Rabindra Guha

Rabindra Guha (born 25 October 1934) is a Bengali poet of the Hungry generation movement in literature who subsequently started the Neem Sahitya Andolan with Mrinal Banik and Biman Chattopadhyay from the steel factory city of Durgapur in West Bengal. He has written several collections of poetry, short stories and novels. He is known mainly for the language of the Bengali diaspora which he adopted and developed for his narratives. He lived in Kolkata until the Hungry generation movement died down at the end of the 1960s, and shifted thereafter to Durgapur. At the end of 1970s, he shifted his base to New Delhi where he invented his narrative language of the Bengali diaspora, i.e. of people who live outside West Bengal. Rabindra Guha is a diasporic post-modern writer with a prolific body of work in relation to inner as well as outer diaspora. He has been a creator of language which is a fantastic combination of national and local dialect. His work had been recently accoladed in Jessore University.

Career Rabindra Guha came to India with his parents during the Partition of India and toiled for a foothold. He was good at studies and chose the profession of a management adviser to various institutions. He left his profession to become a full-time writer when he shifted to New Delhi. There with his son he started a venture in television production. A group which called itself Dilli Haaters developed around him. Prominent members of that literary group included Dipankar Dutta, Pranji Basak, Dilip Foujdar, Krishna Mishra Bhattacharjee, etc.

Works

Novels Rajputanar Itikatha ( Novel ) 1965. Prem Atakna Santras ( Novel ) 1966. Padadhwani Protidhwani ( Novel ) 1966. Mebarer Patan ( Novel ) 1967. Loharia ( Novel ) 1969. Dahan ( Novel ) 1969. Drohopurush ( Novel ) 1998. Surjer Saat Ghora ( Novel ) 1999. Navikunda Ghirey ( Novel ) 2000. Shikanjer Pakhi Khamosh ( Novel ) 2001. Dhundhlaa ( Novel ) 2003. Aami Dagdha Ekjon Manush ( Memoirs ) 2004. Natokey Lipsa Nei ( Drama ) Ihadilli Shaharnamaa 2018. Ujan Dahar 2007 Aami O Aamar Dibasdogdho Bondhura-- Uhara Tahara (autobiografical novel) 2018 Phana 2012 (novel) Uromanush uppakhan 2019 (Novel) Prose-- Kano Likhi Kivabey Likhi ( Collection of prose and readers reaction) 2012 Bad Banglar Kabitay Ritir Biparit Riti 2019 Kranti Britter Pala 2018 (Dumdum Junction Publication) Nibas Kolkata 2022 (Novel) (Sristisukh Publication) Bangla Kobitai Ritir Biparit Riti. 2023 Upanyas Samagra.(A Collection of Novels) 2023 Nirbachita Upakhyan 2023

Short stories Janamanush ( Short Story ) 1981. Joiguner Padma ( Short Stories ) 1998. Galper Bhuban ( Short Story ) 2001. Sammukhe Furnace 1985 Shrestha Galpo (A collection of short stories) 2022.

Poetry Rabindra Guhor Kobita ( Poetry ) 1980. Nirbachito Kobita ( Poetry ) 1994. Doridra Juboraj ( 8Poetry ) 1996. Hasan Tariker Rupali Ilish ( Poetry ) 2003. Dilli Haatars ( Poetry ) 2003. Ong Udghurna Bajrojoni Aswakhurdhoni Ong 2006