The Oxford India Anthology of Bengali Literature

Kalpana Bardhan is Research Associate, Center for South Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Such a compliation can (...) fuel the desire to know more, to read on, to add further intensity to the varied constellation woven into the pages of this anthology with considerable care and courage.

• 4. ; INTRODUCTION ; POETRY: ; JIBANANANDA DAS, 'ON THE SIDEWALKS' 'THE CAT' ; AMIYA CHAKRAVARTY, 'THE TRAVELLER' 'PETITION TO THE BOSS' '1604 UNIVERSITY DRIVE' 'CALCUTTA' ; SUDHINDRANATH DATTA, 'THE VAGRANT' 'THE FOOL' 'CYCLONE' ; JASIM UDDIN, 'THE CHARIOT OF DHAMRAI' ; PREMENDRA MITRA, 'THE CROW CAWS' 'THE SOUL OF BIRDS' ; ANNADA SANKAR RAY, 'DIFFERENCE' 'REMEMBRANCE' ; AJIT DATTA, 'THE RELATIVE' 'THE BLACK MOUNTAIN' ; BUDDHADEVA BOSE, 'TO MY UNWRITTEN POEMS' 'SONNET OF 3 A.M.: 1' 'SONNET OF 3 A.M.: 2' 'SUNDAY AFTERNOON' 'THE MOMENT OF LIBERATION' ; BISHNU DEY, 'MY DREAMS TOO ARE ENDLESS' 'THE ALIEN' 'ASPIRATION' 'WATER MY ROOTS' 'OF TAGOREAN BEAUTY' ; ARUN MITRA, 'THESE FEW LINES' 'IN THE STONES OF CALCUTTA' 'THE MARCH' 'WAYWARD' 'ON THE BREAST OF NATURE' ; ASHOKBIJOY RAHA, 'THE MAGIC TREE' ; DINESH DAS, 'THE SICKLE' ; SAMAR SEN, 'THE STORM' 'SCORCHED EARTH' 'SELF-CRITICISM' 'THE TIDES' ; KAMAKSHIPRASAD CHATTOPADHYAY, 'THE PRICE' ; SUBHASH MUKHOPADHYAY, 'AT EVERY STEP' 'AT DAY'S END' 'LET ME NEVER SEE' 'DEEPER STILL' ; ARUN KUMAR SARKAR, 'ENDLESS' ; 'THE HORSE' ; ABDUL GHANI HAZARI, 'THE HEART OF THE SAHIB' ; '21ST FEBRUARY' ; LATIFI HILALI, 'ON A SOLITARY EVENING' ; NIRENDRANATH CHAKRABARTI, 'TAIMUR' 'INSTEAD' 'YOU FEAR WHEN YOU FEAR' 'IT'S SO AT TIMES' 'ALL KINDS OF LOVING' ; SUKANTA BHATTACHARYA, 'PASSPORT' 'TO MY DEAREST' 'TIME TO COME' 'LIFE SUPREME' ; RAJLAKSHMI DEVI, 'DISASTER' 'THE HOUSE' 'MOUNTAINS' ; LOKENATH BHATTACHARYA, 'GEOMETRY AT TWILIGHT' 'FALSE OR TRUE' 'THE ABSENT HERO' 'NOT UNTIL' ; SHAMSUR RAHMAN, 'DEATH ANNIVERSARY' 'PAIN' 'THERE WAS A DOOR HERE' ; SARAT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY, 'THE CAT UNDER THE STAIRS' 'FRIENDS' 'GRATITUDE' ; SANKHA GHOSH, 'AT THE BEND OF THE ROAD' 'STORM OF DESIRE' 'THE SLEEP' 'COMPANION' 'FALLEN' 'ON THAT ENDLESS MIDNIGHT' 'OARBEATS IN THE RIBS' ; ALOKERANJAN DAS GUPTA, 'THE META-QUERY' 'BESIDE THE WELL' ; SHAKTI CHATTOPADHYAY, 'WALKS BEHIND, YET STAYS REMOTE' 'JUST ONCE TRY' 'I CAN GO, BUT WHY SHOULD I' 'OLD GRIEF AND NEW GRIEF' 'THE DARKNESS OF MANY CENTURIES' ; BENOY MAJUMDAR, 'UNITITLED' 'TIME WINS' ; SUNIL GANGOPADHYAY, 'A CASE HISTORY' 'INHERITANCE' 'ON THE STAIRS' 'SUDDENLY FOR NEERA' ; TARAPADA ROY, 'HEAD BENT' 'THAT GREEN PASSPORT' ; UTPAL KUMAR BASU, 'PURI SERIES - 4' 'PURI SERIES - 8' 'UNTITLED' ; AL MAHMUD, 'IN THE DARK ONE DAY' 'POETRY' 'SIMPLE ACCUSATION' 'NATURE' ; VIJAYA MUKHOPADHYAY, 'ANCESTOR WORSHIP' 'EQUATION' 'MONDAY' 'THE FERRY GHAT' ; NABANEETA DEV SEN, 'MEMORIES OF A FLORAL CLOCK' 'JUNGLE STORY' 'SOMETIMES, LOVE' 'SO MANY CRAZY BLUE HILLS' ; KETAKI KUSHARI DYSON, 'ADAM'S APPLE' 'CARAVAN' ; MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, 'KIRTINASHA' ; ASAD CHOWDHURY, 'LAMENTATION' ; JOY GOSWAMI, 'IN THE EVENING SADNESS COMES ...' 'AN EVENING OF RAIN' 'THINGS RECALLED AT NIGHT' 'BALLAD OF LAST RITES' ; MANDAKRANTA SEN, 'BENGAL IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: A PIECE OF FAMILY HISTORY' 'YOU' 'THE BELIEVER' ; SHORT FICTION: ; PARASHURAMA (RAJSHEKHAR BASU), 'AN IMMORTAL' ; BANAPHUL (BALAICHAND MUKHOPADHYAY), 'IN THE SAME BOAT' ; PREMENDRA MITRA, 'JUTHIKA' ; PRABODH KUMAR SANYAL, 'DEEP' ; SATINATH BHADURI, 'PATRALEKHA'S FATHER' ; MANIK BANDYOPADHYAY, 'HARAN'S GRANDSON-IN-LAW' ; ASHAPURNA DEVI, 'IZZAT' ; SUBODH GHOSE, 'FOSSIL' ; JYOTIRINDRA NANDI, 'GAME' ; ADVAITA MALLABARMAN, 'THE BOAT' ; KAMAL KUMAR MAJUMDAR, 'EXTINCT RITUALS' ; NARENDRANATH MITRA, 'TRUTH AND UNTRUTH' ; SATYAJIT RAY, 'LOAD SHEDDING' ; SYED WALIULLAH, 'TALE OF A TULSI' ; SAMARESH BASU, 'ADAAB' ; MAHASWETA DEVI, 'THE DIVORCE' ; SYED MUSTAFA SIRAJ, 'HORSE OF DEATH' ; SARAT KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY, 'THE QUICK RUN' ; HASAN HAFIZUR REHMAN, 'TWO MORE DEATHS' ; SHIRSHENDU MUKHOPADHYAY, 'LOOK AT ME' ; SYED SHAMSUL HAQ, 'SECRET LIFE, PUBLIC DEATH' ; HASAN AZIZUL HUQ, 'HOMECOMING' ; DIBYENDU PALIT, 'THE NATIONAL FLAG' ; BANI BASU, 'SHE' ; AKHTARUZZAMAN ILIAS, 'IN THE ROOFTOP ROOM' ; SELINA HOSSAIN, 'IZZAT' ; NABARUN BHATTACHARYA, 'THE BLIND CAT' ; ABUL BASHAR, 'REBIRTH' ; NASREEN JAHAN, 'STRANGER' ; PROSE NON-FICTION: ; KAZI ABDUL WADUD, 'CREATIVE BENGAL' ; DHURJATIPRASAD MUKERJI, 'WORDS AND MELODY' ; NIRMAL KUMAR BOSE, 'THE STRUCTURE OF HINDU SOCIETY' ; SUDHINDRANATH DATTA, 'UTTERANCE AND REALIZATION: THE TRADITION OF WRITING IN BENGAL' ; SYED MUZTABA ALI, 'CHACHA'S ANECDOTE' ; ABU SAYEED AYYUB, 'ETHICS AND AESTHETICS IN LITERATURE' ; BUDDHADEVA BOSE, 'THE LAST JOURNEY' ; SAMAR SEN, 'A BABU'S TALE' ; SIBNARAYAN RAY, 'BENGALEE IDENTITY: PROBLEM, INNER CONFLICT, AND TRAGEDY' ; ASHOK MITRA, 'FLAVOURS OF FREEDOM' ; ASHOK RUDRA, 'FRIENDSHIP IN RABINDRANATH'S LOVE SONGS' ; SANKHA GHOSH, 'THE POET'S INTENTION: THE WRITER, THE WRITING, THE READER' ; PARTHA CHATTERJEE, 'OUR MODERNITY' ; GAUTAM BHADRA, 'BENGAL'S DERVISHES AND THE CLUTCH OF MODERN HISTORY' ; NRISINHAPRASAD BHADURI, 'THE ISLAND-BORN VYASA' ; MANORANJAN BYAPARI, 'DALIT LITERATURE IN BANGLA' ; TASLIMA NASRIN, 'SELECTED COLUMNS' ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS