Resurrection of Pain: My Eulogy of Myself

By Sailendra Nath Datta

This is the first book of English poems of the new poet written for the international readers. He has often been obsessed by the myriad facets of life, particularly the sad and sordid ones, which continually torment him. He cannot forget the pain emanating from his inner soul, reminding him of his ineffective poetic urge to remedy some of the ills inflicting mankind as a whole. He is often haunted by a traditional saying or universal wisdom or a catchy idea, and develops his poem to a conclusion. Sometimes, it seems, he has deviated from his main theme. But, actually, he has a definite frame of mind, which leads his poem to a natural growth. His treatment of a poem has been as simple as can be, with a plain variety of language and imagery, although used to a minimum. What has enriched his poetry is his philosophical content, apparent or hidden. Actually, what moves him throughout is his feelings and experience of different sorts of pains he has undergone during his past and which still bubble up to remind him of their existence. His experiences of pleasures and joy are very few but enable him endure woes and worries of life. With this background in mind, the readers may proceed to enjoy a new kind of poetry in the following pages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Sep 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781482812060

Sailendra Nath Datta

With a postgraduate degree in English literature and language from the University of Calcutta, Sailendra Nath Datta was employed as a gazette officer under the Government of West Bengal, a State in the Union of India. Later he served as a senior bureaucrat of the same government till his superannuation in 2010. Since his retirement as a Joint Secretary, he has been engaged as a member of the Editorial Board of a popular Bengali periodical, dealing with literary and cultural aspects. And at present, he is working as the Editor of the magazine, with a good rapport amongst the fellow members, and hugely trusted and entrusted by his Editor-in-chief. He has several books of poetry published both in English and Bengali to his credit. Amongst them, his last publication from Partridge, RESURRECTION OF PAIN, has a warm review by the discerning readers, especially by some noted national award-winning poets and other connoisseurs.

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Resurrection of Pain

MY EULOGY OF MYSELF

Sailendra Nath Datta

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Contents

Preface

1. Fortune Arrives At a Slow Pace

2. Love Has a Rhyme and Reason

3. Who can manage a Burning Heart?

4. Let Me Be a Host

5. Love is sharing

6. God has a Mission in You

7. I am the One who can feel

8. The Real Slum dog

9. My Fate of a Eunuch

10. I am a Little Pawn

11. Be Content with what You Get

12. I am a Walking Doll

13. The Global Identity

14. Light at the End of Darkness

15. Play Your Chess

16. Love has to be Sincere

17. Snake-and-Ladder Game

18. A Coin has Two Sides

19. Gateway of India

20. Life is a Golden Gift

21. Happiness is a Precious Prism

22. Resurrection of Pain

23. In the Time of Aching Twilight

24. My Pains are Bubbles Now

25. Be Afraid of Danger till it comes

26. Let us finish the Job Tonight

27. Homeless me

28. Anger or Agony

29. Monotony

30. The lost man in a Caravan

31. Civility is dying

32. Missing Humanity

33. Man is nomadic

34. In Search of Leisure

35. Poetry is my old Confidante

36. Raise your Fist, oh Brother!

37. Animals are Luckier

38. Humanity is yet to Develop

39. My Bond with Roots

40. A Platonic Love-story

41. The Game of Politics

42. The World is full of Half-wits

43. Live to Love and love to live

44. It’s my Dear Destiny

45. Everyman without a Soul

46. I am a Democratic Idiot

47. Believe as long as you live

48. Let us Revolt Now

49. Let me sing Once more

50. Your victory is in sight

51. I feel Checkmated

52. Beauty comes from within

53. To my Heavenly Love

54. The Sonnet about a Shirt

55. Hostile Brotherhood

56. Bina Kalindi and her team

57. Age of Marketing

58. Still I want to live

59. My Journey is over

60. Never be biased

61. It’s easy to give