{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1459","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=1457","results":[{"id":16573,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anil Acharya","bio":"\nAnil Acharya (Bengali: অনিল আচার্য) is an Indian Bengali scholar, essayist, short story writer and poet. In 1966, he founded the Bengali literary quarterly and little magazine Anustup.\nAcharya graduated with an honors degree in English literature from the Scottish Church College. Thereafter he earned his master's degree in English literature from the University of Calcutta.\nAcharya taught English at Serampore College, later becoming the departmental head and establishing the college's Communicative English programme. His work has included the Collection, Collation, Digitalization of Texts and other Lingual Matter in the Corpora for the Bengali Language for The Secretary General Literature Arts National Culture & Educational Research Society, Kolkata.","raw_bio":"Anil Acharya (Bengali: অনিল আচার্য) is an Indian Bengali scholar, essayist, short story writer and poet. In 1966, he founded the Bengali literary quarterly and little magazine Anustup. Acharya graduated with an honors degree in English literature from the Scottish Church College. Thereafter he earned his master's degree in English literature from the University of Calcutta. Acharya taught English at Serampore College, later becoming the departmental head and establishing the college's Communicative English programme. His work has included the Collection, Collation, Digitalization of Texts and other Lingual Matter in the Corpora for the Bengali Language for The Secretary General Literature Arts National Culture & Educational Research Society, Kolkata.","slug":"anil-acharya","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/anil-acharya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.504656","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16574,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Afzal Ali ","bio":"Afzal Ali (Bengali: আফজল আলী, romanized: Afzol Ali) was a medieval Bengali poet. He is best known for his magnum opus, Nasihatnama. Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad claims that he belongs to the 16th-century, although Banglapedia places him in the 17th century.\nAfzal Ali was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Milua in present-day Satkania, Chittagong District. His father was known as Bhangu Faqir.\nAfzal Ali was known to have written Nasihatnama (নসীহতনামা) around 1662 C.E., as well as Padabali, which were a few verses written in Vaishnava style. The former is a notable Muslim literary work of Bengal as only few Islamic have been found in Bengali during that period. The book contains references to sermons in simple language, and Ali had a good reputation as a writer. Many Bengali authors wrote books titled \"Nasihatnama\", with the next-known poet being Sheikh Paran (1550-1615).","raw_bio":"Afzal Ali (Bengali: আফজল আলী, romanized: Afzol Ali) was a medieval Bengali poet. He is best known for his magnum opus, Nasihatnama. Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad claims that he belongs to the 16th-century, although Banglapedia places him in the 17th century. Afzal Ali was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Milua in present-day Satkania, Chittagong District. His father was known as Bhangu Faqir. Afzal Ali was known to have written Nasihatnama (নসীহতনামা) around 1662 C.E., as well as Padabali, which were a few verses written in Vaishnava style. The former is a notable Muslim literary work of Bengal as only few Islamic have been found in Bengali during that period. The book contains references to sermons in simple language, and Ali had a good reputation as a writer. Many Bengali authors wrote books titled \"Nasihatnama\", with the next-known poet being Sheikh Paran (1550-1615).","slug":"afzal-ali","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/afzal-ali","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.512256","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16575,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Benajir Ahmed","bio":"Benajir Ahmed (c. 1903 – 12 February 1983) was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1964 and Ekushey Padak in 1979 by the Government of Bangladesh.\nAhmed was born on 1903 in Dhanuya, Narayanganj, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He was involved with Khalifat movement and the Non-cooperation movement of British India. In his youth, Ahmed fought against British rule of India. In 1921 he was arrested by the British. He was involved with the All India Muslim League and supported the Pakistan Movement. In 1962 he was elected to the Pakistan National Council from Dhaka-6.\nAhmed wrote for the Daily Azad and Dainik Nabajug. His poetry was inspired by the works of Kazi Nazrul Islam. His literary works are included in the curriculum secondary and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh. In 1964 he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award for poetry.\nThis article about a Bangladeshi poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Benajir Ahmed (c. 1903 – 12 February 1983) was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1964 and Ekushey Padak in 1979 by the Government of Bangladesh. Ahmed was born on 1903 in Dhanuya, Narayanganj, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He was involved with Khalifat movement and the Non-cooperation movement of British India. In his youth, Ahmed fought against British rule of India. In 1921 he was arrested by the British. He was involved with the All India Muslim League and supported the Pakistan Movement. In 1962 he was elected to the Pakistan National Council from Dhaka-6. Ahmed wrote for the Daily Azad and Dainik Nabajug. His poetry was inspired by the works of Kazi Nazrul Islam. His literary works are included in the curriculum secondary and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh. In 1964 he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award for poetry. This article about a Bangladeshi poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"benajir-ahmed","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Narayanganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India","url":"/sootradhar/benajir-ahmed","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.520496","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16576,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Alaol","bio":"Syed Alaol (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলাওল; 1607 – 1680) was a 17th century poet of Bengal. His most well known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhalese princess. He is considered to be one of the most prolific medieval Bengali poets. Since most of his poems combine emotion with intellect, he is called the Pandit Kabi (Pandit of Poets) of medieval Bengali literature. An important Bangladeshi literary prize, the Alaol Sahitya Puroshkar, is named after him.\nHe was probably born in 1607 in the village of Jalalpur in Fatwabad Pargana, Fatehabad, to a minister in the court of Majlis Qutb, the ruler of Fatehabad. He learnt Bengali, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit languages. Alaol was kidnapped by Portuguese pirates while travelling on a boat with his father, and was subsequently taken to Arakan.\nAlaol worked as a bodyguard for a while, but slowly his reputation as a poet spread. His talent was first recognised by Magan Thakur, prime minister of King Sanda Thudhamma of the Mrauk-U dynasty of Arakan. He was also patronised by other elders of the court such as chief minister Sulayman, royal minister Syed Musa, army commander Muhammad Khan and tax minister Majlis Nabaraj.\nIn 1659, he completed Sati Mayna O Lorchandrani, the first part of which was completed earlier by another Bengali court poet of Arakan, Daulat Qazi. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichandra Sudharma or Sanda Thudhamma. Later, Prince Magan Thakur, the foster-son of the sister of King Shrichandra Sudharma and co-regent and the prime minister of Arakan, secured him a place in the court of Arakan.","raw_bio":"Syed Alaol (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলাওল; 1607 – 1680) was a 17th century poet of Bengal. His most well known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhalese princess. He is considered to be one of the most prolific medieval Bengali poets. Since most of his poems combine emotion with intellect, he is called the Pandit Kabi (Pandit of Poets) of medieval Bengali literature. An important Bangladeshi literary prize, the Alaol Sahitya Puroshkar, is named after him. He was probably born in 1607 in the village of Jalalpur in Fatwabad Pargana, Fatehabad, to a minister in the court of Majlis Qutb, the ruler of Fatehabad. He learnt Bengali, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit languages. Alaol was kidnapped by Portuguese pirates while travelling on a boat with his father, and was subsequently taken to Arakan. Alaol worked as a bodyguard for a while, but slowly his reputation as a poet spread. His talent was first recognised by Magan Thakur, prime minister of King Sanda Thudhamma of the Mrauk-U dynasty of Arakan. He was also patronised by other elders of the court such as chief minister Sulayman, royal minister Syed Musa, army commander Muhammad Khan and tax minister Majlis Nabaraj. In 1659, he completed Sati Mayna O Lorchandrani, the first part of which was completed earlier by another Bengali court poet of Arakan, Daulat Qazi. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichandra Sudharma or Sanda Thudhamma. Later, Prince Magan Thakur, the foster-son of the sister of King Shrichandra Sudharma and co-regent and the prime minister of Arakan, secured him a place in the court of Arakan.","slug":"alaol","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Jalalpur, Madaripur, Fatehabad, Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/alaol","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.527830","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16577,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Arjumand Ali","bio":"Arjumand Ali Chowdhury (Bengali: আর্জুমন্দ আলী চৌধুরী; 1870–1930), better known as simply Arjumand Ali, was a blind Bengali author and poet during the British Raj. The customary style of Bengali literature had historically been through poetry (puthis), with prose literature only emerging in the 19th century. Ali's Premdarpaṇ is the earliest example of a prose novel from Bengal's Muslim community.\nAli was born in 1870, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries in eastern Bhadeshwar, Golapganj, located in the Sylhet District of Assam Province. Through his father, Bande Ali Chowdhury, he was a descendant of the medieval Baro-Bhuiyan chieftain Fateh Khan. From an early age, Ali was described to have been a lover of poetry and a deep thinker.\nAfter passing matriculation in 1890, Ali left education and found employment as a school inspector. In 1891, he wrote Premdarpaṇ, which is recognised as the first Bengali prose novel written by a Muslim. The novel was a love story between a Muslim boy and Hindu girl, as well as Ali's personal sorrows. Ali claimed that the novel was based on a true incident. He married Amina Khatun Chowdhurani, the daughter of the Zamindar of Rupsha Umed Reza Chowdhury and Syeda Aftabunnesa Chowdhurani. His brother-in-law was Khan Bahadur Abidur Reza Chowdhury. At the age of 30, Ali was diagnosed with visual impairment. His poetry anthology was published in 1905, with the title Hriday Sangīt.\nAli died in 1930 and had no children. He was buried in the Rupsa zamindar family graveyard in Faridganj, Chandpur District, and a mazar (mausoleum) was constructed around his grave.","raw_bio":"Arjumand Ali Chowdhury (Bengali: আর্জুমন্দ আলী চৌধুরী; 1870–1930), better known as simply Arjumand Ali, was a blind Bengali author and poet during the British Raj. The customary style of Bengali literature had historically been through poetry (puthis), with prose literature only emerging in the 19th century. Ali's Premdarpaṇ is the earliest example of a prose novel from Bengal's Muslim community. Ali was born in 1870, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries in eastern Bhadeshwar, Golapganj, located in the Sylhet District of Assam Province. Through his father, Bande Ali Chowdhury, he was a descendant of the medieval Baro-Bhuiyan chieftain Fateh Khan. From an early age, Ali was described to have been a lover of poetry and a deep thinker. After passing matriculation in 1890, Ali left education and found employment as a school inspector. In 1891, he wrote Premdarpaṇ, which is recognised as the first Bengali prose novel written by a Muslim. The novel was a love story between a Muslim boy and Hindu girl, as well as Ali's personal sorrows. Ali claimed that the novel was based on a true incident. He married Amina Khatun Chowdhurani, the daughter of the Zamindar of Rupsha Umed Reza Chowdhury and Syeda Aftabunnesa Chowdhurani. His brother-in-law was Khan Bahadur Abidur Reza Chowdhury. At the age of 30, Ali was diagnosed with visual impairment. His poetry anthology was published in 1905, with the title Hriday Sangīt. Ali died in 1930 and had no children. He was buried in the Rupsa zamindar family graveyard in Faridganj, Chandpur District, and a mazar (mausoleum) was constructed around his grave.","slug":"arjumand-ali","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Muslim","url":"/sootradhar/arjumand-ali","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.546036","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16578,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sadeq Ali","bio":"\nMunshi Muhammad Sadeq Ali (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ সাদেক আলী, Nagri: ꠍꠣꠖꠇ ꠀꠟꠤ), born as Sri Gaur Kishore Sen (Bengali: শ্রী গৌর কিশোর সেন),  was a prominent Dobhashi writer, poet and district judge from 19th century Bengal. He is considered to be the most well-known writer to have used the Sylheti Nagri script and this is due to his magnum opus, Halat-un-Nabi (Condition of the Prophet), which gained immense popularity in the Sylhet region and would later be transcribed in the Bengali script.\nShree Gour Kishore Sen was born around 1800.\nIn August 1818, he was taught the basics of Islam by Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf. Sen grew an interest in the Arabic and Persian languages, and so he studied under Mir Munshi Abul Fazl, a detective of the Hingazia thana.","raw_bio":"Munshi Muhammad Sadeq Ali (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ সাদেক আলী, Nagri: ꠍꠣꠖꠇ ꠀꠟꠤ), born as Sri Gaur Kishore Sen (Bengali: শ্রী গৌর কিশোর সেন),  was a prominent Dobhashi writer, poet and district judge from 19th century Bengal. He is considered to be the most well-known writer to have used the Sylheti Nagri script and this is due to his magnum opus, Halat-un-Nabi (Condition of the Prophet), which gained immense popularity in the Sylhet region and would later be transcribed in the Bengali script. Shree Gour Kishore Sen was born around 1800. In August 1818, he was taught the basics of Islam by Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf. Sen grew an interest in the Arabic and Persian languages, and so he studied under Mir Munshi Abul Fazl, a detective of the Hingazia thana.","slug":"sadeq-ali","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"magnum opus","url":"/sootradhar/sadeq-ali","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.564028","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16579,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Maladhar Basu","bio":"Maladhar Basu (Bengali: মালাধর বসু; c. 15th century) was a Bengali poet. He wrote Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna), the earliest Bengali narrative poem that can be assigned to a definite date. It is also the oldest Bengali narrative poem of Krishna legend. It was composed between 1473 and 1480.  The long poem is a translation of the 10th and 11th cantos of the Bhagavata Purana; a part of Vishnu Purana and the story of Ramayana is also incorporated here.\nIn the poem written in an early Bangla,  Maladhar focuses on Krishna's divine life, with the 10th canto relating the legends of Krishna as a child, and his divine play with the gopis in Vrindavana.  He was honoured by Rukunuddin Barbak Shah with the title 'Gunaraj Khan'.\nMaladhar Basu was born at Kulingram village of modern-day Purba Bardhaman district, Paschimbanga (West Bengal) to Bhagirath Basu and Indumati Devi. Maladhar Basu was a scholar of Sanskrit literature and Vaishnava theology. He translated the famous Sanskrit work Bhagavata into Bengali language, under the patronage of Nusrat Shah, then ruler of Bengal.\nThis article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Maladhar Basu (Bengali: মালাধর বসু; c. 15th century) was a Bengali poet. He wrote Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna), the earliest Bengali narrative poem that can be assigned to a definite date. It is also the oldest Bengali narrative poem of Krishna legend. It was composed between 1473 and 1480.  The long poem is a translation of the 10th and 11th cantos of the Bhagavata Purana; a part of Vishnu Purana and the story of Ramayana is also incorporated here. In the poem written in an early Bangla,  Maladhar focuses on Krishna's divine life, with the 10th canto relating the legends of Krishna as a child, and his divine play with the gopis in Vrindavana.  He was honoured by Rukunuddin Barbak Shah with the title 'Gunaraj Khan'. Maladhar Basu was born at Kulingram village of modern-day Purba Bardhaman district, Paschimbanga (West Bengal) to Bhagirath Basu and Indumati Devi. Maladhar Basu was a scholar of Sanskrit literature and Vaishnava theology. He translated the famous Sanskrit work Bhagavata into Bengali language, under the patronage of Nusrat Shah, then ruler of Bengal. This article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"maladhar-basu","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Bengal","url":"/sootradhar/maladhar-basu","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.575445","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16580,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Manibhushan Bhattacharya","bio":"Manibhushan Bhattacharya (3 May 1938 — 13 January 2014) was a major poet who transformed the language of Bengali poetry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His poems were published in famous literary journals including the Buddhadeb Basu-edited Kabita, Porichoy, Chaturanga and Purbasha. Manibhushan questioned the dominant mode of writing poetry in his poems and transformed the language of poetry from within. In one of his poems, he expressed that it is futile to read the accomplished poets and stated that he only reads Samar Sen’s prose in Frontier.\nManibhushan was born in a family of Sanskrit pundits in a small town, Sitakunda, in the district of Chittagong, now in Bangladesh, in 1938. The town was surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Metaphors of nature and religious-puranic traditions found a place in his poetic journey at different points of time. Manibhushan later settled at Naihati in North 24 Parganas and earned his livelihood as a school teacher in Kanchrapara Harnett High School of Kanchrapara. The everyday life of the subaltern people found expression in his poems.\nManibhushan started publishing his poems in the 1950s. The brutal counter-insurgent violence of the Indian state against the Naxalites found place in his second book of poems, Utkantha Sharbari, published in 1971. However, his collection of political poems, Gandhinagare Ratri, published in 1974, marked a revolution in the world of Bengali poetry. In a sense, this book is the testament of the burning 1970s. The first poem incorporated in the collection, Gandhinagare Ratri, was a vivid poetic narrative of the killing of a subaltern political activist, Gokul, by police firing, his mother’s pathos, typical responses of middle- class characters and angry protest by a jute mill labourer. The poem ended with a line from Rabindranath Tagore. The aesthetic chemistry of the poem violated all conventions. It is quite natural that Manibhushan Bhattacharya’s poetry took different turns in changing times. Writing poetry for him was nothing but dialogue with the self. So, romance and revolution got merged in his poetry. He decided to write mostly for little magazines. The mainstream media maintained silence regarding his creative endeavours, but he cared little for such a \"culture of silence\" and his poems reverberated loudly nonetheless.","raw_bio":"Manibhushan Bhattacharya (3 May 1938 — 13 January 2014) was a major poet who transformed the language of Bengali poetry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His poems were published in famous literary journals including the Buddhadeb Basu-edited Kabita, Porichoy, Chaturanga and Purbasha. Manibhushan questioned the dominant mode of writing poetry in his poems and transformed the language of poetry from within. In one of his poems, he expressed that it is futile to read the accomplished poets and stated that he only reads Samar Sen’s prose in Frontier. Manibhushan was born in a family of Sanskrit pundits in a small town, Sitakunda, in the district of Chittagong, now in Bangladesh, in 1938. The town was surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Metaphors of nature and religious-puranic traditions found a place in his poetic journey at different points of time. Manibhushan later settled at Naihati in North 24 Parganas and earned his livelihood as a school teacher in Kanchrapara Harnett High School of Kanchrapara. The everyday life of the subaltern people found expression in his poems. Manibhushan started publishing his poems in the 1950s. The brutal counter-insurgent violence of the Indian state against the Naxalites found place in his second book of poems, Utkantha Sharbari, published in 1971. However, his collection of political poems, Gandhinagare Ratri, published in 1974, marked a revolution in the world of Bengali poetry. In a sense, this book is the testament of the burning 1970s. The first poem incorporated in the collection, Gandhinagare Ratri, was a vivid poetic narrative of the killing of a subaltern political activist, Gokul, by police firing, his mother’s pathos, typical responses of middle- class characters and angry protest by a jute mill labourer. The poem ended with a line from Rabindranath Tagore. The aesthetic chemistry of the poem violated all conventions. It is quite natural that Manibhushan Bhattacharya’s poetry took different turns in changing times. Writing poetry for him was nothing but dialogue with the self. So, romance and revolution got merged in his poetry. He decided to write mostly for little magazines. The mainstream media maintained silence regarding his creative endeavours, but he cared little for such a \"culture of silence\" and his poems reverberated loudly nonetheless.","slug":"manibhushan-bhattacharya","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Buddhadeb Basu","url":"/sootradhar/manibhushan-bhattacharya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.590262","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16581,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya","bio":"Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya is an Indian poet, translator and literary critic writing in Bengali and English. She won First Prize at the All India Poetry Competition in 1991 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with the British Council.\nRajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya was born in 1927. She taught at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Fergusson College,  Pune. She was also a Professor of Philosophy at Nowrosjee Wadia College.\nShe is the author of The Owl and Other Poems and The Touch Me Not Girl.  Her translation works are unique works of transcreation, and her translations include the songs of Rabindranath Tagore.\nRajlukshmee Debee was All India Poetry Prize winner in 1991 for her poem Punarnava (‘’The Ever Renewing’’). Rajlukshmee was also on the Jury for the first ever All India Poetry Competition for School Children held in 1996.","raw_bio":"Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya is an Indian poet, translator and literary critic writing in Bengali and English. She won First Prize at the All India Poetry Competition in 1991 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with the British Council. Rajlukshmee Debee Bhattacharya was born in 1927. She taught at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Fergusson College,  Pune. She was also a Professor of Philosophy at Nowrosjee Wadia College. She is the author of The Owl and Other Poems and The Touch Me Not Girl.  Her translation works are unique works of transcreation, and her translations include the songs of Rabindranath Tagore. Rajlukshmee Debee was All India Poetry Prize winner in 1991 for her poem Punarnava (‘’The Ever Renewing’’). Rajlukshmee was also on the Jury for the first ever All India Poetry Competition for School Children held in 1996.","slug":"rajlukshmee-debee-bhattacharya","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Indian English Literature","url":"/sootradhar/rajlukshmee-debee-bhattacharya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.603257","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16582,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Akshay Kumar Baral","bio":"\nAkshay Kumar Baral (1860–1919) (Bengali: অক্ষয় কুমার বড়াল) was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Kolkata. The family originally hailed from Chandannagar, Hooghly District.\nBaral was born in 1860 in Chorbagan, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at Hare School for some time. He worked as an accounts clerk in the Delhi and London Bank. He worked as a secretary at the North-British Life Insurance Company.\nBoral was a fan of the poets, Biharilal Chakraborty and Rabindranath Tagore. His poetry is meditative and thoughtful. However, he wrote with a unique style and he was not influenced by either one.","raw_bio":"Akshay Kumar Baral (1860–1919) (Bengali: অক্ষয় কুমার বড়াল) was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Kolkata. The family originally hailed from Chandannagar, Hooghly District. Baral was born in 1860 in Chorbagan, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at Hare School for some time. He worked as an accounts clerk in the Delhi and London Bank. He worked as a secretary at the North-British Life Insurance Company. Boral was a fan of the poets, Biharilal Chakraborty and Rabindranath Tagore. His poetry is meditative and thoughtful. However, he wrote with a unique style and he was not influenced by either one.","slug":"akshay-kumar-baral","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India","url":"/sootradhar/akshay-kumar-baral","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.624479","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16584,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kalyani Thakur Charal","bio":"Kalyani Thakur Charal (born 1965) is a Dalit feminist poet from India writing in the Bengali language. Charal was born in Bagula, Nadia District, West Bengal, within the Matua community.\nCharal cites her parents as an early influence in her interest in feminism, describing an incident in which her father intervened to prevent a case of domestic abuse in their village, as well as her mother's commitment to ensuring all her children were given an equal opportunity to gain an education. Her father worked as a security guard, but also took employment as a farmhand and woodcutter. She adopted the name 'Charal', signifying her membership in the marginalised Matua community, after facing discrimination on the grounds of caste for it. She completed a bachelor's degree in Commerce and began working as a clerk in the Indian Railways after qualifying through an exam, later resigning after experiencing discrimination and harassment based on caste.\nKalyani Thakur Charal has published four volumes of poetry: Dhorlei Juddho Sunischit, Je Meye Adhar Gone, Chandalinir Kabita, and Chandalini Bhone. In addition to these, she has published a volume of critical essays titled Chandalinir Bibriti, and a collection of short stories, and an autobiography, Ami Keno Charal Likhi (Why I Write Charal). Her autobiography, as well as her essay and poetry collections titled 'Chandalini' (tr: 'the untouchable woman') are widely popular, containing accounts of the discrimination that she faced for reasons of caste, while working in government service.  In 2017 she won the Sparrow Literary Award for her autobiography. She edited the volume Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writing from Bengal. Her work has been received to critical acclaim, with one essay on Dalit women's writing from Bengal applauding her \"strong and powerful voice\". Her adoption of the pen-name 'Charal' has also been praised for 'recovering space' for Dalit writers.\nIn 2003 Charal began publishing a multilingual magazine called Nir, which contained recordings of folklore, poetry, plays, and fiction, as well as non-fiction writing focusing on Dalit experiences. The magazine included contributions in Bengali as well as local languages and dialects including Santali, Kamtapuri, Rarh, and Dapno.  The magazine continues to be in wide local circulation, and has provided a platform for people belonging to marginalised communities to record personal experiences. Charal is a member of the editorial board of Chaturtha Duniya, a Bengali publishing house that focuses on works by Dalit writers, and is also on the board of the Dalit Sahitya Sabha, a literary organisation dedicated to Dalit literature. In an interview, Charal cited Bengali poets and writers including Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Purnendu Patri, Binoy Majumder, and Rabindranath Tagore, as her early influences.","raw_bio":"Kalyani Thakur Charal (born 1965) is a Dalit feminist poet from India writing in the Bengali language. Charal was born in Bagula, Nadia District, West Bengal, within the Matua community. Charal cites her parents as an early influence in her interest in feminism, describing an incident in which her father intervened to prevent a case of domestic abuse in their village, as well as her mother's commitment to ensuring all her children were given an equal opportunity to gain an education. Her father worked as a security guard, but also took employment as a farmhand and woodcutter. She adopted the name 'Charal', signifying her membership in the marginalised Matua community, after facing discrimination on the grounds of caste for it. She completed a bachelor's degree in Commerce and began working as a clerk in the Indian Railways after qualifying through an exam, later resigning after experiencing discrimination and harassment based on caste. Kalyani Thakur Charal has published four volumes of poetry: Dhorlei Juddho Sunischit, Je Meye Adhar Gone, Chandalinir Kabita, and Chandalini Bhone. In addition to these, she has published a volume of critical essays titled Chandalinir Bibriti, and a collection of short stories, and an autobiography, Ami Keno Charal Likhi (Why I Write Charal). Her autobiography, as well as her essay and poetry collections titled 'Chandalini' (tr: 'the untouchable woman') are widely popular, containing accounts of the discrimination that she faced for reasons of caste, while working in government service.  In 2017 she won the Sparrow Literary Award for her autobiography. She edited the volume Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writing from Bengal. Her work has been received to critical acclaim, with one essay on Dalit women's writing from Bengal applauding her \"strong and powerful voice\". Her adoption of the pen-name 'Charal' has also been praised for 'recovering space' for Dalit writers. In 2003 Charal began publishing a multilingual magazine called Nir, which contained recordings of folklore, poetry, plays, and fiction, as well as non-fiction writing focusing on Dalit experiences. The magazine included contributions in Bengali as well as local languages and dialects including Santali, Kamtapuri, Rarh, and Dapno.  The magazine continues to be in wide local circulation, and has provided a platform for people belonging to marginalised communities to record personal experiences. Charal is a member of the editorial board of Chaturtha Duniya, a Bengali publishing house that focuses on works by Dalit writers, and is also on the board of the Dalit Sahitya Sabha, a literary organisation dedicated to Dalit literature. In an interview, Charal cited Bengali poets and writers including Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Purnendu Patri, Binoy Majumder, and Rabindranath Tagore, as her early influences.","slug":"kalyani-thakur-charal","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kamtapuri","url":"/sootradhar/kalyani-thakur-charal","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.658482","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22},{"id":16585,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay","bio":"\nSanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali: সঞ্জীবচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়, Shonjeeb Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) (1834 – 18 April 1889) was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the elder brother of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.\nSanjib Chandra was born to an orthodox Brahmin family at Kanthalpara, North 24 Parganas. He was educated at Hooghly Mohsin College, founded by Bengali philanthropist Muhammad Mohsin and Presidency College, Calcutta. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Calcutta.\nSanjib Chandra is widely regarded as a key figure in literary renaissance of Bengal as well as India. Some of his writings, including novels, essays and commentaries, were a breakaway from traditional verse-oriented Indian writings, and provided an inspiration for authors across India.","raw_bio":"Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali: সঞ্জীবচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়, Shonjeeb Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) (1834 – 18 April 1889) was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the elder brother of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Sanjib Chandra was born to an orthodox Brahmin family at Kanthalpara, North 24 Parganas. He was educated at Hooghly Mohsin College, founded by Bengali philanthropist Muhammad Mohsin and Presidency College, Calcutta. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Calcutta. Sanjib Chandra is widely regarded as a key figure in literary renaissance of Bengal as well as India. Some of his writings, including novels, essays and commentaries, were a breakaway from traditional verse-oriented Indian writings, and provided an inspiration for authors across India.","slug":"sanjib-chandra-chattopadhyay","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"British India","url":"/sootradhar/sanjib-chandra-chattopadhyay","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:22.686411","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":22}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}