A memorial celebration for Stanmore resident William Radice will take place at the Nehru Centre in London at 6.30pm on Wednesday, December 3.
The focus is on shared memories of the three invited speakers who knew him well.
The speakers include Dr Bashabi Fraser, CBE, an award-winning poet, writer and academic. She is the founder director of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier University. Her recent book, Critical Lives Rabindranath Tagore, is an insightful reappraisal of Tagore’s life and work.
Also speaking will be Dr John Stevens, a historian and expert on British Imperial history including the role Tagore art played in India’s fight for independence. He has given several talks on Tagore’s life and work at several universities and at the Nehru Centre. He is a postdoctoral fellow in the Deptartment of Languages and Cultures of South Asia in SOAS.
The third speaker is Param Vir, an eminent British composer in contemporary classical music. His composition and orchestral works, Snatched by the Gods, Wheeling Past the Stars, and Shine Before My Eyes – based on Tagore poems and translations by William Radice – have received high praise in concert and music halls.
Special guests include Mrs Elizabeth Radice, widow of William Radice, and their two daughters, Kathy and Helen; Dr Imtiaz Ahmed, NHS oncologist; and Rabindra Sangeet Singer.
There will also be a short performance by the Live Literature Company featuring Edward Holsted, Laurence Anthony, Amarjit Deu and Noah Brooks in collaboration with Sujit Bhattacharjee and Valerie Doulton.
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