amitava raghav chatterjee sing extremely talented skilled singer performer short delivering major stress major part audience kallol puja loud painfully screaming repertoire post modern convoluted liking possibly targetting young calcutta born crowd present cater people paid hiring fault called younger group kallol ostensibly control stage programs chosen directed trace arrogance bias heard raghav banga sammelan york performance sober side program kallol disappointing dare people danced singing durga puja final arbiters afraid isolated instance larger question culturally manipulated people decades longer beginning proclaimed intellectual coterie thou crowd sorts revolutionary cliche'd theatrical performances obscure plays intellectually challenged masses approvingly branded un-intellectual literary seminars classical musical soirees suffered silently prided elite intellectual company needed audience money friends close acquaitances artistically gifted eager present wares public price entreaties ticket friend expensive tickets bought badly crowd attenedence flush relationship drain culture doled wholesale durga puja excercise collective power letting organizers retail performance area excercise individual buying power choosing sitting poorly presented histrionically deficient plays listening rabindra sangeet hindi sukumar english translation ultimate undermining cultural sensitivity favor friends encouraging hold delusional views thespian musical talents amitava 