Rabindra Guha


Rabindra Guha is a Bengali poet of the Hungry generation movement in literature who subsequently started the Neem Sahitya Andolan with Mrinal Banik and Biman Chattopadhyay from the steel factory city of Durgapur in West Bengal. He has written several collections of poetry, short stories and novels. He is known mainly for the language of the Bengali diaspora which he adopted and developed for his narratives. He lived in Kolkata until the Hungry generation movement died down at the end of the 1960s, and shifted thereafter to Durgapur. At the end of 1970s, he shifted his base to New Delhi where he invented his narrative language of the Bengali diaspora, i.e. of people who live outside West Bengal. Rabindra Guha is a diasporic post-modern writer with a prolific body of work in relation to inner as well as outer diaspora. He has been a creator of language which is a fantastic combination of national and local dialect. His work had been recently accoladed in Jessore University.

Career

Rabindra Guha came to India with his parents during the Partition of India and toiled for a foothold. He was good at studies and chose the profession of a management adviser to various institutions. He left his profession to become a full-time writer when he shifted to New Delhi. There with his son he started a venture in television production. A group which called itself Dilli Haaters developed around him. Prominent members of that literary group included Dipankar Dutta, Pranji Basak, Dilip Foujdar, Krishna Mishra Bhattacharjee, etc.

Works

Novels

  • Rajputanar Itikatha 1965.
  • Prem Atakna Santras 1966.
  • Padadhwani Protidhwani 1966.
  • Mebarer Patan 1967.
  • Loharia 1969.
  • Dahan 1969.
  • Drohopurush 1998.
  • Surjer Saat Ghora 1999.
  • Navikunda Ghirey 2000.
  • Shikanjer Pakhi Khamosh 2001.
  • Dhundhlaa 2003.
  • Aami Dagdha Ekjon Manush 2004.
  • Natokey Lipsa Nei
  • Ihadilli Shaharnamaa 2018.
  • Ujan Dahar 2007
  • Aami O Aamar Dibasdogdho Bondhura-- Uhara Tahara 2018
  • Phana 2012
  • Uromanush uppakhan 2019
  • Prose-- Kano Likhi Kivabey Likhi 2012
  • Bad Banglar Kabitay Ritir Biparit Riti 2019
  • Kranti Britter Pala 2018
  • Nibas Kolkata 2022
  • Bangla Kobitai Ritir Biparit Riti. 2023
  • Upanyas Samagra. 2023
  • Nirbachita Upakhyan 2023

Short stories

  • Janamanush 1981.
  • Joiguner Padma 1998.
  • Galper Bhuban 2001.
  • Sammukhe Furnace 1985
  • Shrestha Galpo 2022.

Poetry

  • Rabindra Guhor Kobita 1980.
  • Nirbachito Kobita 1994.
  • Doridra Juboraj 1996.
  • Hasan Tariker Rupali Ilish 2003.
  • Dilli Haatars 2003.
  • Ong Udghurna Bajrojoni Aswakhurdhoni Ong 2006