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Nazrul PPT Initial
Nazrul PPT Initial
Nazrul PPT Initial
Say, Valiant,
Say: High is my head!
Kazi Nazrul Islam An introduction to
the rebel poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam was a poet,
writer, musician and revolutionary.
He was known as Rebel Poet
because of his activism for political
and social justice.
National poet of Bangladesh.
Equally commemorated and
revered in India, especially in West
Bengal and Tripura.
His compositions form the avant-
garde genre of Nazrul
Sangeet (Music of Nazrul).
Nazrul and His early life
Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in the
village of Churulia in the Asansol
subdivision, Burdwan District of
the Bengal Presidency (now
in West Bengal, India) on 24 May
1899.
Nazrul's father Kazi Faqeer
Ahmed was the imam and
caretaker of the local mosque and
mausoleum.
Nazrul's mother was Zahida
Khatun.
Nazrul and His early life
Attracted to folk theatre, Nazrul joined
a leto (travelling theatrical group) after his
fathers death.
Porodeshi Megh
( / Oh Stranger cloud)
Oh Stranger cloud, please go back to where
you came from
words
Oh Stranger cloud
my own temple
is my own body.
he is not far
he stays inside me
me