Lost Bangla Poems

At this very moment coolies screamed, ‘train', 
We scampered packing up our bags and bales, 
A long-awaited train’s a certain bane, 
But this one turned...

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From Nabob of Junagarh, of Nizam— 
Collecting tax on cotton and the kind, 
The taxing job having strained of my calm, 
I’d stayed at a...

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When old friends awake

I have lost my voice totally, not even a whisper
I pretend to stay on stage lift my left arm pretend there is...

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Hey you out there 
Life hasn't been fair
I see you,
This is something true
On that street corner you stand
Need a hand
 This corner is important at...

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The words collecting in my head.
Could be writing but I am replaying them instead .
Forever seeking to place the words just right.
Which goes here ,
Which...

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His close kin who spell mankind; from distant memory they reckon, they shield
This reckoning as a symbol of future tidings, and cannot journey with plasma
Unblooded....

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Trust in yourself
If you trust others, they do so
Out of self-interest
Not what is best for you.
To be a follower is dangerous
When you wake up naked
And...

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Only in me, the choice I live by is the choice I dispise, only to be wise, a man in disguise. Only in me the...

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I was hoping for a sleep, deep and undisturbed.
A thing I longed for  quite a bit of time, solid-hearted.
I was longing for your smell,...

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My wallet,
Made of shining black leather.
I bought it a decade ago,
From a Lacoste shop.
It fitted well in the rear pockets
Of my blue denims.
It was happy,
Stuffed...

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As I look above

My eyes meets the dark sky

Nothing is in motion 

But my mind the only thing running

The thoughts flow in like a river

The...

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O independent State, O civilized life
you give my Rupsa back. 
Her desire, her love ... let me touch once. 
I have seen the orphaned childhood
for...

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running blind
running scared 
she wants to fall in love
but she does not dare
running alone
looking back
she is going nowhere fast
she wants someone to love and to...

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On my way to the pub

I was walking to the pub at sundown
when I reach my destination the last pink rays
on the sky was vanishing,
a...

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