Serving it right with poetry

Kanchan Siddiqui BANKURA, 21 APRIL 2010: Dr Rajat Kanti Singha Chowdhury seems to have been doubly blessed. A descendant of the Bhelaidiha royal family in Bankura the youth attends to hundreds of patients at the ESI Corporation’s hospital on one hand and composes poetry tirelessly, round the year. His patients too are all praise for him. They cannot stop raving about his gentle healing manner and the politeness with which he enquires about their health. It is because of him that their days in the hospital ward is brightened.He speaks in mild voice that sets him apart from other physicians.But thats not all. Apart from a healing touch, the doctor also boasts of a creative side. He is the poet of Fera ~ his first composition published in January 2009 which was very much the brainchild of his wife Mrs Mousumi Singha Chowdhury. Mrs Chowdhury is a student of literature and has translated a few of her husband’s compositions into Hindi. She said: “His poetry shares mystic bond with nature and talks about the Bankura rivers, forests and barren land stretched across hundreds of acres.” "Jekhane Medinipur Dhalu hoye neme ase Kansai er buke, Moram medur math molayem hoye ase godhuli alote," is a stanza of the title composition ~ Fera.He describes the land that is now a Maoist-infested area and has witnessed numerous gunbattles between the ultras and the combat forces for a few years. Dr Chowdhury, however, has been keen in depicting the natural beauty of the Bankura terrains. He said: “I got inspiration from my parents and grandparents who used to taught me how to choose proper words to describe one's true emotion.” Dr Chowdhury has been awarded with Bijoy Padak for his contributions in the field of literature. His poems have been published by eminent magazines such as Anustup, Desh, Krittibas, Kaladhwani, Kobita Protimase and The Sunday Statesman. “His readers find him to be a sensitive poet,” said Mr Rupak das, secretary, Bangla Bhasa Chetana Samity.