Poetry of protest  found a fresh lease of life when Srijato responded to the brutal assassination  of Abhijit Roy on the streets of Dhaka. That he chose Facebook as a ventilator  was significant as much of our social activities are either instigated or  motivated by social networks like Facebook. A production by Belgharia  Shankhamala of this scale and stature is a rarity for several reasons. One,  contemporary Bengali poetry is rarely celebrated these days, Two, Since our  Civil Society has choosen to remain mum to everything around us, such responses  makes one optimistic about a participatory democracy. Three ‘’Andhokar  Lekhaguccho” involves the Poet ( SRIJATO)himself, the elocutionists ( Bratati  Bandopadhyay and Sumantra Sengupta ) , the musician,( Srikanto Acharya)  has scored for this and the theatre person (  Debesh Chattopadhayay) took all pains to craft a dynamic ensemble. Four, it  broke free from the conventional recitation routines and dare to experiment  with the form of public presentation of poetry.   |