Bibhas Roy Chowdhury: Difference between revisions

During the 1980s Roychowdhury’s poems regularly appeared in several Bengali literary magazines such as ''Dainik'' ''Basumati'', ''Krittibas'', ''Kabisammelan'', and [[Desh (magazine)|''Desh'']].<ref name="Desh Magazine">{{cite web|last1=Desh|first1=Magazine|title=Desh Mgazine|url=https://www.magzter.com/IN/ABP_Pvt_Ltd/Desh/Culture/|website=ABP|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref> His first poetry collection, ''Nasta Prajanmer Vasan'' (Song of Degraded Generation), was published in 1996 at the Kolkata book fair. He has published books of verse, including ''Udbastu Shibirer Paakhi'' (1996), ''Shimul Vasha,Palash Vasha'' (1999), ''Jibanander Meye'' (2002), ''Chandalika Gaachh'' (2006), ''Ananta Ashram'' (2015). His novel ''Ashrudana'' first appeared in Desh on 4 November 2002. His poems have been anthologized in books such as Hirak Khanda, edited by poet [[Nirendranath Chakraborty]].<ref name="anthology">{{cite book|last1=Chakraborty|first1=Nirendranath|title=Hirak Sangraha|publisher=Ananda|location=Kolkata|isbn=978-93-5040-829-2|page=137|edition=first}}</ref>[[File:Bibhas roy chowdhury and shakti chattapadhyay.jpg|thumb|Bibhas Roy Chowdhury with [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]]]]

Roychowdhury's works earned him wide acclaim early on. Bengali poet [[Joy Goswami]] lauded him saying “He is a poet of new empowerment”, and [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] saying “Bibhas’s poems have provided much support to the livelihood and struggle. Bangladesh prosper in his poems".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=16072|title=Bibhas Roy Chowdhury's Poetic Journey Continues|last=Halder|first=Santanu|date=2014-07-11|work=Boloji|access-date=2018-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144750/http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=16072|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A [[Muse India]] review (Issue 58, November–December 2014) says, "Roy Chowdhuy's thematic trajectory touches the milestones of death thoughts that loom large, palpable nostalgia and essential poetic sadomasochism, all through ignited by a sense of Bengali-ness with a view to communicating with the readers about their genesis and probable destination. Roy Chowdhury does not emphasize on any monolithic poetic premise: instead his easeful tête-à-tête mood builds up a quick bond with the readers, and why not? He thinks the way the Bengalis think, he lends voice to the habitual Bengali Poetic thoughts. This rare excellence has characterized every piece of his writings that amuses poetry lovers".<ref name="Review, issue 58, Nov-Dec,2014">{{cite book|last1=Poem Continuous:Reincarnated Expression review|first1= by Muse India|title= at epilogue of the book ,issue58 ,2014|publisher=Inner Child Press|location=U.S.A|isbn=978-0692529874| page= see 71–72|edition=second}}</ref>

The Fox Chase Review says, "Bibhas’s voice pulsates with an undercurrent of passion... it is melancholic yet inflected with hope... pithy in words but loaded with sensitivity... it is a reflection of the loneliness of the poet’s heart and its aches. To quote Kafka, “(his) pen is the seismograph of (his) heart.” I realized that these poems are not for idle reading. I read them once, I read them again and then again each time sinking a little deeper into their profundity, their challenging complexity, and emerged with an ‘aha’ feeling. That is the beauty of these poems... they plummet you beyond the tips into their inner core and thereby into your own deeper recesses, conversing with your sense of self."<ref name="Fox Chase Review">{{cite book|title=Poem Continuous:Reincarnated Expression|last1=Roy Chowdhury|first1=Bibhas|publisher=Inner Child Press|year=|isbn=978-0692529874|location=U.S.A|page=76}}</ref>{{Better source|date=June 2018}}

Rumpa Das,  Associate Professor and head of the department of English in Maheshtala College in Kolkata writes (on Ink Sweat and Tears), "Reading Roy Chowdhury’s poems that smell of his thought-ridden soul – his anguished response to the holocaust of the Partition (in Bhatiyali), his painful awareness of a poet’s predicament in today’s society and refusal to conform to pre-conditioned roles (in Bibhas) or his interpretation of relationships as an intimate experience such as those of water-droplets  caressing the body while bathing (as in Ashram) – all these arouse us, his readers, as it possibly did Kiriti [Sengupta], to the intense thrill of a life beyond … of a life where every moment encompasses a myriad lives, some colored as dark as pain, and some as mysterious as evening rain."<ref name="Rumpa Das' Review">{{cite web |last1=Roy Chowdhury |first1=Bibhas |title=Poem continuous |url=http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?p=10214 |website=ink sweat and tears |publisher=IST |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>[[File:Roychowdhury at seminar.jpg|thumb|Roy Chowdhury at a seminar in 2013, second from left right, beside poet [[Subodh Sarkar]] .]]

The Ethos Literary Journal says (ELJ, Issue I, 9 June 2018), "Roy Chowdhury’s unique and powerful voice lingers long after it stops. It’s soft, warm and soulful. He writes, like he always does, either from epiphany or from peak-experience, so his every poem becomes real and living. Bibhas Roy Chowdhury creates magic reality out of the stark realities. He is the master of the craft."<ref name="Bankim Let on Roy Chowdhury">{{cite web |last1=Bankim |first1=Let |title=Notes On Jashor Road-er Gach |url=http://ethosliterary.org/current-issue/nonfiction/jessore-road-er-gach-by-bibhas-roy-chowdhury |website=Ethos Literary Journal |publisher=ELJ |accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref>[[File:Bibhas roy chowdhury ,award.jpg|thumb|Roy Chowdhury receiving Paschim Banga Bangla Academy Award in 2013]]