Ranjit Sinha Roy




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Ranjit Sinha Roy grew up in a small town, participating in everyday events and closely relating to people. His greatest childhood influence was his grandfather with revolutionary ideas, much ahead of his times. Observing people and surroundings became a habit with Ranjit which blossomed with his maturity and found expression in the written word. During his college days, his work was published in many leading literary publications. Later, his job took him to different parts of Europe and Russia. The influence of these travels is found in some of his work. Ranjit’s short stories and poems have been published on literary magazines and online publications like Taj Mahal Review, Leaves and NDTV Writing Corner. He now looks forward to publishing his collection of short stories.

RANJIT'S LITERARY INFLUENCES

ALL WRITINGS OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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FATHERS AND SONS by Ivan Turgenev

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STORIES BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT

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MADAME BOVARY by Gustav Flaubert

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A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE by Somerset Maugham

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THE WAYWARD BUS by John Steinbeck

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SELECTED POEMS

by
Ranjit Sinha Roy






A SILENT NIGHT

I wake up in silent night
dark around and all asleep.
A dog barking in the lane
know not why,
may be a lone man returning home late
or a beggar curled up on pavement
or a cat on the wall
or a ghost in the dark.
It barks and barks and I listen lying sleepless.
Far away a train speeds through the dark night
wheels rumbling and faint whistle floats through the dark
it goes far and far to a distant land
then it is silent again.
I see the rectangle of a starlit sky through the window
Branches gently waving in the breeze
And then I see you there
your serene oval face and rosy cheeks framed in the window
smiling soft pink moist lips
silently you watch me in the dark night till I go to sleep again.


© Ranjit Sinha Roy
Reproduced with permission



DUSK TO DAWN

If you are the dawn,
I am the dusk.
You are in morning glory,
I am in twilight zone.
You have flowering buds,
I have falling petals.
You have dreams,
I have memories.
You have promises,
I have failures.
You wait for a bright day,
I wait for the endless dark night.
You are half the world away,
and I can never reach you.
I call you from far and far
But you cannot hear me.

You look at the blue sky,
at green grass with glistening dew drops,
and budding flowers,
and quiet flowing rivers,
and mountains with snow white peaks
You listen to morning birds, singing welcome songs to the rising sun, the coming day, the happy moments.
You have no time for the Dusk, who completed the day, and soon shall enter the dark night vanishing in space, disappear forever.

You cannot hear me, who am miles away.
You wait for the coming bright day, with promises for a beautiful and pleasant time.


© Ranjit Sinha Roy
Reproduced with permission



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