6/15/2023 0 Comments Bidrohi Kobita![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, when the poem was first published in the January 6, 1922, issue of Shaptahik Bijli (Weekly Lightning), its appearance on the Bengali literary horizon was like a phenomenon. “Bidrohi” is a poetic tour de force which, for its astonishing depth and breadth, stands out as a single poem that’s complete in itself as a literary phenomenon. ![]() Over his lifetime, even when his focus shifted from the thunderous to the serene, from the restless to the contemplative, from earthly sorrow to Love Divine, none of it was out of character for the original “Rebel,” traversing heaven and earth, transcending mythological, religious and ephemeral barriers, and personifying more than a hundred characters through a diverse and long series of metaphors, symbols, allegories and allusions which together had woven an incredible synthesis of a rebel spirit and creativity. The poem, thereby, also gave the world “Bidrohi Kobi” (The Rebel Poet). “Bidrohi” (The Rebel) bears the essence of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s life and his works and therefore it remains his most characteristic poem.
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