About Soumita Saha

Soumita Saha is a Multidisciplinary Artist, She is an Indian singer, songwriter, visual artist, and writer born in Kolkata. Raised in a culturally rooted family, she is the daughter of playback singer, Traditional Music Exponent and voice trainer Swapan Saha and critic-writer Madhumita, inheriting a deep affinity for music and literature from an early age. She trained formally in Rabindrasangeet, Indian classical, semi-classical music, Western Music and Christmas carols, attending workshops with eminent musical exponents. An Architecture graduate, Soumita balanced academics with artistic pursuits, writing for blogs and magazines while exploring visual art on canvas. She debuted with the EDM track “Ishq” in collaboration with Florida-based Big Tuned Records and later contributed to playback projects in Tollywood films and television. The multidisciplinary talent later pursued music programming and technical education to to brush up her musical skills to the core. Her Indo-French collaboration with musician Greg Sauzet reinterpreting Tagore’s works was showcased at international platforms including Festival del Cefalù a d other important International Film and Music festivals. In 2026, she published 'Bleeding Vermillion Hues', her debut book..inspired by her painting series “Stamp,” also composing and releasing a song of the same title—reflecting her signature fusion of literature, music, and visual art. She is regularly seen in Kolkata's quaint and enthusiastic literary poetry reading sessions curated by various important personalities form the same niche. Her Art works Including Aberant from 2020 to Stamp series of 2026 are consistently earning appreciation from critics and curators.

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

শ্যামা || Shyama || Solo Virtual Exhibition by Soumita Saha


 Shyama - Tribute to the deity. Eastern India, including West Bengal, Odisha and Assam worship Goddess Kali on the new moon in the month of Kartik. Kali Puja is also called Shyama Puja and is the second most celebrated festival after Durga Puja in Eastern India. It is widely believed that in Bengal, noted 16th century Tantric scholar Krishnananda Agamavagisha was the one who started Kali Puja. The tantric scholar had once dreamt of Goddess Kali, who had until then largely been associated with death and darkness. However, the dark goddess instructed Agamavagisha to worship her in a form that highlighted her in a more motherly avatar. Thus, Agamavagisha is often attributed with popularising the worship of Kali in a milder iconography -- a form that is still worshipped across Bengal to this date.



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