LUCKNOW, April 13 -- The 1431st Bengali New Year will begin on a musical note with the premises of 130-year-old Bengali Club here reverberating with Bangla folk songs by renowned singer from Kolkata Soumi Ghosh and her band on Sunday (April 14).

In the past, when majority of Bengalis used to live in Sunderbagh, Model House, Shivaji Marg, Nazar Bagh, Maqboolganj, Pathak Road, Risaldar Park and other nearby areas, there used to be Prabhat Pheri where people would sing famous songs of Atul Prasad Sen like 'Nutan Barash Nutan Barash Anchale O Ki Dhaka'," said Arun Kumar Banerjee, president, Bengali Club.

Now Bengalis are scattered in different corners of Lucknow, yet the club has been trying to maintain a bonding among the community across ...