Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was among the first leaders to congratulate Arvind Kejriwal on his Aam Aadmi party's stunning victory in the Delhi assembly elections.The West Bengal Chief Minister tweeted, "My congratulations to all the Delhi voters, AAP workers and leaders for big victory. Well done to you.
Today—March 14—marks the 46th death anniversary of Jasim Uddin (1903-1976). Popularly called “palli kabi” (folk poet), Jasim Uddin is also considered a major Bangla poet.
They stand on the opposite banks of the river. One, shrinking into itself, separate, fearful, mistrustful, unable to see beyond its own needs and instincts for survival. The other, waiting for the crossover. Not now or later, but eternally. In Gandhi, the two, loss and love, met. Not just your loss or mine. His too. He was, after all, a man, even if a Mahatma. But the river
They stand on the opposite banks of the river. One, shrinking into itself, separate, fearful, mistrustful, unable to see beyond its own needs and instincts for survival. The other, waiting for the crossover. Not now or later, but eternally. In Gandhi, the two, loss and love, met. Not just your loss or mine. His too. He was, after all, a man, even if a Mahatma. But the river
Remembering the writer and activist on her 96th birth anniversary with an excerpt from ‘Our Santiniketan’, translated from the Bengali by Radha Chakravarty.