National Consciousness In The Poetry Of Jyotiprasad Agarwala And Haribhakta Katuwal

Abstract

Introduction:

Jyotiprasad Agarwala is one of the poets and litterateurs who have taken forward their literary careers with patriotism and national consciousness as the theme in the world of Assamese literature. The spirit of liberation is strongly blown away in the writings of Jyotiprasad Agarwala(1903-1951). The Indian society that he enjoyed was a subjugated society, which was only ruled and exploited by the British government. Therefore, he devoted his entire work to the liberation of Mother Assam and Mother India. If we look at the poems in which his nationalist thoughts are strongly blown out– ‘KanchanjunghaBuranji’, ‘LachitorAahban’, ‘JayamatirAatmarUkti’, ‘Kanaklata’, ‘GanworJiyori’, ‘AxomiyaDekarUkti’, ‘AxomiyaSuwalirUkti’, ‘Na-Jowan-E-Hind’, ‘AxomorNabeenJowanXangkalpa’, ‘BhantiyarorDukh’, ‘JyotiShangkha’, ‘PuhororGobon’, ‘Eta MatuwalBonuwa’, ‘Eta PogolaKhetiyak’, ‘JanatarAahban’, ‘XawodhanXawodhan’, etc.

Just as Jyotiprasad's poetry and compositions in Assamese literature brought national consciousness in the same way, that consciousness can also be seen in the literary works of HaribhaktaKatuwal in his contemporary Nepali literature. Born with a short life expectancy like Jyotiprasad Agarwala, Haribhakta Katuwal (1935-1980) is also known for his nationalist thoughts. A total of his 30 poems and 40 songs have been published. ‘JouJindagiKhouJindagi’ (portry) was published in 1972 and ‘BadnamMera EAakhaharu’ in 1989. Apart from this, ‘Sanjhana’, ‘Bhitti Manse BolloKhojja’ and ‘Xudha’ (narrative poetry) are notable works. Haribhakta Katuwal's poetry created a stir after 1970s. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss how the  spirit of nationalism has blossomed in his poetry.