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Issue 11:1 June 2018 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Folklore and Folkloristics Cover Photo: Rajib Kumar Bordoloi ‘Sogra’ Festival of the ‘Hill Tiwa’ Community, Assam A peer-reviewed international online e-journal on Folklore, Literature, Linguistics, Culture and Allied Subjects 101/C, Brindaban Mallick Lane, Howrah-711101, West Bengal, India Supported by National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC), Chennai, India E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.folkloristicsindia.in 1 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Our Team Advisory Board Prof. Ajit Kumar Danda M. D. Muthukumarswami Swami Shastrajnanda Swami Tattwasarananda Dr. B. Krishna Reddy Prof. Surendranath Dash Dr. Somen Sen Dr. Mita Sarkar Dr. Siddhartha Biswas Tayana Chatterjee Editorial Board Madam Chaitali Maitra, Dr. Abhijit Majumdar, Dr. Sujay Kumar Mandal Assistant Editor Amrita Bhattacharyya Editor Dr. Sk. Makbul Islam Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the articles are exclusively of the authors. International Representative B Bangladesh Prof. Soumitra Sekhar [email protected] Uday Shanker Biswas [email protected] Md. Zaidul Kabir [email protected] Saymon Zakaria [email protected] I Italy Carola Lorea [email protected] Matta Mara [email protected] Francesco Gusella [email protected] J Japan Dr. Khondaker Mizanur Rahman [email protected] N Nepal Dr. C. M. Bandhu [email protected] Dr. Kusumakar Newpani [email protected] Dr. Purushottam Lochan Shrestha [email protected] P Philippines Dr. Michale M Coroza [email protected] R Russia Dr. Victor Pogadaev [email protected] S Sri Lanka Prof. Rohini Parnavitana [email protected] Sweeden Dr. Ferdinando Sardella [email protected] U UK Dr. Matthew Pritchard [email protected] USA Dr. Amy Allocco [email protected] Benjamin Krakauer [email protected] 2 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V National (State) Representative A Andaman and Nicobar Sufal Bowali (Little Andaman) Pradip Dhali (Diglipur, North Andaman) Andhra Dr. N. Bhaktabatsala Reddy Assam Dr. Umesh Chandra Deka (Guwhati) Dr. Dipti Phukan Patgiri (Guwhati) Dr. Sanjay De (Nagaon) Dr. Upali Barua (Guwhati) Dr. Aditya Baruah (Dibrigarh) Ramchandra Sasani (Dibrugarh) Rajib Bordoloi (Guwahati) Hemanta Sharma (North Lakhimpur) Arabinda Rajkhoa (North Laknimpur) Buddheswar Konch (Dhemaji) Jnanaranjan Das (Barpeta) Dr. Mandakini Baruah (Tezpur) C Chattishgarh Dr. Mahendra Kumar Mishra Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay D Delhi Dr. Sebanti Ghosh G Gujrat Dr. Usha Upadhyay (Ahmedabad) Dr. Prasant Patel (Anand) Bhatar Kheni (Anand) Mousumi Amrutlal Meswaniya (Jamnagar) H Haryana Dr. Yogesh Basisth Himachal Pradesh Dr. Sapna Dogra J Jammu & Kashmir Dr. Mohanlal Sar Dr. Rattan Talasi Prof. Majrooh Rashid Jharkhand Dr. B. N. Tripathy K Karnatak Dr. M. N. Venkatesha M Madhya Pradesh Dr. Shiv Kumar Tiwari Maharashtra Dr. John David Prabhakar Dr. Aruna Dhere Manipur Dr. Yasbant Singh Prof. Gambhir Singh Meghalaya Dr. Anungla Air Dr. Saloni Bareh N Nagaland Nipun Mao Dr. Rembemo Odyuo O Odisha Dr. Udaynath Sahoo Dr. Narayan Sahoo Tripura Amit Bhowmik Dr. Barnali Bhowmick T Telengana Dr. P. S. Kanakadurga Dr. Y. A. Sudhakar Reddy U Uttar Pradesh Prof. Bratati Chakrabarty 3 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V District Representative of West Bengal B Bankura Dr. Ashrafi Khatun Bardhaman Monoara Khatun Birbhum Dr. Milan Kanti Biswas C Coochbehar Sachimohan Barman Maulana Shahidul Islam Sajal Chanda D Dakshin Dinajpur Goutam Sarkar H Hooghly Debasree Palit Rajarshi Bhandari Howrah Debasis Roy J Jalpaiguri Hari Chandra Das Jhargram Ila Pattnaik K Kolkata Kaji Abu Jumman M Malda Dr. Juthika Banerjee Midnapur (East) Sudipta Maiti Midnapur (West) Ramakrishna Mandal Murshidabad Dr. Bodhisatwa Gupta Asif Iqbal N Nadia Dr. Tapan Roy North Dinajpur Purushottam Singha 24Pgs 24 Pargana (North) Srijita Bhattacharyya 24 Pargana (South) Ajijul Hoque Mandal Sourav Maji P Purulia Dr. Nabagopal Saha Dr. Khurshid Alam S South Dinajpur Payel Halder Goutam Sarkar 4 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Invitation for writing in Folklore and Folkloristics This e-journal Folklore and Folkloristics publishes write ups in different sections specified as follows: Article Section: Research based articles are published. Reflection Section: Short write up is published. Highlight Section: Short write up is published. Book Review Section: Book Review is published. Books must be sent tothe Editor-in-Chief by Registered Post or Speed Post. Address: Dr. Sk. Makbul Islam, 101/C, Brindaban Mallick Lane, Post: Kadamtala. Howrah-711101. West Bengal India Advertisement Section Advertisement of books and journals relating to folklore and allied subjects are published. Advertisement of anyinstitute working on culture and society are alsopublished. News and Information Section: News and Information relating to any activities of culture in general and folk-tribal culture in particular is published in this section. Contributors are requested - (i) to mention the name of exact event, incident, occasion (ii) the exact date, time and place of commencement (iii) name of institution, person, performer, artist, funding agency concern (iv) name of tribe, community, caste whatever is relevant (v) attach all possible photo documentation (vi) mention the name, phone, e-mail of contributor (mandatory) Photo Gallery: Any photograph (digital photo) reflecting exclusivefeature of culture is published in this section. Please send a detailed information or statement of the photograph (of which the photo is about). Video Section: Any significant video document on folk and tribal culture is uploaded in this section Reader’s Response Section: This section will start from June 2012 issue. Letters of the readers or the response of the readers are published in this section. Mention the name, phone, e-mail. 5 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Who can write in this Journal? Persons belonging to any discipline of pure science and social science may write in this journal. Students, teachers, research scholars, interested persons in any discipline like – language and literature, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, folklore and folkloristics, economics, social work, physics, chemistry, medical science – so on and so forth may write in this journal. The only thing is that the write up should address culture, tradition, folklore or tribal-lore. Interdisciplinary approach is highly solicited. How to send articles and other contribution? 1. Articles should be written in English. A General Format of the article is shown below. 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Digital photo or other visual document may be sent as JPEG image. 13. Reference and foot note are expected in research based articles. 14. Author’s brief introduction, address, phone number, email is mandatory. 15. A passport size photograph of the contributor is preferred. 16. Send all articles through e-mail to: [email protected] . Please Note 1. No remuneration is paid to the contributors. 2. No printed version of this journal is published. 3. Send write up by 31 st March for June issue and by 30 th September for December issue. 4. Please save the PDF copy of the journal for your personal record (Data uploaded on the website may get lost due to technical error). 5. A certificate may be issued to authorin case of necessity. 7 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Editorial This issue (Vol-11, No-1, June 2018) contains two articles rendered by Sk Makbul Islam and Ajijul Hoque Mondal. Both the articles are related to great personalities of Bengal – Rabindranath Tagore and Ramananda Chottopadhyay. The area of literature and culture received much emphasis in the two articles. Sk. Makbul Islam Editor-in-Chief Folklore and Folkloristics June 2018 8 ISSN: 2350-031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Content Editorial - SK. MAKBUL ISLAM 8 Articles REFORMING AND REFRAMING OF INDIA: AN OVERVIEW OF RAMANANDA CHATTOPADHYAY’S CONTRIBUTION TO FOLKLORE AND CULTURE - SK. MAKBUL ISLAM 10 RABI-PRADAKSHIN 18 - AJIJUL HOQUE MONDAL News and Information International Conference on Folkore - KAZI ABU ZUMMAN 26 9 ISSN: 2350 -031X Folklore and Folkloristics (Vol. 11.1; June 2018) ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúyÓ˚ xƒy[˛ ˆö˛yÑ˛ˆÏúy!Ó˚!fi›˛: S¢ÇÖƒy ÈÙÈ 11.1ñ ã%ò 2018V Article-1: (000019-FF-11.1-J2018) REFORMING AND REFRAMING OF INDIA: AN OVERVIEW OF RAMANANDA CHATTOPADHYAY’S CONTRIBUTION TO FOLKLORE AND CULTURE - SK.
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