[mukto-mona] Elegy for Cholesh Richil - Nirmalendu Gun

Elegy for Cholesh Richil
- Nirmalendu Gun

This fiery, painful March
Gave birth to an unstable freedom
This time reveals true meaning of "independence"
For all? Or again thrown into crisis
Cholesh left Modhupur and arrived
At death's poisonous door

Becoming "famous" only as a corpse
Who are you Cholesh Richil? Really who are you?
Will the world defend your killers
Will it absolve, we wait to see
The power to kill at will
Death may come for that cruel man God

Adivasi Garo, near Rafiq Azad's Chuniya village
Madhupur his century old home
Traitorous time cut down his rebellion
And coming in like a hero with raised hand
Bengal's poet giving him this elegy
[trans: N Mohaiemen]

Original Bangla Version

Original Thread on this in this blog

 

 

"…nails of 3 fingers of the right hand removed, left hand thump finger nail removed"

OP-ED: I'm Sorry, Choles Ritchil
INVESTIGATION: Asia Centre for Human Rights
INVESTIGATION: Hana Shams Ahmed: Nightmare in Modhupur
INVESTIGATION: Odhikar Report
INVESTIGATION: Tasneem Khalil on Modhupur
ACTION: Sign The Petition

[Pratap Jambil, eye witness to torture of Choles Ritchil. Now in hiding.]
Cholesh Richil

Cholesh Richil

http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/04/03/choles-ritchil/

 

 

 

Also Read:

http://www.aitpn.org/IRQ/vol-II/story01.htm

 

 

 

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