Subject
Kangal-er Gaan [Penniless Songs]
Description
Our final song is by our contemporary poet, painter, and singer Dukhyshyam Chitrakar. In this short lyric, Dukhushyam speaks in the blended voice of the pīr, drawing on multiple religious traditions to the point that these are indistinguishable. His poem simply titled Durbhikkha [Famine] reflects on famines past and present, based on the perspective and experience of the most needy sufferers of such events.
Creator
Chitrakar, Dukhushyam
Source
Dukhushyam Chitrakar, “Durbhikkha” (2019)
Publisher
University of Exeter
Date
2021-03
Contributor
Dutta, Shrutakirti
Mondal, Sujit
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Tupman, Charlotte
Rights
CC BY-NC
Language
Bengali
Type
Poem
Coverage
2019
Original Format
Handwritten by Dukhushyam Chitrakar, pen on paper