Reba Som Explained
Dr. Reba Som (born, Darjeeling, West Bengal) is an academic, historian, writer and classical singer from India. She was the director of Indian Council for Cultural Relations' Rabindranath Tagore Centre in Kolkata from 2008-2013.
Reba Som is also a trained singer of Rabindrasangeet and songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam. Her compact discs, "Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore" (III Millenneo, Rome, Italy 2003 and Saregama – India, May 2004) and "Love Songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam" (Times Music, 2016) include her English translations of the lyrics.
Personal life
Married to Indian Foreign Service officer Himachal Som in 1971, Reba has travelled all over the world on postings that include Brazil, Denmark, Pakistan, United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Laos, Italy amongst others. Rome was the last posting where her husband was India’s Ambassador. She has two sons Vishnu Som, one of India's leading television journalist and news anchor and Abhishek Som,[1] a U.S based investment banker.
Works
- Som Reba, (2017) Margot:Sister Nivedita of Vivekananda, Penguin Random House, Delhi,
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. 1995 . Differences within Consensus: The Left-Right Divide in the Congress 1929-39 . Orient Longman . New Delhi, India . 81-250-0409-2 .
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. 2004 . Gandhi, Nehru and Bose: The Making of the Modern Indian Mind . Penguin Books (Viking) . New Delhi, India . 978-0-670-05800-6 .
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. February 1994 . Jawaharlal Nehru and the Hindu Code Bill – Victory of Symbol over Substance? . Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 28, Part 1 . Cambridge, United Kingdom .
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. 2009 . Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and his Song . Penguin Books (Viking) . New Delhi, India . 978-0-670-08248-3 .
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. 2002 . Subhas Chandra Bose and the Resolution of the Women's Question . Centre for Women's Development Studies . New Delhi, India .
Notes and References
- http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/refugees-wall-street-return-home-strike-out-their-own-780 Financial Chronicle
