Scratching my head vigorously 4 long,I could find a bit of cosmopolitan internationalism in 2 popular Bangla works: 1) Sukanta’s Thikana amar cheyecho bandhu ঠিকানা আমার চেয়েছো বন্ধু 2) Sunil’s Purbo Paschim পূর্ব পশ্চিম Just 2,but even that’s only a bit! telegraphindia.com/opinion/bengal…
The third will be Bhupen Hazarika’s আমি এক যাযাবর song. Hazarika is however Assamese, and though the song became a hit in Bengal where Hazarika lived for some time, it was probably originally Assamese. So, we get a grand total of 3, even that nowhere near what Swapanji posits.
I could not recall a single popular or avant garde Bangla movie showing Bengalis discussing Lenin, Stalin, Mayokovsky, Russian classics, Pablo Neruda etc.
Sukanta’ Thikana Amar Cheyecho Bandhu song, sung by Hemanta Topic is internationalism,but appears to conclude at a contradictory note -says, finally we meet at our own country, Swadesh. Explicit cosmopolitanism is limited 2 1 mention of 4 foreign countries
Bhupen Hazarika’s Ami Ek Jajabor Most internationalist in the Bangla popular genre. He is Assamese, but the song is Bangla.
Finally, Shibdas Bandopadhyay’s Ganga Amar Ma, Padma Amar Ma, sung by Bhupen Hazarika, celebration of both Bengals together Internationalist if you will, like Purbo Paschim, but no Russia, Lenin, Stalin, Neruda
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