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Did Basanta Utsab row hurt Rabindra Bharati University's image? Incident draws mixed response

Did Basanta Utsab row hurt Rabindra Bharati University's image? Incident draws mixed response

Mar 08, 2020, at 06:05 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The controversy regarding the usage of cuss words by few youngsters at the Basanta Utsab (the annual celebration of spring festival Holi) of Kolkata's Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) has drawn mixed reactions even as widespread condemnations trend on social media.

Rabindra Bharati row: Kolkata Police form investigation team, Vice-Chancellor withdraws resignation

Rabindra Bharati row: Kolkata Police form investigation team, Vice-Chancellor withdraws resignation

Mar 07, 2020, at 07:43 pm

Kolkata/IBNS:  Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) vice-chancellor Sabyasachi Basu Roy Chowdhury, who had resigned from his position on Friday after vulgar body markings of a Tagore song at the Basanta Utsab (a pre-holi celebration) on the campus, withdrew his resignation on Saturday late evening, reports said.

West Bengal: RBU vice-chancellor resigns after youngsters show off obscene body markings at spring festival on campus

West Bengal: RBU vice-chancellor resigns after youngsters show off obscene body markings at spring festival on campus

Mar 07, 2020, at 01:05 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Kolkata's Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) campus witnessed a shocking display of cuss words- read vulgar Bengali slangs- by some youngsters on their bodies while celebrating the annual Basanta Utsav (spring festival inspired by Bengali cultural icon Rabindranath Tagore whose song they lampooned), the Vice Chancellor of the university, Sabyasachi Basu Roy Chowdhury, resigned from his position on Friday night.