Bangla Desh - A Voice of a New Nation

Bangla Desh - A Voice of a New Nation was an anthology of poems published in 1971, when the people of the-then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, was fighting the war of independence against the occupation army of West Pakistan. It was a collection of seventy poems by fifty poets, all translated from Bengali into English by Pritish Nandy. It was stated in the credit page that 'The translator's royalty from the sale of this book will be donated to the Bangla Desh Assistance Fund'. Notably Bangladesh emerged as an independent state on 16 December of 1971.

The book was published by Dialogue Publications, Calcutta. The cover of the anthology was designed by Dhunji and Anil Sahafor. A photograph taken by Shambhu Saha was used. The price of the book was fixed Taka Fifty or US dollar 3. The printer’s line noted as follows : "Published by Sajeda Asad for Dilogue Publications from 5 Pearl Road, Calcutta 17, India and printed by her at Mudranika, 29/3 Nirmal Chunder Street, Calcutta, Cover printed at Cameo (Pvt) Ltd." It may be noted that 'Bangladesh' (one word) was written as 'Bangla Desh' (two words).

List Poets and Poems

* Abdul Ghani Hazari : 21st February, The Heart Of The Sahib
* Abdul Mannan Sayyad : The Road
* Abu Bakr Siddique : The Song Of The People
* Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal : My Truth, This Land
* Abul Hassan : My Problems
* Abu Jafar Obaidulla : The Girl
* Abul Ahsan Choudhury Bangladesh : My Bangladesh, For Tomorrow,
* Abu Hussain : The Civic Address
* Ahmad Mansur : A Daily Scene
* Ahsan Habib ???
* Akhter-Ul-Alam The Diary That I Have Misplaced,
* Al Mahmud : In The Dark One Day, Consolation
* Al Mujahidi : The Song Of The People
* Alauddin Al Azaad Continuity, What Remained
* Anisuzzaman : They
* Asad Choudhury : I Am A Coward
* Begum Sufia Kamal : Our Language : The Language Of Bengal ; 8th Falgun
* Burhanuddin Khan Jahagir : The Clear Route
* Daud Haidar One Day No One Shall Recognise The Other
* Dilwar A Fistful Of Sunshine
* Fazal Shahabuddin : A Poem For A Girl
* Hasan Hafizur Ranman : The Immortal 21st February, A Face In The Procession
* Hayat Mahmud : A Daily Scene
* Humayun Azaad : The Blood Bank
* Jasimuddin : Song Of The Twentyfirst
* Kaisul Huq Krishnachura, On A Branch Of Intense Desire,
* Latifa Hilali : Where The Skies Are
* Manzure Maula : The Night Of Prayer
* Maqid Haidar : I Shall Go
* Mashukur Rahman Choudhury : A Poem
* Mohammad Moniruzzaman : Transient Beauty, The Love Letter,
* Muhammad Sahed Ali : The Bleeding Rose
* Motiyul Islam : Daughter Of The Soil
* Motiyur Rahman : Announcing Myself
* Murshed Shafiul Hasan : In My Mother’s Eyes
* Nazim Mahmud : Not Peace - Struggle
* Nirmalendu Goon : My Role
* Niyamat Hussain : Rabindranath Tagore,
* Omar Ali : One Day A Man, The Lonely Man, The Boulder and My Love,
* Rafiq Azaad : The Poet
* Saleh Ahmad : I Know The Mountain And The Sea,
* Sanaul Huq : This Is The Peace We Have Shared, Victory Is Mine, If You Had The Wings Of A Butterfly
* Shahadat Hussain Bulbul : Why Does The Sun Weep?
* Shaheed Quadri : Beloved, At Each Other, and Illusion
* Shaheedulla Qaisar : To The Mother Of A Martyr
* Shamsur Rahman : A Silver Shower, Prejudice, To The Lord, The Flame, Pain and Death Anniversary
* Sikandar Abu Jafar : I Watch The People, This Struggle Shall Go On
* Syed Ali Ahsan : A Poem, and Suddenly Surprised
* Syed Shamsul Huq : Mother, and Two People
* Zia Haidar : Rabindranath Tagore.