Political slogans in form of rhymes

b...@leland.stanford.edu

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Oct 29, 1994, 4:48:59 AM10/29/94

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In article <38sc60$d...@dcsun4.us.oracle.com>, asa...@gatekeeper.us.oracle.com (Apratim Sarkar) writes:
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|> Not exactly a political slogan, but does anyone remember Annada Shankar Ray
|> on Bengal-Bihar merger initiated by B.C. Roy?
|
On the same line.....(I fotget who wrote or where I read it).

Raja ashe, Raja jay
Lal jama gay, nil jama gay.
Rong bodlay, jama bodlay

Shudhu, Raja bodlay na.

This may not be verbatim, but some thing like this. If you know, fell free to correct.

-bjt

Sambit Basu

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Oct 30, 1994, 5:20:31 PM10/30/94

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b...@leland.Stanford.EDU writes:

> Shudhu, Raja bodlay na.

This is like this (though a long one, but couldn't resist to quote the
whole). Smriti-theke uddhrito, kaaje-i bhul-er sombhobona prochur. Bhul
batle dile antorik-bhabe khushi hobo:

Raja ashe, jay
Raja bodlay
Neel jama gay
Laal jama gay
Ei raja ashe
Oi raja Jai.

Jama-kapoDed rong bodlay
Din bodlay na.
Gota prithibike gile khete chay
Shei je nangto chheleta
Kukurer sathe bhaat niye taar loDai
Cholchhe,cholbe.

Raja ashe jay,
Sudhu poshak-er rong bodlay,
Shudhu mukhosher dhong bodlay.

Pagla Meher Ali
Dui haate diye tali
Ei rastay, oi rastay-
Hashe aar oi gaan gay,
"Jhut hai, sab jhut hai."

Janoni jonmobhumi
Shob dekhe, shob shuneo
Ondho tumi
Shob jene shob bujheo
Bodhir tumi?
Tomar nangto chheleta je hoyechhe
Meher Ali.
Kukurer bhat keDe khay,
Dey kukur-kr haattali.
Tumi bodlao na,
She-o bodlay na.

Shudhu poshaak-er rong bodlay,
Shudhu mukhosh-er dhong bodlay.

-Birendra Chattopadhaya
>-bjt

Regards,
Sambit

Diganta Das

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Nov 1, 1994, 6:56:24 AM11/1/94

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In article <393940$k...@er2.rutgers.edu> sam...@er2.rutgers.edu (Sambit
Basu) writes:

>Diganatababu in the earlier article has made a literary shift from
>the original topic. Needless to say, this shift very much welcome.

Thanks to Sambit for appreciating the shift.

>Salil Chowdhury's poem, that Digantababu has alluded, is a gem. It
>is an experience of worth to listen to Salil Chowdhury himself
>reciting that.

That is definitely true, the album of recitation by Salil Chowdhury
has few other nice ones. I liked another one called, "Sabder
Tikabhasya: Srimkhala, Bisrinkhala". If my memory was not rusted I
would have tried to share that with the group.

>On the same note, I remember a poem of Shankho Ghosh, named
>"Jamunaboti Saraswati". During the days of Khadyo-Andolon in '50s,
>in North Bengal POlice open fired on a peaceful mob. The first one
>to die was this girl, who was supposed to ge married the next
>day. Shonkho Ghosh wrote:

[Nice poem deleted]

Thanks, I did not know the story behind that poetry. Actually once
Shankho Ghosh wrote a book giving the incidents behind few of his
poetries. Does anybody remember the name? Here is a short one. It is
regarding a student of Shankho Ghosh, Timir. Timir was killed in an
"encounter".

"TIMIR BISHAY-E DU TUKRO

(Andolan)

Maidan bhari hoy-e nam-ey kuasha-i
Digant-er dik-ey mil-iye jai routemarch
Tar majhkhaney pathey podey achhey o ki Krishnachuda?
Nichu hoye hatey tule ni-i
Tomar chhinno shir, Timir|"

Another one on similar theme:

"KICHHU-NA KICHHU CHHELEY

Amar-i book thekey jhalak
Palash chhutechhilo sedin
Loker-o lagchhilo bhalo-
Loker bhalo lagchhilo|

Lok-ey ki jenechhilo sedin
Ekhan-o baki achhey ar ke?

Asol-ey bhebechhilo sab-i
Udas Prokriti-r chhabi|

Tabu to dekh-o aj-o jhori
Kichhu-na thek-ey kichhu chheley

Tomar-i Central Jail-ey,
Tomar-i Curzon Park-e|"

> List can be extended, but I don't want to take the undue adventage
> of the reader's (if there is any ;-) ) patience.

Ditto.

>Regards, Sambit

Diganta Das

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University of Maryland at College Park

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Baidury Bhattacharya

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Nov 1, 1994, 11:03:45 AM11/1/94

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I recall this chhora from the early 80's :

oi je dekhchho kaste
gola katbe aste aste

oi je dekhchho haturi
oder katoi na chhal chaturi

the third couplet which refers to the third item in the communists' flag containing the sickle, the hammer and the star, has unfortunately escaped my memory.
Could anyone post that?

Thanks,
Baidurya Bhattacharya.

Sambit Basu

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Nov 1, 1994, 2:08:53 PM11/1/94

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Snehashisbabu Moti Nandi-r cricket reporting niye likhechhe. Bhodrolok
sahityo-ta bhalo-i bojhen tobe cricket kotota bojhen janina.

Ei proshonge onno akta kotha mone elo. Tokhon Lords test cholchhe India aar
England. Roj Ananda Baajaar-er prothom patay berochchhe "Lords theke Moti
Nondi"r reporting - she ki uttejonakor reporting. Dada, bolle biswas korben na,
tokhon Mati Nandi-ke roj Ultodanga-r moD theke S-5-e choDte dekha jeto.(Mati
Nandi tokhon Kankurgachhi Housing-e thakten, ekhon-o thaken kina janina). Amar
ak bondhu holop kheye bolte pare!

Regards,
Sambit

Sudeep Bose

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Nov 1, 1994, 4:36:09 PM11/1/94

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>: Hi everyone, I am interested in collecting the bengali political slogans
>: (dewal likhon) which come in form of rhymes. Here are some examples:
>
>: (1) Haate boma, mukhe prem
>: taari naam CPM
>

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Nomoshkar,
Ekbar ei posterta dekhe chhilam.

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The Congress cadres wrote:

"Chhabbish tarik moha din,
Jyoti Bosur biyer din"

To that the CPI(M) cadres retorted :

"Tora jodee tai bhabish
Priyanka Ke shajiye rakhish"

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Chhi chhi!! Ma, bon ke o chharle na, betara!!!

SUDEEP BOSE....

--
JAI HIND!!

Sudeep(Sandy)Bose
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Avijit Bhunia

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Nov 2, 1994, 3:01:01 AM11/2/94

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>>Anandabazar is famous for very provocative political articles and front page cartoons. It also had very amusing stories in its sport pages when india bit the dust. the current West Indies tour of India reminds me of the last one in 83-84,
>>where India played extremely miserably in calcutta and lost by an innings.
>>The worst was Shastri's role in the affair(rec.sports.cricket is a favourite
>>place for shastri hunters).
>>What Moti nandi wrote was this:-
>>"Kalke eder batting dekhe apnara jeno eder klib bolben na, era sobai
>>ekte,dute chele meyer pitrityo dabi koren. Mathe kintoo eder klib boley
>>money hochillo.

Bhodrolok eirokomi kotha bole thaken. Ar kono kaaj kormo nei bodhoy.
Majhe modhye ek ekta statement diye thaken. India jokhon England tour
korche, Moti Nandi Calcutta r Anandabazar er office e bose lekhen
" Lords er mathe tritiyo din theke spin dhorbe".

Snehasis Ganguly

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Nov 2, 1994, 1:11:55 PM11/2/94

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In article <CyJvs...@nntpa.cb.att.com> shy...@mtnms.mt.att.com (Shyamal Pain) writes:
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>Around 1971-72 elections, CPI (I think) had this poster on a wall :
>
> Promod,Jyoti, Keshto Ghosh
> Tata Birlar jigri dost
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

typical paranoid attitude towards industrialists.But perhaps there
is a cause.Those were the times of sheltered economy and big industrialists
were having it all there way at that time.

j

>
>CPM retorted on the neighboring wall, with the requisite fresco painting :
> Bhojo Indira, kaho Indira, laho Indirar naam re
> Je jono Indira bhaje she hoi oshto-baam re
>
>Apparently, all non-CPM left parties ( most of CPM's current bro's) formed
>this oshto-baam and aligned with Congress.
>
>Shyamal

Snehasis Ganguly

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Nov 5, 1994, 2:36:08 PM11/5/94

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Onaar kintoo kichu golpo/novel aache. Koney boley ekta cinema hoichilo.
Sahityo bhaloi bojhen(sambit babu o ekmat)

bandyo...@lub001.lamar.edu

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Nov 7, 1994, 7:21:11 PM11/7/94

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In article <396cc9$q...@lennon.cc.gatech.edu>, sa...@cc.gatech.edu (Sudeep Bose) writes:
>>: Hi everyone, I am interested in collecting the bengali political slogans
>>: (dewal likhon) which come in form of rhymes. Here are some examples:
>>
>>: (1) Haate boma, mukhe prem
>>: taari naam CPM
>>
>

A gem of a crude hand-written scribble that was seen on the wall under
the Tollygunge railway bridge alongside colorful graffiti from the
ruling CPI-M before the 1990 Calcutta municipal elections:

"Jyoti kore desher khyoti"

Simplicity is a virtue!

Soumava Bandyopadhyay

Arya Raychaudhuri

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Nov 10, 1994, 3:09:19 AM11/10/94

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Jadavpur DSF-er deoal likhon:

Protibade comrade gore tolo barricade
Protishodhe comrade gore tolo barricade
Protirodhe comrade gore tolo barricade
Protibade, protirodhe, protishodhe comrade
Gore tolo gore tolo gore tolo barricade!

Niche ek rajneeti-bimukh chhatrer pencil likhon:

Tin dikete barricade, ek dikete nala
Moddhikhane blockhead boshe sarabela
Thonga bhara badam bhaja khachchhe, kintu gilchhe na.

Anyatro SFI:

Larai larai larai chai
Larai korei b(n)achte chai.

Talai:

Ayna ayna ayna dhar
Ssoru bangalir ssamne tora ayna tule dhar.

Arya

Aniruddha Das

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Nov 10, 1994, 6:11:24 PM11/10/94

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amar mone acche Ballygunge Pha(n)ri te ITI ar daoale lekha:

Haate niye Stengun
Chhute ashe Gani Khan
janogan shabdhan