Debasis Chatterjee

An unknown place
Without a single known face
Cold deep silence
Complete absence
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Mother is the Creator,
Mother is the Earth,
Mother is the Birth,
The all Pervasive Protector.
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my father is a tycoon, busy with his money and dolls
he throws me from time to time a wallet full of green rolls.

my mother's busy in enticing her third man rolling in money
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War…war goes on for millennia for world's good, for democracy,
Communism, equal rights, UN resolutions, women empowerment,
men's equality, right to people,
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2017 - INDIA

Humans are principally of two kinds:
Men and Women;
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I saw a beggar this evening on my way back home
sitting in a corner of the sidewalk
hands folded across, legs crouched as far as possible
head bowed -like a mound of sacks thrown
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আমি প্রতীক্ষা করে আছি এক অজানা জায়গায়
কোন পরিচিত নেই,
সমস্ত পরিবেশটাই অচেনা, ভরা নিশ্চুপ নিঃশব্দতায়
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On a wintry Kolkata morning
A well dressed gentleman was standing
At a traffic signal, I knew not what for
Till he ambled in front of the window of my cab
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Valentines' Day

Today is Valentine's Day- Day of Love!
Days of Roses, Hugs, Kisses.., are all gone.
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His is the life since inception subjacent;
Deeds wrong, unthinking roll of dices,
Full of falls, he knows not with his vices,
Where will stop his continued decent.
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A flash of a smile, a sweet hand fluttering
On the morn' today,
Started me on my way,
Full of verve, to an anxious meeting.
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মিষ্টি হাতছানি, একটু হাসি ধরা,
দিনটা শুরু হঠাৎ আনন্দে ভরা ।

অফিসে অপ্রত্যাশিত প্রশংসা
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রাজপথে দেখলাম…

অপূর্ব সজ্জায় সজ্জিত প্রাসাদ মহল
কোট, প্যান্ট, টাই, শাড়ী, গয়নায়, ঝলমল,
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The human kind believes in lofty ideals of science, religion,
Customs and pride, freely talks about secularism and free expression
And rights of individual, impartiality of treatment, caste, creed,
And color of skin, racism, battles, wars, bloodshed and greed!
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Swami Vivekananda famously called upon the young
To arise, awake, forget quest for name and fame,
To plunge in to work for the downtrodden and the poor
And to develop strength and valor to fight the enemy.
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বাইরে বসন্ত, আকাশ দীপ্যমান,
অন্তর এখনো বর্ষাস্নাত, অশ্রুময় কণ্ঠ অশ্রুত;
প্রকৃতি হাস্যোজ্বল, পুষ্পসুগন্ধসময় বহমান,
হৃদয় এখনো নিরংশু, এখনো তমসাবৃত;
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Out of my mind the world is in rapturous jollity
In cheer of spring
Benevolence smiling,
Fragrant flowers welcoming
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The man had no legs
He was pedaling his wheeled chair with two hands

He braked right in front of me
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Lights have darkened, my beloved City
Dusk has descended
Benighting your enduring beauty
Obscuring your boundless feel of solidarity
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I saw throughout the life
the exploitation and deaths rife

I despaired of the pompous megalomaniac prattling
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