Ramprasad Sen. Ramprasad Jiboni o Rochonashomogro. Ed. Satyanarayan Bhattacharya. Calcutta, 1957.
Subject
Kangal-er Gaan [Penniless Songs]
Description
The fourth song is taken from the corpus of lyrics by Ramprasad Sen, a well-known saint and devotee of Goddess Kali, who lived Halisahar, Bengal, during the 18th Century. Ramprasad's devotional songs to Goddess Kali, known as "Ramprasadi", influenced future poets and composers, including Rabindranath Tagore. Ramprasad was deeply affected by the Bengal Famine of 1769-70 (described in one of our famine tales) and the scarcities that rural Bengal experienced during his life time. The song selected here reflects his empathy with the suffering poor.
Publisher
University of Exeter
Date
2021-03
Contributor
Dutta, Shrutakirti
Mondal, Sujit
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Tupman, Charlotte
Rights
CC BY-NC
Language
Bengali
English
Type
Poem
Coverage
c. 1770