A five-member official delegation from Bangladesh arrives here today to finalise joint celebrations of Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary.
The delegation led by Bangladesh Culture Secretary Suraiya Begum will hold meeting with its Indian counterpart headed by Jwahar Sircar here on April 7 and 8. They would add finishing touches to the joint commemorative programmes expected to start in Delhi on May 7 and in Dhaka the next day.
Sircar led an Indian delegation to Dhaka last year to finalise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposal to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for the celebrations.
The decision for joint celebrations was taken during Hasina's visit to New Delhi in January last year and was contained in the joint communiqué issued after her talks with Manmohan.
High commissioners of both countries, secretaries of the culture ministries, and representatives of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Dhaka University had discussions during the Indian delegation's visit.
Scholars and cultural personalities like Sankho Ghosh, Bharati Ray, Sutapa Talukdar, Ramendu Majumdar, Sanjida Khatun, Sayed Hassan Imam and Laila Hassan also attended these talks.
The Indian delegation visited some of places in Bangladesh, including Shilaidaha, associated with Tagore. Tagore had introduced modern methods of cultivation at Shilaidaha and later at Santiniketan.