Jibanananda Das Memorial Library

The locked archive: How bureaucracy silences Bengal’s poetic soul

The Dhanshiri still flows past the locked archive. It remembers young Jibanananda boarding steamers to Khulna, scribbling verses in the damp air.

Is this how we respect a poet?

The ugly sight of a dustbin with spilling garbage strikes visitors, just near the entrance to Poet Jibanananda Das Memorial

June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025

The locked archive: How bureaucracy silences Bengal’s poetic soul

The Dhanshiri still flows past the locked archive. It remembers young Jibanananda boarding steamers to Khulna, scribbling verses in the damp air.

April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016

Is this how we respect a poet?

The ugly sight of a dustbin with spilling garbage strikes visitors, just near the entrance to Poet Jibanananda Das Memorial