CONTENTJasim Uddin (1904-1976) Poet and Litterateur Ittadi - Jasimuddin House - Faridpur 29 January 2016 Hanif Sanket Mosaic potrait by Nakhara at the entrance of Jasimuddin House, Ambikapur, Fardpur March 30, 2016
Poems of Jasim Uddin Jasim Uddin's Birth Day Poems of Independence Visit Jasim Uddin House, Ambikapur, Faridpur
Jasim Jadughar, Foundation laid by Momtaz Jasimuddin, DC Jalaluddin Faridpur July 2003
Monsoon and Jasim Uddin - New Selected Nursery of Jasim Uddin- New Songs of Jasim Uddin
Jasim Uddin: American Folklife Center
(AFC)'s First Collection of Bengali Folksong, Indian Folklife, April 2011 -NEW
Purbobango Gitika (East Bengal Ballet) Books of Jasim Uddin (1904-1976) News and Events The Silk RoadQUILT (KANTHA) ART OF BENGAL Pat-chitra culture-
important audio-visual mediums in educating the masses
Anseruddin High School BANNING RICKSHAW Tragedy in the Himalays and Ganges-Brahmaputra Plain - Flood, drought, earthquake and cyclone BENGALI COOKING The History of Ancient Bengal
Rare pictures- Kazi Nazrul Islam and Poet Jasim Uddin, 1974, Dhaka, PG Hospital.
< Guests pose with the book Kabita Samagro: Jasimuddin launched at Bangladesh National Museum on Monday. –New Age photo
A refined poet Jasimuddin narrated the traditional culture and life of rural Bangladesh authentically in his evergreen poems, which need to be read more by the urban children to know more about the country and its people, they said. The launching ceremony of Jasimuddin’s anthology titled ‘Kabita Samagro: Jasimuddin’, in two volumes, published by Kolkata-based publishing house Dey’s Publishing, was organised by the museum. Social welfare minister Rashed Khan Menon was present at the programme as the chief guest.
Professor Salimullah Khan, editor of the anthology Pulak Chanda, Jasimuddin’s sons Jamal Anwar and Firoz Anwar, Jasimuddin’s son-in-law and energy adviser to the prime minister Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bangladesh National Museum director general Faizul Latif Chowdhury, photographer Nasir Ali Mamun were present at the programme, which was presided over by Chhayanaut president Sanjida Khatun. ‘In our childhood, we felt captivated while reading Jasimuddin’s poems, which depict essence of the rural Bangladesh with bold narratives.
'I think today’s urban children must read Jasimuddin to know Bangladesh’, said Rashed Khan Menon.
Salimullah Khan praised the initiative of publishing the anthology from India and also said, ‘Jasimuddin is not only an excellent poet, he was also a sharp observer of the world and society around him. He wrote those in his brilliant essays’.
Sanjida Khatun said, ‘It is very upsetting to label him just as a pallikabi, which apprehends that he is a grade below than a poet. Jasimuddin had profound knowledge on both the local literature and the global literature. His choice to write using traditional symbols, metaphors and narratives was his conscious choice’. Following the discussion, guests and discussants unveiled the cover of the anthology containing 20 collections by Jasimuddin like Rakhali, Nakshi Kanthar Math, Baluchar, Dhankhet, Sojan Badiyar Ghat, Rangila Nayer Majhi, Hasu, Ek Poysar Banshi, Ma Je Janani Kande and others. The book, priced Tk 1200, will be available at major book outlets in Bangladesh. Dey’s Publishing earlier published Jasimuddin’s selected poems and Jasimuddin’s memoirs.
(Cultural Correspondent | Published: 21:54, Mar 20,2018)History of Bengal Angika Literature Poems of Bengal FOLK ART, HERITAGE AND TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS discussion on jasimuddin channel 24 .Boka Baksher Addakhana with Samia Rahman Bengali Nation WOMEN'S CULTURE Lalon - Bauls Mysticism A Baul Film - Moner Manush Full Movie [HDTV] A Baul Film Monar Manush - Goutam Ghosh Bouls of Bengal Fight Fundamentalism Beautiful Ganga does not exist The Bengalees And Indigenous Groups Natural Indigo (Indigoferra tinctoria) and the unfinished Fight for Freedom Home Garden - To Save Herbs and Traditional Plants from Extinction Bamboo the life blood of the people Age-old tradition of puppet theatre A dying Art BANGLADESH: A Million Mutinies Now Tragedy in the Himalaya and Ganges-Brahmaputra Plain - Flood, drought, earthquake and cyclone Drive to secularism or fundamentalism? Islam in Bangladesh Grameen Bank Rabinranath Tagore Gitanjali by Rabinranath Tagore Caryapada : A Thousand Year Old Bengali Mystic Poetry Brahmaputra River, Journey of Atish Dipankar BANNING RICKSHAW Poems of Bengal - Banglar Kabita Link:
Salam-Shalom On Kabar poems of jasimuddin Musical Uma Bose' (Hasi) birthday 22nd January 1921, Mahatma Gandhi called her the "Nightingale of Bengal". She died at the age of 21.
Taray Taray Rochito - Musical programme | Stay Tuned with singer Laila #Joshim Uddin NTV Entertainment voice of jasim uddin T aray Taray Rochito is a Musical programme on International Television Channel Ltd (NTV) for people' Taray Taray Rochito - Musical programme | Stay Tuned with singer Laila #Joshim Uddin amar har kala Amar Har KaLa kOrLam rE ~~~ RothindrOnath Roy obajan chal jai - singer Abbasuddin - lyric Jasimuddin PETER JWALAY JOILA MOILAM RE (1947) - Palli Geeti - Abbas Uddin Ahmad lyric Jasim Uddin Are O Rangila Nayer Majhi by Abbasuddin Ahmed Lyric Jasimuddin Sonar baroni konna saje by Abbasudin Ahmed Lyric Jasimuddin Sonaro Boroni Konnya - Sabina Yasmin Lyric Jasimuddin Tumi Amar Bandhu lago Jasim Uddin Jasim Uddin Ki Balibo Ami Baya Jai Jasim Uddin Koi Galo gayer Rakhal Jasim Uddin Tumi Dao Dekha - Jasim Uddin Se Ki Ashibe Fira Jasimuddin O amar drodi Jasim Uddin Amar Gahin Ganger Naya Boishaki Mela Kabar recited by Shanto Islam
Mix Famous Bhatiali Songs
A long time ago, when man did not obstruct rivers to suit his petty needs, the river channels served as goodwill ambassadors to extensive geographical areas - a river originating in one country flowing through another, joining another river, forming a filigree of merging and diverging rivers - with the social and cultural heritage of one region blending into another, each drawing on the rich yet varied perspectives in the whole process of cultural evolution.
This is perhaps most apparent in Bengal's rich and enviable variety of folksongs. Rivers form an integral part of the topography of Bengal:
"Bangladesh is the land of rivers. Ganga, Meghna, Dhaleshwari, Shitalakshya, Gadai - in so many names and in such myriad forms these rivers encircle Bangladesh.
Playing on the silvery strings of the rivers, an invisible musician has with his delicate touch composed the song of its heart- the bhatiyali .
Several areas remain submerged in rainwater for almost six months in a year, with the boat the only mode of transport . . . separated from their families for months on end, they have for their companion only the river on which they row their boats, with the waters merging into the horizons, and the azure heavens above.
It is as if the waters are limitless. And the boatman, in his solitude questions his own existence - where have I come from? Where do I go hence? such questions pervade the songs of boatmen. Like the lyrics of these songs which have taken shape from the waters of these rivers, the tunes too have blended into the lyrics from the lilting waters of the rivers."
- Jasim Uddin, "Murshida Gaan", Dhaka, 1977Modhumala -- Bangla Natok by Poet Jashim Uddin BANGLA SONG (OVI) AMI SHOPNE DEKLM MODUMALA MUKH O RE - Nakshi kantha with super.flv Music&Lyrics By Palli Kabi Jasimuddin- Folk Song By Nina Hamid : Agee Janinaire Doyal song ;kali megha namo namo drama ;nakshi kanthar math thealight production ,director : atanu ghosh Bengali Traditional Song | Nakshi Kathar Mathere Download "palli kobi jasim uddiner gan" mp3, mp4, 3gp songs for free at ... Singer : Abbas Uddin Ahmed, Lyrics&Music By : Palli Kabi Jasimuddin. Play Music Videos tagged with "palli kabi Jasimuddin" MODHUMALA-MODON-KUMAR-Part-1-2 Monsoon Noncommunal Jasim Uddin Memory in Primary School Jasim Uddin Poet of the People Dipankar and Jasim Uddin - 1000 Years kabar in bengali Nimsntran- in bangla Tunes of Life by M R Akhand
Jasim Uddin - the greatest Bengali Poet of All Time Alan Lomax Recoded Jasim Uddin 1951Jasim uddin house - Ambikapur-2013 Modhumala Bangla Folk Song Bangladesh Amar Je Bhangiach Gahr AMAR BARI FARIDPUR Ami Baia Jaia Sabar Sukhe Hasbo Ami Universal Call for Humanity and Love: GAZIR GAN VOICE OF JASIM UDDIN
Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded The World. Lomax, the intrepid collector of folk music, was called a 'missionary' by Bob Dylan for his work, and among many other accomplishments launched the careers of giants like Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, and Woody Guthrie.
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was one of the great American field collectors of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker. Lomax also produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the US and in England, which played an important role in both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, '50s and early '60s. During the New Deal, with his father, famed folklorist and collector John A. Lomax and later alone and with others, Lomax recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress on aluminum and acetate discs.
Happy birth day - Festival January 1 to January 14 - Jasim Mela - Ambikapur, Faridpur
Jasim Uddin poet and litterateur, poet of the people of Bengal ("Pallikabi")
happy birthday desh tv 2013
Jasimuddin's deep involvement in non-communal socio-political movements championing the cause of Bengali language and literature gives his lyric and folksy poetry a keen edge of commitment and protest. His poems are popular as part of school curricula in West Bengal, India as much as in Bangladesh.
Only Dr. Dinesh Chandra Sen fully recognized Jasim Uddin's the talent and unique discovery of natural bengali heritage and culture. But as our present history, we do not respect our cultural and social heritage. When Bangladesh was liberated from the clutches of Punjabi-Sindhi cliques of Pakistani bourgeoisies in 1971, we were promised a society based on Democracy, Socialism, Nationalism and Secularism; that pledge has never come into being; on the contrary, with a heavy heart, we observe the advent of one military despot after another who whored our sacred constitution, plundered the country's national resources and had made it a hell for religious and ethnic minorities.Bengali language originated in the seventh century in the family of Indo-Aryan language through a long evolutionary process. But the distinct form of Bengali language was yet to crystallise. According to scholars, the earliest foms of Bengali language have to be traced in the Buddhist mystic songs known as "Buddha Gan o Doha'. It was the Buddhist mystics who are to be credited for composing the earliest verses of Bengali, the language of the masses, for preaching their religious ideas. During the Buddhist Pala dynasty Bengali language, which was in its infancy, enjoyed royal patronage and made a good beginning.
Now the country has become a filthy playground for a group of lumpen bourgeoisies, who, half-literate and uncultured as they are, driven by a get-rich-quick lifestyle, are aping the most rotten and putrid versions of Indian and US cultures.
Bangla musical genres like Aul, Baul, Marfati and Murshidi are heavily influenced by the mystic philosophy found in the Charyapadas. Besides, Vaishnava Padabalis--songs and verses praising Lord Vishnu--have also influenced Bangla music. Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Jasimuddin were immensely influenced by mysticism, Sufism and Baul doctrines (A touch of the mystic , 2004).Poet Jasimuddin House, Ambikapur, Faridpur House of Poet Jasim Uddin Type: Museum
Baul Songs:
Boul SongNew Boul Song Bichhet Gan- Bijoy Sarkar Best Vab Bichched Bijoy Sarkar Full Album By Aleya Begum Bijoy Sarkar (kabiyal) in his own voice - Nakshi kathar math
UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008 URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00005 Description: The Bauls are mystic minstrels living in rural Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. The Baul movement, at its peak in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, has now regained popularity among the rural population of Bangladesh.
Their music and way of life have influenced a large segment of Bengali culture, and particularly the compositions of Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Bauls live either near a village or travel from place to place and earn their living from singing to the accompaniment of the ektara, the lute dotara, a simple one-stringed instrument, and a drum called dubki. Bauls belong to an unorthodox devotional tradition, influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, Bengali, Vasinavism and Sufi Islam, yet distinctly different from them. Bauls neither identify with any organized religion nor with the caste system, special deities, temples or sacred places. Their emphasis lies on the importance of a persons physical body as the place where God resides. Bauls are admired for this freedom from convention as well as their music and poetry. Baul poetry, music, song and dance are devoted to finding humankinds relationship to God, and to achieving spiritual liberation. Their devotional songs can be traced back to the fifteenth century when they first appeared in Bengali literature. Baul music represents a particular type of folk song, carrying influences of Hindu bhakti movements as well as the shuphi, a form of Sufi song. Songs are also used by the spiritual leader to instruct disciples in Baul philosophy, and are transmitted orally. The language of the songs is continuously modernized thus endowing it with contemporary relevance. The preservation of the Baul songs and the general context in which they are performed depend mainly on the social and economic situation of their practitioners, the Bauls, who have always been a relatively marginalized group. Moreover, their situation has worsened in recent decades due to the general impoverishment of rural Bangladesh.Jasim Uddin discovered Pagla Kanai (Abul Mansur) and he wrote his thesis at Calcutta Unversity on Boul Songs.
International Writers' Conference 1962: Henry Miller and Jasim Uddin
The Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference 2012 is inspired by the International Writers' Conference that took place in Edinburgh 50 years ago, which was so influential it helped trigger the wealth of literary festivals that we have today.
Photograph by Alan Daiches from Angela Bartie and Eleanor Bell's The International Writers' Conference Revisited: Edinburgh, 1962 (Cargo Publishing: 2012)
The Association for Cultural Equity has made available online the recordings that Alan Lomax made of Poet Jasim Uddin in London in 1951: Todd Harvey recently discovered two photographs of Poet Jasim Uddin among the materials in our Alan Lomax collection. Courtesy Jennifer A. Cutting, Folklife Specialist (Reference),American Folklife Center,Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20540 - 4610. Lomax was the foremost music folklorist in the United States.
Folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, political activist, talent scout, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, concert and record producer, Alan Lomax is best remembered as the man who introduced folk music to the masses.
In the 1940s, while dining with blues singer Josh White at New York's elegant Cafe Society restaurant, he hit a customer in the face. When the diner later returned to apologise saying: "I only said that I didn't want to sit at the next table to a goddam nigger", Lomax attacked him again.
On February 27, 2012,The President and First Lady joined music legends and contemporary major artists at the White House for a celebration of Blues music and in recognition of Black History Month as part of their "In Performance at the White House"before the show got started, the president took a moment to give some history on the blues. He recounted a 1941 trip throughout the deep South by folklorist Alan Lomax, during which Lomax recorded local musicians on behalf of the Library of Congress -- and came upon a then mostly unknown guitarist and singer, Muddy Waters. "This is music with humble beginnings -- roots in slavery and segregation, and a society that rarely treated black Americans with the dignity and respect that they deserved. The blues bore witness to these hard times," Obama said. "Like so many of the men and women who sang them, the blues refused to be limited by the circumstances of their birth." He was the first to record Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie, and much of what Americans have learned about folk and traditional music stems from his efforts, which were also directly responsible for the folk music and skiffle booms in the United States and Britain that shaped the pop-music revolution of the 1960s and beyond.
Jasim uddin became very close to Alan Lomax during his visit to International Folk Music Congrss at Indianapolis in 1950. Jasim Uddin writes in his book "Chale Musafir" on Alan Lomax and it was a popular school text book in East Pakistan © Jasim Uddin.
1975 - Jasim Uddin & his wife with Prime Minister of India
Mrs. Indira Gandhi at Delhi
Jasim Uddin received reception at Rajenra College, Faridpur
after the selection of "Kabar" poem by the University of Calcutta while he was a student of
I. A class in 1928 © Jasim Uddin.
Jasimuddin - Poet of the people of Bengal-
A film by Khan Ata 1978Inaugaration of Bengali Program Voice of America (VOA) Washington DC 1958 Jasimuddin - Poet of the people of Bengal-
A film by Khan Ata 1978Jasimuddin -ki bolibo sonar chad re (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) - 2012 Jasim Uddin Koi gelo sei gayer rakhal hater bashi thuiya (polli kobi joshim uddin 1912 Govt of W. Bengal, India Bhai Jaan Chal Jai Chal Mathe Langol Baite jare chere elam obohele (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 1912 - Govt of West Bengal, India ''O Babu Selam Baare Bar'' -- Lyrics - Jashim Uddin, Composition - Altaf Mahmud, Singers - Abdul Alim, Nina Hamid & Others, Film - Beder Meye Film - Beder Meye. Only Alim was the person who was brave enough to sing the song and is marvelous. Jasimuddin himself was the music director of the song. Mr. Doha, could please able to collect the following songs of Abdul Alim: 1. Kasher Boner Poth Dhore Oi, Bazie Sonar Been, 2. O Amar Mono Re, Shomoy Thakte Akhono Tui Boshe Roily Ghorer Kone 3. Ahare Sonar Moina, Mono Dukhe Bonobashe Jai (Movie: Gayer Bodhu) From 'Shadhona's production "Chompaboti". It is essentially all about wandering snake charmers; simple, hard working rural folk; the sinister yet buffoonish village headman; objectification and abuse of women...the usual. "Chompaboti" is an adaptation of poet Jasim Uddin's "Beder Meye" by poet-playwright Guner Nanodlo Pakhi Daake -- Abdul Alim & Shahnaz Rahmatullah, Film - Beder Meye Tumi dekha dao darodi (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 1912 - Govt of West Bengal, India Amar Gahin Ganger Naya (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 1912 - Govt of West Bengal, India jare chere elam obohele (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 1912 - Govt of West Bengal, India jare chere elam obohele (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan), (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 1912 - Govt of West Bengal, India Rongila Nayer Majhi (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 2012 - Govt of West Bengal, India Koi galo Gayer Rakhal
Amar Kantho I - Voice and Songs of Jasim Uddin Part I
Amar Kantho I - Voice and Songs of Jasim Uddin Part I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmoidncycw8Ujan anger Naya (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 2012 - Govt of West Bengal, India Age Janle Bhanga Noikay Chartam Na (polli kobi joshim uddiner gaan) 2012 - Govt of West Bengal, India Koi galo Gayer Rakhal
Amar Kantho I - Voice and Songs of Jasim Uddin Part I
Amar Kantho II- Voice and Songs of Jasim Uddin- Part II
A rare video - A film by Hasna Jasim uddin Moudud, 1974
SUJON BADIAR GHAT - GYPSYWHARF - Dhagdho Gram Burnt Village- The War of Independence -1971 PART I- Jasim Uddin SUJON BADIAR GHAT - GYPSYWHARF - PART II- Jasim Uddin
Shojon Badyar Ghat - Naeb's apeal Shojon badiar ghat Nomu - Musolman refriendship Chashir Prem DHROOPAD: happy_couple: a scene from Shojon Badiar Ghat DHROOPAD: jari gaan--a scene from Shojon Badiar Ghat Duli escapes - Shojon Badiar ghat, Shojon Badyar Ghat - Duli escapes with Shojon. Nakshi Kathar Math in London Nakshi Kathar Math- in Sweden Nakshi Kathhar Math in London, 10. 07. 2008 Ratna Basu-Song : Nakshi Kanthar Math ami baya jai....
Bangla Natok - Nokhsi Kathar Math 01 BBC interview of Poet Jasim Uddin by famous novelist Syed Shamsul Haque, BBC, London, 1973
Bedermeye- - Jasim Uddin's famous musical and drama on oppressed and neglected gypsy folk: Part I Bedermeye- - Jasim Uddin's famous musical and drama on oppressed and neglected gypsy folk: Part 2
89 video music etc.- basuuddin Channel - YouTube
© Jas
Ay Chelara Ay Meya Phul Tulta Jai Rakhal Chele Rakhal Chele Ay Chelara Ay Meya Phul Tulta Jai im Uddin © Jasim Uddin
Come to the garden by night.
My bee.
I shal stay up the night
Lighting the lamp of moon
And talking to the dew drops
My bee.
Come to the garden by night
should I fall asleep
Tread softly my bee,
Do not break the branch
Or crush my flowers.
Or awaken the flower that is asleep
Come to the garden by night.
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Nishite Jaio Phulobane.. Music & Lyrics by Jasim Uddin, Singer: S. D. Burman
Nishite Jaio Phule Bane Music & Lyrics by Jasim Uddin, Singer: Sabina Yesmin
Dhire se Janain hindi from Nishite jaio: Music & Lyrics by Jasim Uddin, Singer: S. D. Burman
Bandu Rangila Rangila _ S, D, Burman, Music and Lyric by Jasim Uddin - From Padmapar - Song 24 Rangila Rangila (modern) Lyrics and music by Jasimuddin
Bandu Rangila Rangila- Famous Bhatiali Song:Singer: Nadira Begum
Aan Milo Shyam Sanwre -Geeta Dutt and others - Film - Devdas Almost the same melody as bandhu rangila rangila by Jasim Uddin
Tagore Centenary Celebration, Bombay 1961 © Jasim Uddin
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O Bajan Chol Jai Chol -- Abbas Uddin Ahmed © Jasim Uddin O bajan chal jai chal.. Famous Folk Song of Bengal-Famine of Bengal - Music & Lyric Jasim Uddin
Bengal was a victim of a criminal act perpetrated for more than one and three quarters of a century. British establishment indulged in brutal genocide in Bengal, at times to further their own interests and at other times out of sheer negligence of their duties. In either case, the British Government stands guilty of the worst crime in recent human history.
The Holocaust in Germany was a minor event compared to what the British did to a people, who trusted them and were loyal to them. Nazis have been accused and convicted of the Holocaust in Germany. Even today, there are attempts to hunt down ex-Nazis and bring them to justice. A few weeks ago, a court awarded compensation to a Holocaust victim.
Is it not time that the descendants of the victims of The Great Holocaust of Bengal sought compensation from the present Government of the United Kingdom? Is it possible to initiate a criminal case against Winston Churchill and all those who were in power during 1942-45 (or during 1765-1947) in British Government? Is that too much to ask for? Do you believe that the systematic murder of six million white-skinned Jews was a crime worthy of punishment, while the killing of thirty million black-skinned people of Bengal does not even deserve a footnote in history?
This poem was written by Jasim Uddin
on his granddaughter Shaila Anwar
first birthday August 18,1974 in Canada. © Jasim Uddin
There are many unpublished poems that Jasim Uddin
presented to visitors.
Today sun is sleeping behind the clouds
And flowers are weaving dreams beside the water.
In the still branches of the rain-soaked trees
Small petals are opening out their faces
And gazing through the raindrops at new buds
A girl is laughing ecstatically with delight
In the rains. Brimming from her lips
Her Joy echoes among the trees of the forest.
On a little path the deluge has made the river
Whose tiny course carries away old leaves….
-From The Ripening Paddy by Jasim Uddin
Translated by Nigel Cameron
Monsoon first appeared in LIFE magazine on 8 September 1961 and subsequently in Paris-Match, Epoca and Queen. LIFE at the time was crowded with dramatic and interesting pictures, but large colour essays were not common and, in this case, a heavy reliance on the sequencing of the images alone - supported largely by Indian poetry by Jasim Uddin, Rabinranath Tagore and Kalidas, minimal captions rather than text as such - was new. This single story established Brake's reputation as a master of the colour photo-essay. He went on to a successful international career as a photojournalist with many stories published in LIFE and National Geographic magazine.
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The villagers of Bangladesh sing:
Snake Charmer / Babu Selam Lyric and Music Jasim Uddin dance by Shibli & Nipa
O babu, many salams to you
my name is Goya the Snakecharmer, My home is the Padma river.
We catch birds
we live on birds
There is no end to our happiness,
For we trade,
With the jewel on the Cobra's head.
"We cook on one bank,
We eat at another
We have no homes,
The whole world is our home,
All men are our brothers
We look for them
In every door….."
(Jasim Uddin)
Abdul Alim and Nina Hamid-- from beder merya jasimuddinWhen one reads his lyrics, like Gourigirir meye (a sensitive yet heart felt invocation to Goddess Durga) and Anurodh (a chiselled love poem woven in folk rhythm) and then goes on to respond to his two evergreen dramatic poems Naksi-kanthar Math and Sojonbadiar Ghat, one concludes that the label ‘village-bard’ is an example of inadequate salutation. Both these ballads cross the prescribed limits of folk poetry. In fact, they articulate a secular and humanist vision in a diction that is earth-sprung and elegant. No wonder, both these ‘modern’ ballads, replete with social conflicts, have been dramatised,
His poetry appears like the breeze from the countryside that cools the sighs and sweats of urban living. He is congratulated for creating a new school of poetry ;
Dr. Dinesh chandra Sen
Jasim Uddin's poetry has a new trend, a new taste and a new language.
- Rabinranath Tagore
Verrier Elwin
Jasim Uddin knows every fact of village life in Bengal and is partial to rural people. The heroes of his poems and stories are farmers, fishermen, boatmen, weavers, cowherds, even roadside barbers, wandering gypsies, palmists and astrologers
Today the sun has fallen asleep behind the dark
clouds.
And Keya the rain-flower dreams by the water
What yong maiden on the still wet branches of
Kadamba
Open small petals speechless for ecstasy?
Village Rain, Jasim Uddin
My Country
Field after field run along
Green winds sway tender paddy shoots
That spreads like open hair
In it butterflies ornamented with wings…
Mother earth smiles at her fertile pride.
In this harvest Asmanis (landless people) have no claim.
As worn out ribs hold together their stomachs
They burn with hunger.Forest after forest run along
This fairyland of flowers and fruits….
In this forest Asmanis (landless people) have no claim.
They are hungry.
River after river run along
They flow through nameless wharfs…
In this river the Asmanis (landless people) have no claim.
Worn out ribs hold together their stomachs
They are empty.
Jasim Uddin
Poet Jasim uddind's speech to Bengali citizens in Karachi - 1949
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The fishes find the deep sea,
The birds the branches of the tree.
The Mother knows her love for her son
By the sharp pain in her heart alone
Many and diverse the colour of the cows,
But white the colour that all milk shows.
Through all the world, a Mother's name
A Mother's song is found the same.
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Black is the pupil of my eye,
Black ink with which I write
Black is Birth and death is black
Black is the universal Night.
(Jasim Uddin)
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Jasim Museum - Foundation laid by Momtaz Jasimuddin, July 2003, Ambikapur Faridpur
History o Faridpur
In 1582 in the reign of Emperor Akbar, the province of Bengal was formed into 33 sarkars or financial sub-divisions, and Faridpur area appears to have been included within the sarkar of Muhammad Abud. During the Emperor Shah Jahan, these divisions were carried onto such an extent as to cause in a falling of the imperial revenue. In 1721 a new partition of the country was made the province of Bengal being formed into 13 large divisions (chaklas) instead of sarkars. In 1765 the financial administration of Faridpur, together with the rest of Bangal was captured by the English, and in 1790 the criminal administration of the country at the correctors were invested with magisterial powers. In 1793 the collectors were relieved of their magisterial duties and separate officers were appointed united Judicial and Magisterial power together. The greater portion of Faridpur was then comprised within Dacca Jalalpur. In 1811 Faridpur was separated from Dacca collectorate.
The original district stretched out across central Bengal, comprising what is, today, the Greater Faridpur region. A politically important district during the British Raj, Faridpur became a sub-division of Dhaka Division after the creation of Pakistan. In 1984, with the Decentralization Program of the Bangladesh government, Faridpur district was broken into five separate districts: Rajbari, Gopalgonj, Madaripur, Shariatpur and Faridpur.
Faridpur is notable for its rich zamindari history. Most of the zamindar families were Hindus. They included the Basu Roys of Gopalgonj, the Basu Roy Chowdhurys of Ulpur (Shahapur), the Sikdars of Kanaipur, The Bhawal Rajas of Pangsha, the Senguptas(dewanji)of dhamaron, the Lords of Choddo and Baish Roshi estates of Bhanga. During the reign of the Nawabs of Bengal, several Muslim zamindaris were established. They included the Chanpur Estate and the Boalmari Estate in present day Faridpur, Golam Ali Chowdhury of Idilpur pargana and the Padamdi Nawab Estate in present day Rajbari. The most powerful Muslim landlords were Nawab Abdul Latif and Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash.
The history of all the zamindars couldn't been found except of the SIkdars of Kanaipur and Chowdhury Family of Haroa Chowdhury State Belgachi.During the 1800s, Haji Shariatullah, after returning from Mecca, began the famous Faraizi movement aimed at ending the persecution of Muslims by upper caste Hindu zamindars. The Indigo Resistance Movement which resisted Indigo plantations promoted by the British East India Company, also began in Faridpur. The movement was led by Pir Dudu Miah.
The Greater Faridpur region is also famous for producing some of the finest politicians of the Indian Subcontinent. They include Baba Ambika Charan Majumder, Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Mohonmiah Yusuf Ali Chowdhury, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Humayun Kabir and many more.
Faridpur hosted several key meetings of the Indian Independence movement. It was regularly visited by Subhash Chandra Bose, Chittaranjan Das, Rabindranath Tagore, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The annual conference of the Bengal Congress held on the grounds of the Moyez Manzil Palace in Faridpur in 1921 was attended by Mahatma Gandhi.
The district was initially known as Fatehabad. In 1860 the district was named as Faridpur after 12th Century Sufi saint Shah Sheikh Fariduddin. Faridpur town was declared a municipality in 1862 and a District Prison was set up in 1865. In 1840 the Faridpur Zila School was established and is one of the oldest schools in modern day Bangladesh.
Pratidan
I build a home for she
Who has broken mine.
I cry to make my own, she who forsaken me.
She has made me stranger.
While I wander the world over for her,
Endless night has stolen my sleep.
She has broken my home, I build hers.
She has broken my shore, I build hers.
She left my heart broken yet I cry for her
She struck me with poisoned arrow,
Yet my breast is full of song.
A flower in return thron.
I cry all around to make her my own.
She has carved a grave in my heart,
I fill her heart with flowers of love.
The face that speaks harsh language,
I hold that face, and adore it.
I cry to make her my own.
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