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                                   Assaying translation of TWO poems of RATHIN KAR

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                                   The sky stoops in glee to see you smile

                                   The rains pour ceaseless to see you weep

                                   Tidal sweeps crack the banks down

                        

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When blogs are blocked,what's the way out,my Dear,
when brains are clogged,are'nt we possessed with fear?
When thoughts get locked,whate'er comes isn't sheer
Nonsense that nobody bothers to hear?
When nobody hears you,isn't your try a mere
Running on the heels of a golden deer?
Both Rama and Lakshana knew not,- near
Panchavati Ravana spat his sneer,
For both treated Surpanakha with jeer.
And thus they proved themselves as no good seer
Of what was to befall in future near.
And we remember what fo...

All eyes are these days fixed on how to have,whence to have i.e. amassing more on more on more,always.Consequently,there is no spare for any soul to shift his focus.THIS IS SUICIDAL,SELF-IMMOLATION.But unless one reads,how can one enrich oneself?Reading is enlightenment,mapping unchartered realms leagues beyond those leagues.Reading establishes a tie between one and another.And this facilitates the founding of a society,a society of reciprocity,both between a character high-placed in intellectua...

Sleep should come when fatigue demands
Sleep should come when stress reprimands
Sleep should come when nerves are aching
Sleep should come when eyes start itching,
Sleep should come when intake is full,
Sleep should come when all's beautiful-
Sleep should come when cares are over,
Sleep should come when mind's a flower.

But Sleep is ever free as bird-
Not bound by rules first,second, third;
It can perch on anyone's eye,
Sleep after all is not that shy,
That...