Sukanta Bhattacharya was an ephemeral poet of only twenty-one years

Sukanta Bhattacharya was an ephemeral poet of only twenty-one years. His pen gave voice to protest, blood, and the language of dreams against the exploitation and deprivation of society. Inspired by socialist ideology, Sukanta believed that poetry must be the voice of the hungry and neglected people. Battling tuberculosis, he passed away forever at the age of just twenty-one on May 13, 1947, just moments before seeing India's independence. Yet his voice did not stop; to this day, his poetry protests and inspires dreams. On his death anniversary, 'Prantik News' remembers this militant poet.