rising touring musicians and run the charity Chhandam dedicated to unifying the subcontinent’s diverse heritage.
Bhaskar maintains his musical and cultural interests alongside an internationally renowned career as clinician and researcher with special interest in the conditions giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatic and large vessel vasculitis. He works as consultant rheumatologist at Southend University Hospital and is visiting professor at Anglia Ruskin University and honorary professor at Essex University. He is honorary president of the medical charity PMRGCAuk.lihat lebih sedikit