Dhanshiri River

Dhanshiri River
Dhanshiri River
	Location of mouth
Location
Country	Bangladesh
District	Jhalokati District

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Dhanshiri is a river in the Jhalokati District of Bangladesh. It is narrower than it once was.^[1]

Significance[]

Local lore has it that poet Jibanananda Das had a maternal uncle in Bamankathi village(in today's Rajapur Upazila), and during his childhood visits there, he fell in love with the natural beauty of the Dhanshiri River.^[2] He wrote of it poignantly in his poem "Ābāra āsiba phirē" (I will come back again):

I will come back again to Bengal, to this Dhansiri riverside
Maybe not as a man — but a shalik, or white-crest kite;
Or a dawn crow maybe, new-rice-time, in misty flight
To this jackfruit-tree-shade one Kartik day will glide.^[3]

References[]

^ Amin, Aasha Mehreen (4 June 2004). "Capturing Natural Treasures". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
^ Eagle, Andrew (28 February 2014). "Questions for a Lone Bird Called Das". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
^ Doshi, Tishani (6 July 2003). "Literary Review: The loneliest poet". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016. Doshi reviews Joe Winter's translation of Jibanananda Das, including his poem "আবার আসিব ফিরে" ("I will come back again").

Coordinates: 22°35′37″N 90°09′52″E / 22.5935°N 90.1645°E / 22.5935; 90.1645

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[1] Amin, Aasha Mehreen (4 June 2004). "Capturing Natural Treasures". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 May 2008.

[2] Eagle, Andrew (28 February 2014). "Questions for a Lone Bird Called Das". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

[3] Doshi, Tishani (6 July 2003). "Literary Review: The loneliest poet". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016. Doshi reviews Joe Winter's translation of Jibanananda Das, including his poem "আবার আসিব ফিরে" ("I will come back again").

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