Somokalin somoyer abhighat o Debdas Acharyaer kabita/ সমকালীন সময়ের অভিঘাত ও দেবদাস আচার্যের কবিতা

Abstract

Devdas Acharya’s poetry powerfully reflects the socio-political upheaval of 1960s–70s Bengal, marked by the Partition, class struggle, and revolutionary movements like Naxalbari. As a displaced victim of Partition himself, Acharya captures the pain of homelessness, state violence, and widespread suffering in his collection ‘Kalakram o Pratidhwani’. His verses reveal the daily struggles of common people, especially landless farmers, who rose up against exploitation and were met with brutal suppression. Acharya also exposes the increasing vulnerability of women, highlighting rising sexual violence and prostitution amid lawlessness and social breakdown. In a time of political betrayal and economic collapse, his poetry serves as both witness and resistance— chronicling hunger, rage, and the resilience of the oppressed, including peasants, the middle class, and marginalized castes.