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XXVI TAGORE FESTIVAL, 2015
Saturday, September 19
Theme: Tagore’s Gitanjali

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5:00 PM
Reception and check-in

5:30 PM
Invocation by Jagriti group of East Central Illinois Bengali Association (ECIBA)
Welcome: Nani Bhowmik
Lighting of the lamp and Remarks by Honorable Consul General Ausaf Sayeed
Remarks by Rini Bhattacharya Mehta on Tagore Chapel

6:00 PM
Keynote Lecture:
Translating Tagore: Revisiting the Gitanjali and the History of its Reception in the West
Sudipta Sen, Professor of History, University of California, Davis

7:00 PM
Cultural Program by East Central Illinois Bengali Association

7:40 PM
Dinner

Vote of Thanks to the Sponsors

Link to Tagore Festival Poster 2015