Biswajit Ghosh :
Poet Akshay Kumar Baral, (1860-1919) was born in 1860 at Chorbagan in Kolkata. Apart from a brief stint at Hare School, Kolkata, he had no formal education.
He worked initially as an Accounts Clerk at the Delhi and London Bank. Subsequently, he joined the North-British Life Insurance Company as Accounts Secretary and retired from there.
While still a boy, Akshay Kumar was inspired by his reading of the poems of Biharilal Chakravarty to write poems. Like Rabindranath Tagore, Akshay Kumar, whose poetic themes include nature, love, grief and humanism, was also called a ‘direct spiritual disciple of Biharilal.’
In addition to writing poetry, Akshay Kumar also wrote plays, including Prodip (1884), Kanakanjali (1885), Bhool (1887), Shonkho (1910), Esa (1912) and Chandidas (1917).
He also edited some books such as Rajkrisna Rayer Kobita (1887) and Girindramohini Dasi’s Ashrumala (1887).
Poet Akshay Kumar Baral, (1860-1919) was born in 1860 at Chorbagan in Kolkata. Apart from a brief stint at Hare School, Kolkata, he had no formal education.
He worked initially as an Accounts Clerk at the Delhi and London Bank. Subsequently, he joined the North-British Life Insurance Company as Accounts Secretary and retired from there.
While still a boy, Akshay Kumar was inspired by his reading of the poems of Biharilal Chakravarty to write poems. Like Rabindranath Tagore, Akshay Kumar, whose poetic themes include nature, love, grief and humanism, was also called a ‘direct spiritual disciple of Biharilal.’
In addition to writing poetry, Akshay Kumar also wrote plays, including Prodip (1884), Kanakanjali (1885), Bhool (1887), Shonkho (1910), Esa (1912) and Chandidas (1917).
He also edited some books such as Rajkrisna Rayer Kobita (1887) and Girindramohini Dasi’s Ashrumala (1887).
Source: en.banglapedia.org
