সাম্প্ৰতিক অসমীয়া কবিতা সম্পৰ্কে আপোনাৰ ধাৰণা কি?
অসমীয়া কবিতাৰ ইতিহাস অতি পুৰণি।বহু কেইজন স্বনামধন্য কবিয়ে অসমীয়া সাহিত্যৰ ভঁৰাল চহকী কৰিছে। অথচ বহুতো আধুনিক কবিয়ে কঠিন ,বছা বছা শব্দ প্ৰয়োগ কৰি কবিতা লিখিবলৈ চেষ্টা কৰিছে। মই ভাবোঁ ‘আবেগৰ বন্দী কবি নোহে নিয়মৰ’, কবিতাক নিয়মৰ মাজেৰে সৃষ্টি কৰিব নোৱাৰি। কবিতা কবিৰ আবেগৰ স্বতঃস্ফূৰ্ত প্ৰকাশ।
ড০ পৰমানন্দ মহন্ত অসমৰ এগৰাকী বিশিষ্ট লেখক আৰু অসমত বিজ্ঞান জনপ্ৰিয়কৰণ আন্দোলনৰ অন্যতম গুৰি-ধৰোঁতা। তেওঁ ডিব্ৰুগড় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ৰ পদাৰ্থবিজ্ঞানৰ অৱসৰপ্ৰাপ্ত অধ্যাপক।
You are a living poem, yourself a great soul!
What is a poem? A faint echo from the heart,
Travels all three spheres in search of the great soul.
The poet's heart is all agog with an earthly desire.
As an educated person what is your relation with poetry?
Any person who has the sensitivity to understand humanity, compassion and empathy will always be in a higher level of metaphysical plane and the thoughts will resound in a poetry form. That is my relation with poetry. You may be educated but if you don’t have the qualities of a Sufi, or a minstrel poetry will have no meaning to the person. To me poetry is divine.
Why do you read poems if you read poems at all?
We read poems because we find solace and peace in them. When we are dissatisfied with the world in reality we seek peace and happiness in poetry.
What type of poems do you like best?
I like poetry that paints pictures of nature in words which you can visualize. Or even the happiness of a mother who has unconditional love or the world of an innocent child.
What is your opinion on contemporary Assamese poetry?
I think that there is a transitional phase in the language of contemporary Assamese poetry. This is because of the thought processes changing due to the transition in society.
Do you have any suggestion for the poets today?
The poets of today must discuss and review the considerable changes that have taken place in the world of poetry and for better understanding the difficult Assamese words must have a foot note. This will help the poetry readers to understand what the poetry is trying to convey.
Asfia Ahmed is a certified storyteller, voice over artist and script writer based in Gurgaon, Haryana.