# The Party and Other Poems

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- Published: 2019-12-17T01:24:31+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Gouranga P. Chattopadhyay[⌊A sample cover of the book: navy blue coloured handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Party-and-Other-Poems-scaled-1.jpeg)
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Pages:** 128 **Year of Publication:** 2019 **Price:** Rs 300 **ISBN: **978-81-941819-
4-1 (9788194181941)

_**About the Author**_
 Born in 1931, Emeritus Professor Gouranga P. Chattopadhyay
spends his time writing, reading and visiting his sons and their families and Santiniketan
as often as he can. After retiring he has worked as an organizational consultant
with a socio-analytical approach and occasionally he travels to offer workshops 
within India.

He has published seven other collections of verse, all with **Writers Workshop**,
India, between 1983 and 2016. His hobbies include translating Bengali literature
into English, hiking and making walking sticks. He is a yoga _sadhak_ and Karma 
Sannyasin of Bihar School of Yoga with the spiritual name of Tattwaratna bestowed
on him by Paramahamsa Niranjanananda Saraswati.

He married his love Arati in 1954 and they lived together in bliss till 2011 when
she suddenly passed away from cardiac arrest.

_**Teaser**_

_The __Party_

The party went on
 When the moon in shame Hid her face in layers of wet cloud The
rivers danced on shingles Till the water in wounded glory Quietly lay down on the
sleeping earth And the lamps running out of oil One by one fell asleep.

How do you expect me to party with you
 When my one and only true love Got lost 
forever in Hinduja Hospital? With the tears yet to dry I wonder if I even know The
right from the wrong With the coiled snake of lust hidden behind The lid of the 
charmer’s wicker basket Left loosely shut The snake watching for the time to rise
and strike.

Vishnu Sharma’s _Panchatantra_ story of _Varondoiba pakshinah_
 With _ekodara prithak
griba_’s trouble becomes infinitely more When it ceases to be a story to teach brothers
Fighting for an inheritance to desist avarice And descends as an exasperating reality
within a single individual.

[8 PM, 4.8.2015: Madhuwanti, Santiniketan.]

_**Contents**_
 82 poems