Saturday 31 March 2018

Pink Coloured House at Kolkata, West Bangal, India

These are the photographs of Bangali commemorative stone and Pink house located Near Wellington Square Taltala Kolkata, West Bangal, India. This was the house where the famous poet Kazi Nazrul Islam spent a couple of years of his life (1921-22).  During that phase, he wrote one of his famous poem "Bidrohi" (Rebel).Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, and revolutionary. He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a large body of poetry and music with themes that included religious devotion and spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. Nazrul's activism for political and social justice earned him the title of "Rebel Poet"  His compositions form the avant-garde genre of Nazrul Sangeet  (Music of Nazrul). In addition to being revered in Bangladesh, he is equally commemorated and revered in India, especially in the Bengali-speaking States of West Bengal and Tripura.

It is written in Bengali on sommemorative stone:

'Symbol of youth poet Nazrul Islam spent some time of his life here (1921-22) at this house 3/4 C Taltala Lane. At this very house the poet wrote his famous poem "Bidrohi" (The Rebel).

This stone tablet was erected on his birth centenary by the committee on 24th April 1999.'



Photographs By Mr Subhadip Mukherjee Sahib



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