Tirthankar Das Purkayastha

Tirthankar Das Purkayastha (b. 1956) is a Professor of English (retired) at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. He has so far published three books of poetry in Bengali and many scholarly articles in academic journals. His translations of poems by Sunil Gangopadhyay have been published, with the poet’s approval, in South Asian Review and Indian Literature, a Sahitya Akademi journal. He has been regularly publishing poetry in all the leading journals of West Bengal.

April 5, 2024
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

A Sleeping City: Love Letter to Tranquillity

Dr Tirthankar’s poem, exclusively for Different Truths, craves tranquillity, a hushed city, and chosen solitude, shunning restless silence. Let the dews wet the morning trail, Petals drop on the...

February 23, 2024
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

Old-Age Home: Reflection on Aging, Love and Acceptance

Tirthankar’s poem features a young sapling dancing near an ancient tree, symbolising growth, observation, and quiet mentorship across generations, resembling an old man, exclusively for Different Truths. A sapling...

November 25, 2022
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

The Geraniums

A lyrical, bitter-sweet poem by Dr Tirthankar – exclusively for Different Truths. Give her the right of way, the woman gave the geraniums one day more to breathe before...

September 22, 2022
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

Insane Goddess

A poignant poem by Dr Tirthankar transcends from the mundane to the cosmic – exclusively for Different Truths. I spat out a seed, and, behold, there’s a tree, I...

September 12, 2022
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

The Last Bus

An evocative poem by Dr Tirthankar, exclusively for Different Truths. I let you go and heard you say without fuss ‘adieu’. The last bus, dust-covered, panted like a mangy...

July 25, 2022
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

The Tune Vague & Hardly Audible

A poem of longing and desire, by Tirthankar, exclusively for Different Truths. At the farthest end of a shimmering road, vague and hardly audible was a song sung by...

July 14, 2022
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Poem

Words … Unseen

Here’s a poignant poem about remembrances and longing, by Tirthankar, exclusively for Different Truths. Don't say that you chose To leave unsaid And brush aside with a swing of your...

July 21, 2021
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Criticism, Poem, Special Feature

The Music of Dionysus in Adaptation by Soyinka of the Bacchae and Mukta-dhara by Tagore

Tirthankar’s interesting research paper focusses on Soyinka’s adaptation of The Bacchae of Euripides and seeks to reread this play alongside Mukta-dhara (‘Free Current’) by Tagore. The author of the...

May 9, 2021
Tirthankar Das Purkayastha
Science & Technology, Special Feature, Tribute

Tagore and Einstein: Two Kindred Spirits

Tagore’s meetings with Einstein which took place in 1930 and which elicited reactions, both respectful and not-so-respectful, from the scientific community were significant if only because of the opportunity...

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