Aajkal, Kolkata, 9th June 2005
Balmiki Pratibha in London.

Recently the London based cultural organization - Tagoreans organized an evening of Rabindrasangeet and Nazrulgeeti at the Steiner Theatre. The programme was in two parts - in the beginning there were songs of Nazrul by the eminent artiste - Haimanti Shukla of Kolkata. Her classical voice and wonderful rendition left the audience spellbound with her gayaki.
In the second part the Tagoreans put up their own performance of Balmiki Pratibha. The dance was choreographed and directed by Gairika Gupta, Mahua Kini and Urbi Basu, musicv direction was by Ananda Gupta. The performance was lit up by the acting of the band of robbers of Balmiki and the forest women (Banadevi). The stage decor by Manoshi Barua and deication of the actors caught everyone's eye. Bipalb Mandal - the famous tabalia from Kolkata flew to London for this performance.

Hindusthan Times, Kolkata, 4th January 2003
The cultural group Rabir Alo livened up Kalamandir on December 28 with Ogo Shono Ke Bajaaye - a presentation of Tagore's songs with flute as the main accompaniment. The function was organised by a London-based cultural group - The Tagoreans - set up in 1965 by Tapan Gupta.
The show began with Rabir Alo members, led by singer Maya Sen, singing Pratham Deo Shakti.
What followed was a collage of song and dance, titled Nayano Kusomo Kunja Majhe. Sapna Ghoshal's rendition of Ogo Shono Ke Bajaye was accompanied by a dance recital by Purnima Ghosh.
But it was Promita Mullick's Ogo Saontalir Chele that was the evening's piece de resistance. Noted eye surgeon Anado Gupta sang Jagorane Jai Bibhavori in true Santiniketani style.
Towards the end of the function, Jayashree Dasgupta sang She Amar Gopan Katha and Aj Ashibe Shyam.

The Statesman, Kolkata, 14th March 2003
The Tagoreans was founded in 1965 in London by immigrant Indians to prpagate Rabindranath's philosophy. At a function at the Kalamandir, the group presented a theme-based dance and song recital. Directed by Maya Sen and concieved by Pankaj Saha, the programme titled "Ogo Shono Ke Bajaey" had a galaxy of singers from London. The solo songs were well rendered. Special mention must be made of Manashi Barua ("Ami tomar sange bendhechi amar pran"), Soven Andalin Ahmed ("Sakaranu benu") and Jayanta Chatterjee ("Ami kaan pete roi"). Their approach was extremely professional. Among the local singers singers, Jayati Ghosh's "Ebarsakhi sonar mriga", Pramita Mullick's "Tumi kichu diye jao" and Swapna Ghoshal's "Mori lo mori" reached aesthetic heights.
Equally praiseworthy was the dance of Suchismita Kutty and Alinda Barua expressed various moods in a combination of classical, Indian and typical Tagore styles. The theme - the sound of the flute and the poet's yearning for the divine - might raise some questions. Tagore was in total union with the Vaishnava philosophy all his life. He returned to it in lyrics, notes and writings. To saty that the attraction for the sound of the flute was an escape route for his romanticism may have missed the point.