Whither Bengali?
There was a time when Bengal was not merely a geographical region but a civilization of the mind. Its language carried poetry in everyday speech.
There was a time when Bengal was not merely a geographical region but a civilization of the mind. Its language carried poetry in everyday speech.
One of the two structures associated with Bengal’s rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam at his birthplace in Churulia has already been demolished, while the other now faces the threat of extinction after being included in a proposed coal mining expansion plan of a state-backed power generation company.
The birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed in the state with due solemnity.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Party chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid rich tributes to rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on his 126th birth anniversary.
The year 2024 marked the 125th birth anniversary of poet, songwriter, music composer, singer, novelist, essayist and journalist Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976).
In just three months, another grandson of rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam passed away. He was the youngest one.
Two centuries-old Kali Pujas in Durgapur still bear memories of rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, where he'd taken active part in pujas in one and on the other, performed Leto song, a self-composed Shyama Sangeet and melody on a flute.
A book titled Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Journalism A Critiquehas created a flutter in the academic circles, both in the country and Bangladesh before the poet’s birth anniversary which falls tomorrow.
The revelation that his nephews were selling Bengal's rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's fame for money over the years by using the official seals and letterheads of a governmentowned body, without permission
On 21 February, 2021, the Kazi Nazrul University assumed the property rights of the academy in presence of state minister Moloy Ghatak.
