Courtesy: The Sentinel By Champalal Sinha In the world of present Bishnupriya Manipuri literature, the man who first makes his imprint on our minds and reflects his image in our eyes, and the name that comes first while discussing the literature of the community is poet Brojendra Kumar Sinha. His fault-finders will, however, have a different view. His is a life totally devoted to poetry, and this is his first identity. It’s poet Brojendra Kumar Sinha who first introduced structural aspect, subject matter, mode of expression, appeal, soul (core), rhetoric and the like in a conscious way in Bishnupriya Manipuri literature in order to put it on a par with developed literatures in the world. And he has been successful in his relentless efforts towards that end. His poems have been translated and published in English, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Kokborok, Manipuri, Urdu and other languages, and received with applause. Talking straight, he is the architect of modern Bishnupriya Manipuri poe...
It mostly depends on parents. If they are enjoying a village life mixing with village people, they can name their baby (male) as dongo, hunadan, chouhatpa, and in case of female (surjyamukhi, kalyani etc).
ReplyDeleteIF they are living in town area and maintaining higher standard of life -- they may call their child as Bishnu, Jishnu, Joy, Tom, Raj, Runu, Preet etc. (female)--Sheesha, Sneha, Aisha, Riya, Minu, etc