Translated from the Assamese by Dibyajyoti Sarma
Kashmir is no longer yours
Kashmir is no longer mine
Kashmir is for those who
born in the blood of Kashmir
fight for Kashmir
Kashmir is no longer yours
Kashmir is no longer mine
Kashmir is for those
who are alive
in the breathe of Kashmir
Kashmir is no longer yours
Kashmir is no longer mine
Kashmir is for those children who
sleeping in the bosom of Kashmir
dream of Kashmir
Kashmir is no longer yours
Kashmir is no longer mine
Kashmir is for those
who have died for Kashmir
for Kashmir
Sananta Tanty is an untiring chronicler of the downtrodden, with 12 volumes of poetry to his credit, Sananta Tanty is treasure of modern Assamese poetry, a voice of reason in troubled times. Starting his poetic journey in the 1970s, Tanty’s poetry updates the modernist movement with contemporary themes like corruption in public life, unemployment, poverty, hunger and frustrations, among others, in an unadulterated voice, which is at once angry and full of protest.
A truly great poet of this century. His words always give us an insight on very topics he narrates in his poetry. Simply we are proud to have such a great poet in our nation. May God shower all his blessings to this soft spoken and soft hearted wisest person.
@ Pabitra Narayan Borah