In the Dark

It is probably not a coincidence that ‘Andhere Mein’, which is often considered to be one of Muktibodh’s last poems, is also the longest one: here we may see the attempt to crown a lifetime of creative writing with a poem that is representative of all that has been attempted elsewhere; a poem that is representative of its time and of its changing tendencies, and at the same time representative enough to outlast that contemporariness by eternal and universal qualities. In view of the literary complexity displayed in ‘Andhere Mein’ we may even say that it displays the attempt to create a poem that was representative of the full scope of contemporary poetic possibilities, combining lyrical imagery, song references, dramatical encounters, cinema techniques, narrative logic and a highly ethical perspective.