Thursday, November 22, 2007

Aaj tebhaga chand er raat......tai sabdhane ghumiyo

Now this time around another software and hardware giant is coming out with an internal newsletter from and for the marketing division in one of their South-East Asian sectors. And our hero sitting in his copywriters desk has to visualize the neo-imperial effort. And thus his neo-intellectual socialism takes a back seat. Farmers are being slaughtered and their land taken away by once upon a time neo-communists, in his homeland. His city is in shambles.

"Millions of brothers in woe and Millions of sisters crying.
Millions of mothers in distress and Millions of fathers dying....." or something like that. And he is compelled to think about how this MNC has established its ground in Vietnam. Vietnam O' holy Vietnam. Vietnam and Cambodia.....And Burma and Singapore and Sudan......And Africa.......Is he really compelled to think like that? Is he thinking like that? Is.....

'Tebhaga chand utbe aaj raate"


.....Tonight is the night of the one-third moon.......And somewhere a fire shall find someone to burn......The curse of the undead will strike you down.....You in Palm Avenue......You in Salt Lake.....You in Bhowanipur......And you in Siuri........And in Gopalpur Panthanibash.......Or at Claridges.......or.....Maybe, this once, only once in Lenin Sarani........


"Tumi jouban ke merecho.....Etodiner tomar somostho sokti diye jouban ke merecho......Sei mora joubaner saap ebar tomake lagbe......"

2 comments:

thecorporatehippy said...

Absolutely brilliant! Wish I could write bangla so well. Keep it up. Would want to read more bong stuff from you.

thecorporatehippy said...

Absolutely brilliant! Wish I could write bangla so well. Keep it up. Would want to read more bong stuff from you.