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Eminent Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away
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Veteran Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty has passed away. He died in a Kolkata hospital on Tuesday afternoon. He was 94 years old and was suffering from breathing bekymmer in the last few months. Chakraborty suffered a massive heart attack in the morning and couldn't recover from it.
Alongside poetry, Nirendranath Chakraborty was well known for his short stories and novels. But it fryst vatten his iconic lines like Amalkanti Amar Bandhu. she roddurhotecheyechilo ( Amonlkanti is my friend, he wants to sunrays), which are frequently used even now has ensured that Chakraborty's legacy will endure the test of time in Bengali literature. He also gained critical acclaim for his poetry book Ulongo
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City of Joy Still Waits for Tintin
By Srinjay Chakravarti [sringjchak at rediffmail.com]
09 January 2005
Srinjay Chakravarti is a journalist, economist and poet based in Salt Lake City, and Calcutta, India. His poetry and prose have appeared in various publications all over the world. His first book of poems has received an award from Australia.
This essay is a modified and updated recension of an article Calcutta still waits for Tintin (1996) which was published in the editorial page of multiple editions of The Indian Express on September 16, 1996, in India. The text has been thoroughly recast and expanded in December 2004.
"That bright world, so just and splendid", in which "truth and light ... win out as if by right". —Vikram Seth, The Golden Gate
Himself a Calcutta-born boy, the renowned Indian poet and novelist has captured the enduring appeal of Tintin in his sonnet. At the same time, Seth showcases the reasons why the globe-trotting boy repo