{"id":4415,"date":"2020-04-07T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:54:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:54:13","slug":"locks-links-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2020\/04\/07\/locks-links-and-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Locks, Links, and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It\u2019s April 2020 and the global lockdown continues, whether you\u2019re on the West coast of Scotland or in West Bengal. We\u2019re largely \u201cconfined to quarters\u201d in the international bids to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The internet has many faults, but now offers the potential to afford mental release in times of physical restriction, at least to those fortunate to have access to it. Here\u2019s an example.<\/p>\n

Animesh Biswas is from Nadia, West Bengal, India. Graduating from the Department of English at the University of Kalyani, he is an independent reasearcher working on Bangla folk songs. He has no training in music, but is learning from the folk singers he meets during his research work.<\/p>\n

Attending the North-Eastern Hill University International Language Fest<\/a> in October 2019, he made acquaintance with Gordon Wells (who was speaking about Island Voices, and its potential as a model for other language communities) and they\u2019ve maintained contact through Facebook since. Having heard him sing in Shillong, Gordon was delighted just a few days ago to receive a recording from Animesh over Facebook Messenger, made in his home in Nadia. Followed by snaps from his camera, and some toing and froing over recording revisions, the ingredients were quickly all present for a new video and Clilstore unit, presenting a Bengali song in the Baul tradition with wordlinked transcript. Ta da!<\/p>\n