India, June 23 -- When Gulzar, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal Bhardwaj and a constellation of India's finest gathered at Netaji Indoor Stadium, the city remembered why it has always been music's most faithful home

On the evening of 21 June 2026, Kolkata did what it does best - it listened. And in listening, it became something larger than itself.

The 16th edition of Sourendro-Soumyojit's World Music Day Concert at Netaji Indoor Stadium was not merely a sold-out event. It was, by any measure, one of the most emotionally resonant musical evenings in the city's long and storied cultural history.

Curated by celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro Mullick and Soumyojit Das, the concert drew thousands of music lovers into a shared experience th...