Abstract:
Thanks to a bunch of massive movements in the Bangla-speaking region of the Asian
sub-continent, i.e. Bangladesh and the Paschim Bangla of India, modern Bangla literature of
this region has been enriched with resistance poetry. Resistance literature is the literature of
organized resistance movements and national liberation struggles. Very few nations had to fight
for rights and liberation, and have very rich resistance literature. There were several resistance
movements in this region in the last century. The Liberation War of Bangladesh was the biggest
of them and triggered the most remarkable resistance literature, a large number of which is
poetry. This movement was so immense both in magnitude and emotional impact that it has been
motivating new literature till today. Movements namely the Swadeshi Andolon, the Tebhaga
Andolon, the Language Movement and the Movement of the 80’s played no less role in inspiring
poetic resistance. This paper critically reviews the major parts of the entire arena of modern
resistance poetry written in Bangla in the said Bangla-speaking region. The poetry of resistance
that centers the mentioned events has different political and emotional orientations. Poets have
their own beliefs and ideologies that are reflected in their creations very clearly. This paper
accommodates all possible orientations and beliefs.
