Anubadita Padya by Shakti Chattopadhyay [Hardcover]

He referred to poetry as podya (verse), and in this art, Shakti Chattopadhyay was nothing short of legendary. A poet of immense renown, he also translated numerous poems over time.

While studying Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, he came under the influence of Buddhabed Bose and Sudhindranath Dutta, who inspired him to translate works of foreign poets. Over the years, he translated the poetry of Omar Khayyam, Ghalib, Kalidasa, Heinrich Heine, Federico García Lorca, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pablo Neruda, and Pritish Nandy. He was particularly passionate about translating the Bhagavad Gita and recognized the need to bring Indian regional poetry into Bengali.

Onubadito Podya is a priceless collection of Shakti Chattopadhyay’s published and unpublished translations. For poetry lovers, this book is of immense significance.