কালজয়ী অসমীয়া কবিতা

জ্যোতিপ্রসাদ আগৰৱালা

বিশ্বশিল্পী

শিল্পী মই তিনিও কালৰ
                অতীতৰ
                  বৰ্তমানৰ                                                                                                                                                                  
                    অনাগত ভৱিষ্যতৰ
       আদিতেই যাত্ৰা কৰি অনাদিলে যাওঁ,
ধ্বংসৰ মাজেদি মই
              ৰূপান্তৰেদি ৰূপ পাই
              নৱতম সৃষ্টিৰ শলিতা জ্বলাওঁ 
জনতাৰ হৃদয়ত মোৰ সোণোৱালী দেশ
           মই পিন্ধো বিশ্ববেশ
        নতুন দৃষ্টিৰে চাওঁ সৃষ্টি অনিমেষ 
        নানা ভাষা
        নানা আশা
 নানা জাতি-বৰ্ণ জিনি
     মই শুনো ৰিণি ৰিণি
     বিশ্ব-জনতাৰ এক অপূৰ্ব্ব সঙ্গীত 
সেই সঙ্গীতৰ প্ৰতিধ্বনি
   তোলোঁ মোৰ
      গানে সুৰ
         সাম্যৰ
            সমৃদ্ধিৰ
               সৌন্দয্যৰ্ৰ
            
                মহামহত্বৰ
   পাতিবলে’ শান্তিৰ নৱলোক
               এই পৃথিৱীত 
মোৰ কল্পনা-মেধা, বুদ্ধি-মনীষাৰে
   মোকে কৰি সংস্কৃতিৰ অপূৰ্ব্ব আধাৰ
        মোকে শলিতা কৰি জ্বলাওঁ
            বিশ্ব-চাকি
                 বিশ্ব-জনতা পূজাৰ;
সেই পূজাৰ প্ৰধান অৰ্ঘ্য কৰি
        মই দিওঁ উপহাৰ
        মোকে কৰি ষোড়শোপচাৰ 
   বিশ্ব জুৰি জনতাৰ জয়জয়কাৰ
             হওক জয়জয়কাৰ 

                                                                                                                                                                           

অসমীয়া ডেকাৰ উক্তি

শক্তি পুত্ৰ মই
ভক্তি বুকুত লই
মূক্তি প্ৰয়াসী হই
     অৰ্জ্জুন মই, গাণ্ডীবী মই,
         ময়েই ধনঞ্জয় – মৃত্যুক কৰিছোঁ জয়;
ময়ে অসমৰ
ময়ে ভাৰতৰ
         ময়ে ডেকা ল’ৰা অগ্নিময় ।
     ময়ে ভাৰতৰ নবীন সূৰ্য্য
     পূৰ্বাচলত বজাওঁ তূৰ্য্য্
মোৰ পোহৰৰ গানে
আকাশে আকাশে, দেশে মহাদেশে
         মুগ্ধ কৰিব আলোক যাত্ৰী
         শেষ হ’ব শেষ নোহোৱা ৰাত্ৰি
             কৰিম জগত জয়
             নবীন সূৰ্য্য মই ।

উপচি আহিব পোহৰৰ ধল
    লুইতৰ দৰে ফেনে – ফোটোকাৰে
    ফেনিল শুভ্ৰ জ্যোতি – প্ৰপাতৰ জল ।
হাতীপটীয়েদি ঐৰাবাটেদি
কত নগৰৰ অলি – গলিয়েদি
কত মেধাবীৰ মহামনীষীৰ
         মনৰ মাজেদি
    কবীন্দ্ৰ জিনি হ’ম
         মহামনীষাৰ মহাসাগৰত ৰ’ম ।

Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezaboa

Father: Dinanath Bezbaroa
Mother: Thaneswari Devi

1864: Born in a boat on the Brahmaputra river, near the village of Ahataguri in Assam while his father Dinanath Bezbaroa, who was a judicial officer in Assam Government Service, was going down the Brahmaputra on a transfer order from Nowgong to Barpeta.

1886: Passed Entrance Examination (University of Calcutta) from Sivasagar Government High School.

1888: Passed First Arts Examination (FA Exam) from City College, Calcutta. The Asamiya Bhashar Unnati Sadhini Sabha was founded in Calcutta with Chandrakumar Agarwala and Hemchandra Goswami, with the monthly journal, Jonaki.

1890: Passed Bachelor of Arts Examination from General Assembly's Institution.

1891, March 11: Married Prajnasundari Devi. Four daughters were born, Surabhi (born June 1895, and died when she was five), Aruna (married to Satyavrata Mookherjee), Ratna (Married to Rohinikanta Barooa) and Dipika (became a Christian nun).

1899: Took up timber trade with Bholanath Barooah.

1910-1935: Brought out the 'Banhi' under his own editorship.

1916: Presided over the Assam Students' Conference at Gauhati.

1924: Presided over the Assam Literary Conference at Gauhati.

1931, December 29: 'Rasaraj' title to Lakshminath Bezbaroa by Asam Sahitya Sabha (1931, Sivasagar session). In the felicitation letter by Asam Sahitya Sabha , the word 'Sahityarathi' was used for the first time for Bezbaroa.

1933: Delivered a speech on 'Vaishnavism in Assam' in Baroda at the invitation of the Maharaja Gaekwad Sir Sayaji Rao.

1937, August: Returned to Assam.

1938, March 26: Passed away at Dibrugarh, Assam

Important Publications of Lakshminath Bezbaroa

Poems:

• Kodom Koli (1913)
• Podum Koli (1968)

Fiction:

• Podum Kunwori (Historical Novel, 1905)
• Jonbiri (Short Stories, 1913)
• Surabhi (Short Stories, 1909)
• Sadhukothar Kuki (Short Stories, 1912)

Collection of Folk-tales:

• Burhi Aair Sadhu (1911)
• Kokadeuta aru Natilora (1912)
• Junuka (1910)

Dramas:

• Litikai (1890)
• Belimar (1915)
• Chikarpati-Nikarpati (1913)
• Nomal (1913)
• Joymoti Kunwori (1915)
• Chakradhwaj Singha (1915)
• Pachoni (1913)

Satirical Essays:

• Kripabor Baruar Kakotor Topola ( Kripabor Barua's Bundle of Papers, 1904 )
• Barbaruar Bhabor Burburoni (Bubbles of Thought from Barbarua)
• Barbaruar Buloni (The Audience Chamber of Barbarua)
• Kripabor Baruar Obhatani ( Turning back of Kripabor Barua, 1909 )

English Books:

• History of Vaishnavism in India
• Rasalila of Sri Krishna (The Baroda Lectures, 1934)
• The Religion of Love and Devotion (1968), including the Boroda lectures and two other essays.

Biographical Works:

• Mahapurush Sri Sanakaradev aru Madhabadev (1914)
• Dangariya Dinanath Bezbaroar Sonkhipto Jibon Choritro (1909)
• Mor Jiwon Soworon (Autobiography)
• Bezbaroar Bangshawoli (Family History)
• Sankaradeva (1911)

Other Writings:

• Bakhor (1914)
• Tottwo Kotha
• Sri Bhagawat Kotha (1915)
• Sri Krishna Kotha
• Bharatavarshar Buronji (1910)
• Asomiya Bhasha Aru Sahitya
• Kamot Krititwo Lobhibor Sonket (1903)
• Hanhi Dhemali
• Presidential Address (1924)

(From www.sahityarathi.com)

বিশ্ব মাতৃ দিৱস

বিশ্ব মাতৃ দিৱস উপলক্ষ্যে সকলো মাতৃলৈ হিয়াভৰা ওলগ যাচিলোঁ।

Mother’s Day is a day for many people to show their appreciation towards mothers and mother figures worldwide. It is an annual event but is held at different dates in the calendar, depending on the country.

What do people do?

Many people remember their mothers and mother figures on Mother’s Day. Mother figures may include stepmothers, relatives, mothers-in-law, a guardian (eg. a foster parent), or a family friend. There are many different ways to celebrate Mother’s Day. They include (but are not limited to):

• Giving cards, flowers, or cakes.
• Family gatherings or visits.
• Family breakfasts, brunches, lunches, and dinners either at home, at a café or at a restaurant.
• Personal phone calls, particularly from children who live away from their mothers and/or mother figures.
• Mother’s Day poems and messages.
• Gifts of chocolate, jewelry, accessories, clothing, hobby equipment or tools, handmade items, or gift vouchers.

 A day at the movies with mothers and/or mother figures.

Mother’s Day is celebrated in different countries, including China where carnations are popular Mother’s Day presents. Some groups in Samoa organize elaborate song and dance performances throughout the country. They celebrate the contributions that mothers make to Samoan society.

Public life

Mother’s Day falls on different days depending on the countries where it is celebrated. It is held on the second Sunday of May in many countries, such as Australia, Canada and the United States. It is held exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday in the United Kingdom. Sundays are usually non-school and non-working days in these countries.

Mother’s Day is an annual public holiday in countries such as Costa Rica (August 15, on the same day as Assumption Day), Georgia (March 3), Samoa (second Monday of May), and Thailand (August 12). Restaurants and cafes may be busier than usual as some people take their mothers out for a treat.

Background

Early Mother's Day celebrations can be dated back to the spring celebrations to honor Rhea, the Mother of the Gods, in ancient Greek civilization, according to some sources. Later, Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom was traditionally a day for people to visit the church where they were baptized, although it now also celebrates motherhood in modern times.

The modern-day origins of Mother's Day can be attributed to two women – Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis, who were important in establishing the tradition in the United States. Around 1870, Julia Ward Howe called for Mother's Day to be celebrated each year. It continued to be held in Boston for about 10 years under her sponsorship, but died out after that. Other sources say that Juliet Calhoun Blakely initiated Mother’s Day in Albion, Michigan, in the late 1800s. Her sons paid tribute to her each year and urged others to honor their mothers.

In 1907, Anna Jarvis held a private Mother's Day celebration in memory of her mother, Ann Jarvis, in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1908, she played a key role in arranging a church service that attracted 407 children and their mothers. A Mother’s Day International Association was founded in 1912 to promote the holiday in other countries. Mother’s Day has grown increasingly popular since then.

Many people believe that Mother’s Day is now largely commercialized, with card companies, flower shops, jewelry stores, gift shops, restaurants, hotels, and department stores advertising promotions and special deals for this event. Anna Jarvis, in her lifetime, unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit to stop the over-commercialization of Mother's Day.

Symbols

There are various ways to show an appreciation for mothers and mother figures on Mother’s Day. They include white carnations, which Anna Jarvis asked to be the official symbol for the day, as well as the International Mother’s Day Shrine. This shrine is dedicated to the preservation of motherhood. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States. It is located together with a museum at Grafton, West Virginia, and aims to preserve, promote and develop the spirit of motherhood.