Jibanananda Das and his Banalata Sen Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist.

Jibanananda Das and his Banalata Sen

Through haziness I saw her. Said she, "Where have you been so long?"

Also, raised her winged animal's home like eyes — Banalata Sen from Natore.

(Banalata Sen by Jibanananda Das)

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One of the best cases of allegory in Bangla writing considered by numerous experts is given above. Here, the artist contrasts his darling's eye and fowl's home that implies he gets protect according to his adored which a feathered creature gets from its home. So perusers can feel the most profound love of the writer to his cherished through these two lines.

The maker of this awe-inspiring similitude is Jibanananda Das, an effective and productive artist of Bangla/Bengali writing, who added an extraordinary measurement to theBangla/Bengali sonnets through his numerous novel lyrics that give the declaration of his graceful ability. He was conceived in Barisal, a divisional town of present day Bangladesh on seventeenth February 1899. He got his Secondary school endorsement from Barisal Brajamohan School in 1915 and higher optional declaration from Brajamohan (BM) College. From that point forward, he finished his BA with Honors in English in 1919 from Brajamohan school and MA in1921 from Calcutta Presidency College.

From the beginning time of his vocation, he took the instructing calling. At first he was the educator of Calcutta City College (1922-1928). After that he joined at Bagerhat Prafulla Chandra College and afterward in 1929-30 he showed Ramjash school in Delhi. He was an educator in Barisal BM College for quite a while from 1935 to 1947 and amid this period (particularly from 1934 to 1939) he composed a large portion of his perfect works of art. After the segment of the Indian sub-mainland in 1947, he went to Calcutta and there he educated in Hawrah Girls' College as a teacher. He got struck by a cable car that brought about his less than ideal passing in 1954.

From his initial age, he used to compose ballads that were distributed in numerous magazines. He was affected by Rabindranath Tagore, Nazrul Islam, and furthermore some different artists. In his written work nature and love came into center and he had a significant energy of clarifying the most basic and complex points in an extremely basic manner. The World War II from 1939 to 1945 put an awesome effect at the forefront of his thoughts and sonnets. His accumulation of around forty lyrics formed in a volume in 1948 called "Satti Tarar Timir" (Darkness of Seven Stars) amid the second world war and in these sonnets we can see impressions of the demolition of war a writer's brain. His renowned volumes of sonnets are Jhora Palok (Fallen Feathers, 1927), Dhushor Pandulipi (Gray Manuscript, 1936), Bonolota Sen (1942), Mohaprithibi (Great Universe, 1944), Shaat-ti Tarar Timir (1948), Ruposhi Bangla (Beautiful Bengal,written in 1934 and distributed after death in 1957), Bela Obela Kalbela (Times, Bad Times, End Times, 1961), Aloprithibi (The World of Light, 1984). He likewise kept in touch with some short stories and books however these were distributed after his passing. The miserable the truth is that when he was alive, he didn't get any notoriety that he so much merited. His short stories were in a volume called Joibanananda Daser Galpo (stories of Jibanananda Das, distributed in 1972). His books were distributed in a few volumes like Malyaban (Adorned with a Garland 1972), Sutirtha (The Good Pilgrimage, 1977), Jalpaihati, Jibanpranali, Basmatir Upakhyan and so forth. Jibanananda Samagra (The total works of Jibanananda) was distributed in1985-96 of every 12 volumes.

In the ballad Banalata Sen, one of his most celebrated lyrics, author demonstrates his superb love to Banalata Sen from Natore (a locale of Bangladesh) from various perspectives. Banalata Sen is the focal character of this sonnet. The writer says that he has voyage a great deal in his life from the Malayan ocean to Ceylon Sea, dark universe of Ashokaand Bimbisara to the city of Vidarbha. In any case, having voyage this long way, he could simply get a few minutes to live in peace to Banlata Sen. Author looks at his circumstance to a mariner who lost his way to his goal having broken his rudder.

In that circumstance the mariner sees a green-grass cinnamon island with his blissful eyes as the author sees Banalata Sen through dimness. At that point he contrasts her eyes and the winged creature's home and here untruths the author's idyllic ability that is considered as an extraordinary activity in the Bangla/Bengali writing. Author says in the last stanza that after the end ofall day, the murkiness of night comes; each shade of this world is gone, feathered creatures go to their home and waterways are done and everything of this world arrives at an end yet Banalata Sen is still there to sit with his cherishing accomplice even in the obscurity.

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'Banalata Sen' is maybe among the best ten most well known ballads in Bangla/Bengali writing. To me, it is the best love lyric that Bangla/Bengali writing has. Jibanananda Das can be contrasted and the Romantic writers of English writing for his excellent portrayal of nature of Bengal. Tragically, he didn't get his due acknowledgment in his lifetime. Indeed, even now, he is a disregarded figure to some degree. His place is among the absolute best in Bengali writing adjacent to Tagore, Nazrul and Modhusudan.