A HOUSEMAID
27th December 2019
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Hair dishevelled, Vermillion cleansed, Skin creased, eyes sunken, Face dry, and voice choked. I ask, ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘Your uncle died.’ ‘How?’ ‘Just a fall
WHEN CHILDREN CRY
21st July 2019
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When children cry I cry. When a girl is raped I laugh as a madman , when a clash is fought among
FOUR CORNERS
25th June 2019
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Four corners I have In one are buried my ancestors. In the next There sleeps a cooking pot. Over the third thatched roof
আমি কান্না করি
15th June 2019
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আমি কান্না করি যখন আপনি সহাস্যে জঙ্গল বিনাশ করেন। আমি কান্না করি যখন আপনি হৃদয়ে দেওয়াল নির্মাণ করেন আর নিজের গণ্ডীকে আরও দুর্ভেদ্য
ASK NOT MY COUNTRY OR STATE
31st May 2019
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Ask not my country Or state. Ask not my trade Or job. Ask not my tongue Or region. Ask not the colour
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
12th May 2019
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Tagore! You are our poet, our identity, Our leader, our mentor, To whom we return At dark nights and in shining days. Tagore! You
BILKIS YAKUB RASOOL
9th May 2019
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1 Bilkis! you are not Lucrece you have no lily hand or rosy cheek and your eyes are not marigolds, hair not golden threads
AN AGED COUPLE
4th December 2018
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Sixty autumns together they walked, And how many more who knows? Side by side they stood on the forest fringe And admired shrivelled faces and
SANTALPARA
4th December 2018
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Bored being confined by four walls, I set out for Santalpara Where I hear rustics sit idle whole day And drink, brawl and do nothing.
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