Dinesh Das
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Dinesh Das was a Bengali
poet
. He created a stir with his poem Kaste (Sickle). He immortalized Kolkata
's Clive Street in one of his poems :
Here, in a hundred snake-like veins,
Streams of people come and go.
Through these shrunken veins the blood,
Of the country must flow.
O Mighty City's beating heart,
O Clive Street of Bengal,
A thousand dumb veins freeze to make,
The cornerstone of your high hall.
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He created a stir with his poem Kaste (Sickle). He immortalized Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
's Clive Street in one of his poems :
Streams of people come and go.
Through these shrunken veins the blood,
Of the country must flow.
O Mighty City's beating heart,
O Clive Street of Bengal,
A thousand dumb veins freeze to make,
The cornerstone of your high hall.
Works
- Kabita (Poems)
- Bhukhmichhil (Hunger Procession)
- Kancher Manush (Glass Humans)
- Ram gechhe Banabase (Ram is in Forest Exile)
- Kaste (Scythe; also part of the symbol of the Communist Party): an allegory on modern industrial life