Poet Subhas passes away

The poet was admitted to SSKM Hospital on June 28 with kidney and cardiac complications. He was shifted to the clinic as his condition deteriorated. He died there in the early morning.

One of the organiser-supporter of Bangladesh's Liberation War, Poet Subhas was born in Darsana in Bangladesh on February 13, 1919. After his early years in Nadia district of West Bengal, he moved to Kokata and graduated from Scottish Church College.

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Subhas Mukhopaddya authored over 70 books. His first anthology of poems 'Padatik' was published in 1941. Prominent among others are 'Chirkut', Jato Durey Jai', 'Kal Madhumas', Chheley Gachhey Boney,' Phool Futuk' etc. He received several awards for his works including 'Sahithya Academy Puraskar, 'Gyanopith Puraskar' 'Desikottom' by Biswa Bharti and 'Nehru Puruskar'.

During the Bangladesh liberation war he wrote a regular column in the Daily Anandabazar on the barbaric acts of the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators.