LAKSHMINDRA KUMAR SARKAR – THE CREATOR OF HIS OWN DESTINY

LAKSHMINDRA KUMAR SARKAR – THE CREATOR OF HIS OWN DESTINY

By Amrit Ghosh ( Freelance Journalist)

-Stand up, behold, be strong, take the whole responsibility on your shoulders and know you are the creator of your own destiny.  All strength and succor you want is within yourself.  Therefore make your own future.”    SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.

“I did not get down to this mission after going through there text of Swami Vivekananda.  Trudging through the forest, hills and crossing numerous rivers and streams  of Bengal andBihar.  I had the opportunity to see the shocking distress poverty, illiteracy and superstation among the tribal people.  The son of the soil are crying for succour instantly.  I decided to do something for these neglected people.  I want to lead them to a kind of life that is brightened with independence, freedom and happiness.  I may not get anybody in the noble endeavour.”  Yet I will march forward keeping in mind Rabindranath Tagore – “If nobody response to your summons move ahead alone.”

CONSCIOUSNESS WAVE AT THE FAR SOUTH OF BANKURA

 Crossing through the newspapers we frequently came to know the unprecedented success of left front government in its 24 years rule.  But monumental failure of the left government are swept under the earpet as no newspaper comes out with the truth.  People are kept in the Dark with all politeness.  I humbly want to drive home a few short coming of left government to chief minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and his cabinet colleagues.

In the 24 years of left front rule ,the benefits of education,  health , electricity, irrigation and road communication, eludes thousands of villages living in hundreds  of villages.  Particularly the negligence of tribal areas are really eye soring.  The nontribals through their maneuvering capacity manage to get their demand fulfilled.  But who can fight for these poverty stricken, illiterate, depressed tribals? Who lend voice for these voiceless people.

Yet not only many nongovernment organizations but a few persons have already been working sincerely for the upliftment of these backward hopeless people setting aside their own career and personal comfort and pleasure.

Lakshmindra Kumar Sarkar one of them who is born (01.04.1956) at Kolkata and brought up in Kolkata.  But the pitiable condition of the tribal people moved him so hard that he repeatedly reached the far flung areas of Rural Bengal and brought to the light the plight of these downtrodden people in different daily newspapers through his lively description and incisive criticism of the government.

Sometimes he had to walk 18 km at a stretch to reach one tribal village to another, swam across river only to reach and collect news about their culture, custom and literature and the eminent personalities among them.  Mr. Sarkar   did not wash his hands off on penning his experience in newspaper.  He has deeply involved himself with the Noble Task of usher in light of Development in tribal society.  Mr. Sarkar joined, the Bengal Daily.  “Aajkaal” in the year 1981 from it very inception.   Earlier he worked under a publication concern (name is Eastern Law House 54 Ganesh Chander Avenue, Kolkata -13).

He had the opportunity to spend a few months at the Law books publications, ‘Dariagunge’ office in Delhi.  During that time he developed a good relation with the Bengali Community of the area.  Basically relinquished the job fulfill his long cherished dream of becoming a journalist.

Finding no job at hard he started visiting the tribal areas of Bankura, Purulia, Sundarban and Chotanagpur district of Bihar.  Being a freelance journalist he wrote a series of report the exploitation of tribal in ‘Aajkaal’ patrika.  No other journalist in the history of journalism did so much for the downtrodden denying on his own personal life.  His parents (Mr. Manindra Kumar Sarkar and Srimati Laksmi Sarkar), and cousin sisters Miss Kabia Barai, Mrs. Dolan Mitra and renowned journalist Mr. G.V. Nair and brother ex-national football player,  Mr.  Bratin Sarkar encouraged him in this noble endeavour.

 Lakshmindra Kumar Sarkar did research work on folklore and life of tribal.  He is 47.  Already four books, i.e.

1.        Santali Bhasha, Lipi O Sahitya Charchar Eatibritta.

2.       Puruliyar Daini Birodhi Andolan.

3.       Swadeshi  Dakat Mohan.

4.       Jiban Nadir Tirey.

These books are authored by Mr. Sarkar from his vast experience has created sensation.  Work on another 18 books on tribal life he completed.  Mr. Sarkar’s other books which are in great demand such as:

1.        Loko Silpa o Silpi.

2.       Niraparad Bandini.

3.       Sisu Niryatan.

4.       Left Front government and Adibasi Samaj