Being encoura-red b.

"* the appreciation rre recerved

from tire
public, Bulbul lomed the oriental Fine
Arts Association rvhrch

presented its first perfomance on the

stage of trre First Empire in
Calcuffa before a packed hall in 193g. Buibul
was not only a gooa

dancer but undoubtedly he was a creative

gerius and a
remarkably abre orga,izer too. A newry
formed arnateur party
by a young Muslim, grving performance on
the stage of the
led
First Empire cinema Ha, before a distinguished
gath#ngi was
by no means an ordinary thing in Calcutta
in thosJdays.
I remember the charming young ciancer entering
the Diess circre
of the cinema Ha[ clressed in his beaLrtifur
danJing costume and
shaking hands with Lady R. N. Reid, wife
of the then Govemor
of Bengal' Indeed he was filreci with regitimate pride
and
satisfaction after his successful performance
whicir left the

spectators spell bound.

our literary magazine 'Bulbul used, to come out

from calcutta
during those years. Bulbur the artist was
one of trrose promising
young men who used to come frequently
to the ,Bulbui,office at
23' crematoriurn Street, aro.g rviirr the senior
afiists, poets and
literateurs u'ho *'ere strrr.ing to bring
about a cultural renaissance
in Muslim Bengal b1, rntroduci,rg
f.og.essive thoughts through
literature.
He lvas not onll' fond of dancing but fond
of riterature too. He
used to urite articles on dancin-e and
its bright future with special
reference to the cultured Society of Bengalon the other hand we
published a number of profusely illustrated
articles in our
magazine welcoming the appearance
of this highly talented
voung artist in our society and congratulating
him for his
pioneering work. As a matter oi fact,
cJnsciously or
unconsciousry-young Burbur shouidered
the entire ."sponsiilility
of building up a particular Branch of our
culture.
\11' brother Habibuilah Bahar, editor
of
trre riterary magazine
'Bulbul' loved'Burbul'
the arlist. Indeecr Bulbul, ttiougti*u.t
r, our_qer
by age, joi,ed hands with the progressi,e group
rvhich
stro'e hard to infuse ner.v spirit in different
spheres of or-rr rife
and to bring about revorutionary crranges
in the outrook of our
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