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My Alibi - A revolutionary's manifesto by Kazi Nazrul Islam

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My Alibi -

A revolutionary's manifesto

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Translation  © 2020 Monish Chatterjee

Portrait of Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976)
Portrait of Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976)
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[Here is a recitation of this potent poem by the poet's son, Kazi Sabyasachi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O10yUEH1XPg]

I am the poet of now, not of the Nuevo future

Call me poetic, call me prosaic, I accept with nary a word.

Some tell me, "Your place is with the earth-bound,

The mortal - why do we not witness emerging

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Monish R. Chatterjee received the B.Tech. (Hons) degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from I.I.T., Kharagpur, India, in 1979, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the University of Iowa, (more...)
 

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