Poet Borkar

Poet Borkar

Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar (1910 - 1984) was a poet from Goa.

Bā Bha Borkar, also known as Baki-baab, started writing poems at an early age. Vi Sa Khandekar was an early champion of Borkar's verse. Borkar joined Goa's fight for freedom in 1950s, and moved to Pune, where he worked for radio in 1950s. Most of his literature is written in Marathi, though his Konkani output is also numerous. He excelled as a prose writer as well. Borkar believed that 'woman' is the most beautiful thing in the world and some of his more famous poems are based on this belief: 'sariivar sarii aalyaa ga' or 'tav nayanaanche dal halale ga'. The refrain of 'ga' in these poems drew a quip from his friend Pu La Deshpande that Borkar was afflicted by 'ga-chii baadhaa'.

His long poems Mahatmayan (unfinished poem dedicated to Gandhi) and TamaHstotra (upon the possibility of blindness due to diabetes and old age) are famous.

After Borkar's death, Pu La Deshpande and his wife Sunitabai performed public readings of Borkar's poetry.

References

* http://www.geocities.com/drvdk/VDK/Borkar.htm

External links

* http://www.kusumagraj.org (Marathi website)


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