O Amar Desher Mati Explained

O Amar Desher Mati
Type:song
Artist:Rabindranath Tagore
Language:Bengali
Written:1905
Genre:Rabindra Sangeet
Composer:Rabindranath Tagore

"O Amar Desher Mati" (Bengali: ও আমার দেশের মাটি) is a Bengali patriotic song written by Rabindranath Tagore.[1] [2] It was written against the Partition of Bengal in 1905.[3] [4] [5] Indira Debi Chowdhurani provided the notation of the song. This song belongs to the "Shawdesh" (patriotic) group of Rabindra Sangeet. It was composed in Pilu-Baul Raga and Dadra Taal.[6]

Legacy

Bengali revolutionary Krishnagopal Chowdhury sang this song on his way to death sentence given by the British Raj on charges of sedition in 1934.[7] The song inspired the Bengali fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[8] The song was used in the Bengali film Ora Egaro Jon directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam.

Synopsis

The song recounts the narrative of the motherland's role as a nurturing entity towards her people, as well as the lamentable realization of their failure to reciprocate in kind.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Song o amar desher mati Lyric and History. www.geetabitan.com. 2020-04-18.
  2. Web site: রবীন্দ্রনাথের সঙ্গীত ও কবিতায় স্বদেশপ্রেম. www.bhorerkagoj.com. bn. 2020-05-12. 2019-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190913072714/http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2014/09/19/135.php. dead.
  3. Book: Sen, Krishna . 2017 . 1910 and the Evolution of Rabindranath Tagore’s Vernacular Nationalism . Tuteja . K. L. . Chakraborty . Kaustav . Tagore and Nationalism . Springer . 42 . 9788132236962.
  4. Book: Contesting Colonialism: Partition and Swadeshi Re-visited. Sengupta. Tapati. Roy. Shreela. 69. 2007. Macmillan India. 9781403931986. May 6, 2020. Google Books.
  5. Book: Silva, Neluka. The Gendered Nation: Contemporary Writings from South Asia. 139. April 14, 2004. SAGE Publications India. 9788132103172. May 6, 2020. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Rabindranath Tagore - Songs - স্বদেশ - ও আমার দেশের (o amar desher mati) . 2023-03-10 . www.tagoreweb.in.
  7. Web site: জনকণ্ঠ . দৈনিক . বিপ্লবীর রিভলবার . 2023-03-10 . দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ Daily Janakantha . en.
  8. Web site: Ahsan . Syed Badrul . 2013-12-01 . 1971 and the songs we sang . 2023-03-10 . The Daily Star . en.