Dr. Reba Som (born,
Darjeeling
Darjeeling (, , ) is a city in the northernmost region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the Koshi Pr ...
,
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
) is an academic, historian, writer and classical singer from India. She was the director of
Indian Council for Cultural Relations
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 April ...
' Rabindranath Tagore Centre in Kolkata from 2008 to 2013.
Reba Som is also a trained singer of
Rabindrasangeet and songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam. Her compact discs, "Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore" (III Millenneo, Rome, Italy 2003 and Saregama – India, May 2004) and "Love Songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam" (Times Music, 2016) include her English translations of the lyrics.
Personal life
Married to
Indian Foreign Service
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is a diplomatic service and a Central Civil Services, central civil service of the Government of India, Government of the Republic of India under the Ministry of External Affairs (India), Ministry of External A ...
officer
Himachal Som in 1971, Reba has travelled all over the world on postings that include Brazil, Denmark, Pakistan, United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Laos, Italy amongst others. Rome was the last posting where her husband was India's Ambassador. She has two sons
Vishnu Som, one of India's leading television journalist and news anchor and Abhishek Som,
Financial Chronicle
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Works
*Som Reba, (2017) Margot:Sister Nivedita of Vivekananda, Penguin Random House, Delhi,
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References
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Indian women historians
20th-century Indian historians
Singers from West Bengal
Indian women classical singers
Living people
People from Darjeeling
Educators from West Bengal
Women educators from West Bengal
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century women writers
20th-century Indian women
Women musicians from West Bengal