The 85th birth anniversary of the Nepali poet Agam Singh Giri was observed today here under the chairmanship of MB Pradhan at Nepali Sahitya Bhawan in 10th mile, Kalimpong. Renowned poet Sanumati Rai was present as the special guest on the day. The day witnessed the recitation of the poems by the various poets. Bishnu Koirala conducted the programme while Bhuwan Khanal threw light on the life of Giri. The scribes of Kalimpong also observed the day at the HPC Channel office. The programme had journalists, social workers, politicians and others.
It is worth recalling that, Agam Singh Giri, a poet of distinction, is regarded as one who best represented the Indian Nepalese (Gorkha) people in Nepali literature. His five poetical collections are Yaad, Atama Vyathaa, Aashu, Jivan Geet, Youdha ra Yoodhaa, Jaleko Pratiwimba ra Roeko Pratidhawni.The first collection was published in 1955 and the last one was published posthumously in 1978 and it was awarded the first Bhanu Puraskar in 1979 by the Nepali Academy of West Bengal.Giri writes of sadness felt incessantly by him and a rather over-burdensome sadness prevades his poems. No product of any personal trauma, yet this sadness was intrinsic to Giri's own nature. The poets painful realization of the sad plight of the Indian Nepalese of Gorkhas made it later more acute and the poet discursive. Nevertheless a majority of the best poems of Giri fall in the latter category of his poems. In his first phase the poet alternated between inwardly cognizing his sadness as though in purity when poetry was for him 'a painful expression of an accursed life' and focusing it outward and bearing it in fusion with other feelings as an in-grown aspect of the existing social reality. The second choice or tendency perceptibly gained on the first.
It is worth recalling that, Agam Singh Giri, a poet of distinction, is regarded as one who best represented the Indian Nepalese (Gorkha) people in Nepali literature. His five poetical collections are Yaad, Atama Vyathaa, Aashu, Jivan Geet, Youdha ra Yoodhaa, Jaleko Pratiwimba ra Roeko Pratidhawni.The first collection was published in 1955 and the last one was published posthumously in 1978 and it was awarded the first Bhanu Puraskar in 1979 by the Nepali Academy of West Bengal.Giri writes of sadness felt incessantly by him and a rather over-burdensome sadness prevades his poems. No product of any personal trauma, yet this sadness was intrinsic to Giri's own nature. The poets painful realization of the sad plight of the Indian Nepalese of Gorkhas made it later more acute and the poet discursive. Nevertheless a majority of the best poems of Giri fall in the latter category of his poems. In his first phase the poet alternated between inwardly cognizing his sadness as though in purity when poetry was for him 'a painful expression of an accursed life' and focusing it outward and bearing it in fusion with other feelings as an in-grown aspect of the existing social reality. The second choice or tendency perceptibly gained on the first.
By Mukesh Sharma
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