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Dilip K. Bhaumik

Dilip Bhaumik came to the United States in the year 1969 after obtaining a degree in Bachelor of Architecture from Bengal Engineering College, Sibpur, Howrah, India. In the first part of his career he lived in Bethlehem and Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania.. He then moved to Baltimore, Maryland in the early part of 1971.

Mr. Bhaumik is very interested in literature. He is also interested in music, especially playing flute and tabla. He is also fond of writing lyrics. He published a book of lyrics from which four (4) CD's have been produced. The vocal singers participated in these CD's are the well known artists of Kolkata, like Haimanti Shukla, Indrani Sen, Shreeradha Banerjee , Jojo and Sreekanta Acharya etc. All the lyrics were tuned by the well known tuner and the State of Maryland Music award recipient Dr. Namita Kundu. Pandit Ajay Chakrabarty also tuned his lyrics.

He has published a number of books, one of the novels called Antaral is in two parts. He has also published a book of lyrics called Geeti Manjari. He has a humorous book of poems called Markin Naba Barsha published about three years ago.

Mr. Bhaumik is a registered Professional Lyricist with All India Radio (AIR) in Kolkata. AIR regularly broadcasts his songs tuned by the studio musicians. His latest venture is the production of a Nature CD, called Bishwa Mayer Kato Je Roop tuned by Dr. Namita Kundu of Maryland. Most of the Kolkata vocalists participated singing in this CD.

Namita Kundu

Dr. Namita Kundu received her Ph. D. in Biochemistry from Calcutta University, India and is currently a faculty in the University of Maryland at Baltimore. In addition to her research work in breast cancer, she has a great passion for music. She received a Sangeet Pravakar degree in classical Indian vocal music and a Sangeet Bhushan degree in the specialty of Najrulgeeti.

Besides being a vocalist, Namita is also a lyricist, composer and a conductor. She has recorded a collection of devotional songs in her own tune in an album titled, Tomay Heri Nanan Rupe, some of which are also her own composition. A number of Bengali devotional and modern songs that she has composed and set to tune in a collaborative effort have been recorded by eminent Bengali vocalists in Kolkata. These are included in three titles called, Bhakti Arghya, a collection of devotional songs, Ke More Rangalo Aaj, a collection of contemporary Bengali songs and Bishwa Mayer Koto Je Roop, a recent collaborative effort, a collection of contemporary Bengali songs celebrating various aspects of natural world, which have found a highly appreciative audience both in India and in the United States. Several of the songs from these albums have been broadcast many times in India and Bangladesh from Voice of America.

Her composition Roopnagarir Roopkatha (The Tale of Roopnagar) is a children's dance drama based on a Bengali folk tale has been professionally produced. Recently, she has received an award from Maryland State Arts Council as a music composer. Playing the harmonium is a passion for her, even though she is mostly self-taught in this field. She has accompanied several noted Indian musicians in various concerts.