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Selected poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz translated by Suparna Majumdar in Bengali

Selected poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz translated by Suparna Majumdar in Bengali

I am yet to read this book but I have read other works of Suparna and she is a great writer. Very talented. If you know Bengali and love reading quality works in Bengali I am sure you may like it. Because Faiz is one of the greatest shayars and Suparna is a great writer, so, somehow, without reading I can guess that the book must be fantastic, so say those who have read it. Their views are added below [way below, under the price details and links.

In India: 1.
https://notionpress.com/read/selected-poems-of-faiz-ahmed-faiz
2. https://www.amazon.in/Selected-Poems-Faiz-AhmedTranslated/dp/B0B75KZGJN

In UK: 3. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selected-Poems-FaizAhmed/dp/B0B75KZGJN/

Price in notion press
Rs. 400 as on 13/6/23
https://notionpress.com/read/selected-poems-of-faiz-ahmed-faiz
From the United States
Dita Basu
 Passion shows
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2022
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Passion shows

The book finally came earlier though I was notified it would come later. The get up is nice and the cover. Then, inside, I was amazed to learn that the author/ translator, Suparna Majumder had been working on it all her life. She started translating Faiz since 1978. I don’t know Urdu well enough to evaluate the authenticity of the translation but I am blown away by the beauty of the poetry. Many short pieces touched my heart deeply. It’s difficult to write them which ones, I mean, in English. Bengali readers who don’t know Urdu would benefit from this book.
The personality of the poet Faiz comes through — how much he loved his country which was cut into India and Pakistan. He was a victim like those people who loved their motherland and fought for its freedom only to be kicked away from their home.
The translator’s dedication and hard work shines through. I will definitely urge you to check this book out. I had no idea who Faiz was and I feel so thankful that I got a chance to read it.

Laliya Agrawal
 Very nice in both content and presentation
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022
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Suparna Majumdar’s interpretation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’ book of poems depicts her artistic and creative skill sets. She has beautifully interpreted Faiz’ expressions, emotion, and feelings. Given the fact that Faiz’ original poems were in a different language, her work is all the more commendable and noteworthy. Through her in-depth research, Suparna acquired a deep understanding of Faiz, his life, work, and what he stands for, and that is all reflected in her interpretation of the poems. I also like the presentation of the book in both content and cover.

Prof. D K Mitra
 An excellent book
Reviewed in India on December 19, 2022
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It’s a book per excellence.
Bengalis are always poetry lovers. But have little or no access or understanding of Urdu. This book will open a world to them.

amitabh mukerji
 Faiz in Bengali
Reviewed in Canada on December 20, 2022
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz was one of the best known and beloved Urdu poets of 20th century. Translating poetry in another language is never easy. Suparna Majumdar has managed to do so by taking the poet’s selected works and beautifully rendering those from Urdu to Bengali. It requires not only a mastery of both languages but an inner love and passion for the substance of the poetry.

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Hey canon your powershot cameras stink!

I sincerely hope that one of your hotshots will read this blog and will do something about it.

I love taking photographs in camera, not phones, all my smartphones have cameras but still when I want to photograph I pick up my canon camera.

Why canon not nikon or other makes? Because I love the colours that canon cameras offer.

Why not cellphone cameras that are much weatherproof and sturdier than canon cameras [way much weather proof and sturdier] because their picture quality is too worse than canon or any other digital camera. I have used Nikon too, a borrowed one, that is sadly no longer available.

Why am I grumbling then?

Well, I first used a canon camera regularly in 2015, a powershot, that is all I can afford! That too because they were gifted by my brother who was earning quite a hefty amount of salary back then. It was mediocre, actually quite mediocre in performance but had one advantage over the second one I used, it could take the photos of flying birds etc, very hazy but it captured them.

But getting its batteries was like tossing coins in a wishing well! That BTW applies for my new camera too! Bro bought one from USA after paying a whopping lot of extra money for that! Your Kolkata showrooms do not sell every battery for every canon camera! Awesome huh? Spend 500 bucks to go to Park Street where your showroom is to know that they don’t have the battery!

Well after we returned to Kolkata from Hyderabad I took a lot of rain photos and recklessly, then one fine morning the camera started taking white pictures, absolutely white, the video was working fine though, it took videos clearly with sound. It also took photos in darkness, like in dim light or bulb, tubelight etc, even in candle light! Finally it stopped completely within a couple of month.

I was given my next camera in 2019, another powershot it burnt whopping 20000 bucks – read it as only for a camera, I could buy a nice enough smartphone with that money with a camera. But no, I wanted to take really nice pictures so I was gifted with a photograph only gadget!

It worked nice enough for a year, and right before its first anniversary there was a cyclone in Kolkata and I took a lot of photos and videos, and I will clearly say that I stayed indoor and took care that the camera does not gets wet. Voila! Within a month I was gifted by white photos, perfect videos and night photography. Bro was still working so he took the camera to your showroom in Park Street after spending 500 bucks on taxi-fare [up and down] just because there was no lock-down and we were dreaming that covid will be gone for good before 2021, well the guy in showroom replaced the camera with a new one.

This time I treated it like a china doll, not the modern ones, the antique ones, when the next cyclone simply brushed by kolkata I took a few videos and rain shots taking strict care that my touch me not camera does not gets a drop of moisture on its precious body but voila! one fortnight and now I am suffering with white photos, the minute I zoom the photos become white, the videos are clear till date but they are soon going to go, I can feel it in the air.

The reason behind writing this whole book is draw your attention. If you really want people to buy more camera make them sturdy, you can, we know it and you know it, you do it to make people buy new camera every year. Well, in western countries that is possible, 22000 rupee is nothing for them, but in India 22000 rupee is LOT, MORE THAN A LOT! NO ONE WILL REFER A CAMERA THAT WILL CRASH AFTER USING ONE OR ONE AND A HALF YEARS!


FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY LOVERS THE MAKE OF MY CAMERA IS: CANON POWERSHOT SX430 IS

DON’T BUY IT!

As for me I seriously am toying with the idea of giving up on canon cameras or cameras altogether and practice the cellphone cameras instead!

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Thursday Rhymes 25.4.24

30.3.19, 00:00, Saturday

Breaking
their hibernation
they parade for
votes.
-0-
Five
years’ break
is over, time
for few days of toil
before another break
for five
years.

These poems were published in my book Moments from the Journey’s 2020 edition,
if you like them you will get similar poetry in my poetry books. Do remember
that I change the content of almost all of my story and poetry books every year.

Moments from the journey

have a great day full of joy and laughter!
lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

https://buymeacoffee.com/sharmishthabasu
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https://paypal.me/sharmishthabasu
https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu
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Thursday Rhymes 18.4.24

29.3.19, 00:00, Friday

Love
comes easy
and departs late
but once gone it rarely
returns, so keep
it, cherish
it.
-0-
Love
is felt
sometimes after losing
it.

These poems were published in my book Moments from the Journey’s 2020 edition,
if you like them you will get similar poetry in my poetry books. Do remember
that I change the content of almost all of my story and poetry books every year.

Moments from the journey

have a great day full of joy and laughter!
lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

https://buymeacoffee.com/sharmishthabasu
https://gumroad.com/sharmishthabasu
https://shoptly.com/sharmishthabasu
https://paypal.me/sharmishthabasu
https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu
https://www.amazon.com/author/sharmishthabasu/
https://sharmishthabasu.artweb.com
https://zazzle.com/store/sharmishthabasu
https://www.redbubble.com/people/sharmishthabosu/shop
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Thursday Rhymes 11.4.24

27.3.19, 00:00, Wednesday

Barking
dogs murder
the peace of
night.
-0-
Silent
night shudders
in terror, hearing
barking dogs and roaring cars
tries hard to
regain her
composure.

These poems were published in my book Moments from the Journey’s 2020 edition,
if you like them you will get similar poetry in my poetry books. Do remember
that I change the content of almost all of my story and poetry books every year.

Moments from the journey

have a great day full of joy and laughter!
lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

https://buymeacoffee.com/sharmishthabasu
https://gumroad.com/sharmishthabasu
https://shoptly.com/sharmishthabasu
https://paypal.me/sharmishthabasu
https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu
https://www.amazon.com/author/sharmishthabasu/
https://sharmishthabasu.artweb.com
https://zazzle.com/store/sharmishthabasu
https://www.redbubble.com/people/sharmishthabosu/shop
https://upwork.com
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Thursday Rhymes 4.4.24

26.3.19, 00:00, Tuesday

Relentless
sun shooting
fiery arrows at
earth.
-0-
Sun
and tinsel
town plotting together
to torment hapless citizens to
make them realize
damags they
caused.

These poems were published in my book Moments from the Journey’s 2020 edition,
if you like them you will get similar poetry in my poetry books. Do remember
that I change the content of almost all of my story and poetry books every year.

Moments from the journey

have a great day full of joy and laughter!
lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

https://buymeacoffee.com/sharmishthabasu
https://gumroad.com/sharmishthabasu
https://shoptly.com/sharmishthabasu
https://paypal.me/sharmishthabasu
https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu
https://www.amazon.com/author/sharmishthabasu/
https://sharmishthabasu.artweb.com
https://zazzle.com/store/sharmishthabasu
https://www.redbubble.com/people/sharmishthabosu/shop
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Thursday Rhymes 28.3.24

28.3.19, 00:00, Thursday

Cricket
sings in
winter, summer and
monsoon.
-0-
Cricket
sings merrily
all year through,
was it like this always
or he is
confused these
days?

These poems were published in my book Moments from the Journey’s 2020 edition,
if you like them you will get similar poetry in my poetry books. Do remember
that I change the content of almost all of my story and poetry books every year.

Moments from the journey

have a great day full of joy and laughter!
lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

https://buymeacoffee.com/sharmishthabasu
https://gumroad.com/sharmishthabasu
https://shoptly.com/sharmishthabasu
https://paypal.me/sharmishthabasu
https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu
https://www.amazon.com/author/sharmishthabasu/
https://sharmishthabasu.artweb.com
https://zazzle.com/store/sharmishthabasu
https://www.redbubble.com/people/sharmishthabosu/shop
https://upwork.com
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Thursday Rhymes 21.3.24

25.3.19, 00:00, Monday

catch
fleeting time
turn it into
success.
-0-
time
is raw
gold, turn it
into something that will last
and will never
lose its
worth.

These poems were published in my book Moments from the Journey’s 2020 edition,
if you like them you will get similar poetry in my poetry books. Do remember
that I change the content of almost all of my story and poetry books every year.

Moments from the journey

have a great day full of joy and laughter!
lots of Love.

Sharmishtha Basu

https://buymeacoffee.com/sharmishthabasu
https://gumroad.com/sharmishthabasu
https://shoptly.com/sharmishthabasu
https://paypal.me/sharmishthabasu
https://patreon.com/sharmishthabasu
https://www.amazon.com/author/sharmishthabasu/
https://sharmishthabasu.artweb.com
https://zazzle.com/store/sharmishthabasu
https://www.redbubble.com/people/sharmishthabosu/shop
https://upwork.com
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01873ccd4b48c7e20c?viewMode=1