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SAROJ DUTTA: pledge of a revolutionary poet

SAROJ DUTTA: pledge of a revolutionary poet

Author: Translated and Edited by Debashis Goswami & Basu Acharya

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Categories: Literature, Poetry
Year December 2024
Pages 88
Binding Hardbound
ISBN 978-81-980982-9-0

When poems are soaked in the blood of martyrs, they epitomise the immortal aspirations of the teeming multitudes. This compilation of poems by Saroj Dutta, the legendary Communist revolutionary leader whose life and words embodied unflinching revolutionary fervour, resounds with the timeless truth that the pen is mightier than the sword. The collection captures his uncompromising spirit, blending incisive political critique with profound poetic expression. Each verse echoes with his unyielding commitment to justice and the people’s struggle.

The volume is introduced by the eminent poet and social commentator, Vara Vara Rao.

Saroj Dutta (1914-’71), popularly known as Comrade SD, was the first West Bengal State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). He was also the editor of the famous literary magazine Parichaya during 1948-’49.

CONTENTS

Relevance of Saroj Dutta in the Context of Fascism by  V V Rao

Saroj Dutta A Brief Life-Sketch by Basu Acharya

POEMS

  1. Romain Rolland
  2. Aldous Huxley
  3. The Sword and the Pen
  4. The Three Worlds
  5. To the Contemporary Intellectual
  6. A Middle-Class Luxury
  7. Pledge of a Revelutionary Poet
  8. Lenin
  9. Shakuntala
  10. Finland
  11. The Game of Dice
  12. Doubts
  13. The Harvest
  14. The Shades
  15. The Nocturnal Visitor
  16. The Pledge
  17. The Full Moon Night
  18. The She-Cobras
  19. Fresh Blood from the Lungs
  20. The Royal Thief
  21. The Hint
  22. Ratnakar the Bandit-Bard
  23. Youth
  24. Your Seat on Earth
  25. The Trap
  26. The Bengal Satire
  27. The Shattered Moon of the Fourteenth
  28. Bravo! Hats off to You, My Master!
  29. The Full Moon
  30. You’ve Struck My Faith Today
  31. Introspection
  32. Freedom
  33. The Awakening
  34. The Pregnant Lady in the Woods
  35. Uttarkandam- the Aftermath
  36. The Inebriated Hare
  37. Poetic Fragments
  38. Goodbye for Now

APPENDICES

A Few Words on Saroj Kumar Dutta’s Poetry           Binay Ghosh

Revolutionary Poet Saroj Dutta                                   Arun Mitra

For the Deceased Poet                                                    Birendra Chattopadhyay

In Memory of Saroj-da                                                   Amitav Dasgupta

Saroj Dutta                                                                        Kanchan Kumar

Translated and Edited by Debashis Goswami & Basu Acharya

Debashis Goswami is an Indian mathematician and a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2012. He is currently associated with the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

Basu Acharya is a social and trade union activist based in Kolkata. He is also an author, translator, and editor, with a deep understanding of social dynamics

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