Dhanshiri River

Dhanshiri is a river in the Jhalokati District of Bangladesh. It is narrower than it once was.[1]

This article is about the river in Bangladesh. For the river in Assam, see Dhansiri River.

Significance

Local lore has it that poet Jibanananda Das had a maternal uncle in Bamankathi village(in today's Rajapur Upazila), and during his childhood visits there, he fell in love with the natural beauty of the Dhanshiri River.[2] He wrote of it poignantly in his poem "Ābāra āsiba phirē" (I will come back again):

I will come back again to Bengal, to this Dhansiri riverside
Maybe not as a man — but a shalik, or white-crest kite;
Or a dawn crow maybe, new-rice-time, in misty flight
To this jackfruit-tree-shade one Kartik day will glide.[3]

References
  1. Amin, Aasha Mehreen (4 June 2004). "Capturing Natural Treasures". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  2. Eagle, Andrew (28 February 2014). "Questions for a Lone Bird Called Das". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. Doshi, Tishani (6 July 2003). "Literary Review: The loneliest poet". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016. Doshi reviews Joe Winter's translation of Jibanananda Das, including his poem "āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡" ("I will come back again").


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