A 22 year-old Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote the poem, "Bidrohi" at Kolkata's Taltala Lane in 1921, according to Comrade Muzaffar Ahmed's memoir of the National Poet. Since dabbing the pen in ink could not ...

Today marks the 126th birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. A powerful force in Bengali literature and culture, Nazrul's fiery words, revolutionary spirit, and ...

The initiative has been taken with the aim of upholding the ideals and creation of the national poet in the activities and ...

The Academy Award winner, AR Rahman, is at the centre of controversy due to his recomposition of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s renowned song “Karar Oi Louho Kopat.” Meanwhile, a legal question has ...

The national poet of Bangladesh whose works inspired the country’s liberation struggle. A pioneer of the ghazal in Bengali, who introduced in his songs Urdu and Persian words. Composer and poet of ...

Everyone will agree that our Muslim community in Bengal has acknowledged Bengali as their mother tongue and shown levels of progress beyond expectation, in a very short time. This is a matter of no ...

The postponed “Nazrul Natyautsab 2026”, organised to commemorate the 127th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, will now begin on 25 July under a revised schedule. The four-day ...

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has found in Bangladesh’s national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam an epitome of a “good Hindu”. The revolutionary-poet’s “nationalism”, which the Sangh says is reflected ...

Kolkata: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s kin have refused to accept the apology that the makers of ‘Pippa’ issued on Monday over A R Rahman’s recreation of the iconic song, “Karar Oi Louho Kopat”, reports ...