Anurupa Biswas...the living legend

Anurupa Biswas, the famous litterateur of Assam, took a little time to understand that it is difficult for a woman to aspire for the litterateur tag. She started writing while the nation was still reeling under British rule and being constantly encouraged by her husband, her first book could be published only in 1962.  

 Most of her poems deal with changing aspects of life ,starting right from Indian freedom struggle in “Bidroher Deshe” to struggle for language recognition in “19^th May Ayushmaan Ho” to her most recent book on women “Barak Upotyokar Nari Jagaraner Kotha”. She thus considers herself as the “Daughter of Time”.  And although recognition of her work came late, it did come in the form of literary pension of which she is the only recipient from the entire North East region which she received without even applying for it.

 In the year 1946 she wrote her first manuscript and it was not published as raising voice for women was impossible that time. During  the 60’s she got married ,and despite family responsibility, she wrote another manuscript “Jeebon Tomar Sheeyore”.  But it was a difficult time both family and finance wise but after great struggle came her first published book named “Kichu Kichu Briksha Ache Bole”.

 She was always confident not to deny her the right to write as a woman and for women despite living with constraints. In the year 1980 when the state of Assam became strife torn,she wrote “Bideshi  Bitaron”. Later she wrote songs, stories also. Some of her famous poems are “Trishnar ????” , “Kay Tor Bor” , “Chora Dilam Chorea” and many such poems.