On Saturday afternoon, a memorial titled ‘Pallikavi and Court’ was released at Bidhan Shishu Udyan adjacent to Hadco intersection in Kolkata. Along with this, a reception for eminent personalities was given on the occasion of the founding anniversary of the ‘Burdwan Sahajoddha’ organization. This cultural program was organized at the Atulya Ghosh Memorial Hall of Bidhan Shishu Udyan under the management of the ‘Kumud Sahitya Mela Committee’ of East Burdwan district. The program was attended by Justice Rabindranath Samanta, Chairperson of the West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal, Siddharth Mukherjee, General Secretary of the Rabindra Bharati Society, Dilip Kumar Biswas, Deputy Secretary of the State Youth Welfare and Sports Department, Masud Karim, lawyer of the Calcutta High Court, and others. Jyotsna Mallick, son of poet Kumudranjan Mallick, was a district and sessions judge, while poet’s grandson Sudhendranath Mallick was a judge of the Calcutta High Court. In addition, most of the members of the Kumud Sahitya Mela Committee are associated with the legal profession. It is in such a situation that the ‘Pallikavi and the Court’ souvenir presentation was held. In her speech, literary figure Mahasweta Banerjee from the poet’s family expressed her gratitude to the Kumud Sahitya Mela Committee. Samarendu Chakraborty, Sheikh Abdul Jabbar, Dilip Kumar Biswas, and others were present at the poetry reading. On this day, the ‘Burdwan Sahajoddha’ organization, well known for conducting legal public awareness programs, presented ‘Purba Burdwan District Ratna Samman’ to Honorable Justice Rabindranath Samanta Mahasoy. On behalf of the Kumud Literary Fair Committee, Molla Jasimuddin, Baidurya Ghoshal, Somnath Bhattacharya, and Pratima Haldar said – “On the occasion of the 54th death anniversary of Pallikavi, we paid tribute by publishing a memorial”.
Asish Basak