Raja Chakraborty, born in Kolkata, is a bilingual poet, a gifted artist and bureaucrat, crafting seven English and nine Bengali poetry collections. His works grace magazines, anthologies, and e-zines. In the West Bengal Excise Department, he combats drug abuse and oversees liquor shop licensing under the Bengal Excise Act 2012, curbing illegal trade. Balancing literary passion with public service, Chakraborty’s contributions enrich West Bengal’s cultural and administrative spheres, showcasing his dedication to poetry and societal welfare.
Raja explores the evolution of memory from mahogany trunks to digital clouds in this poignant poem for DifferentTruths.com. Like it or not, it’s trueJust like the cold you catch...
Raja explores a turbulent river at night on DifferentTruths.com, where a lone ship carries dreams through the dark, seeking tomorrow’s light. A dark deluge descendingEngulfed the last remnants of...
In this evocative poem featured on DifferentTruths.com, Raja captures the gritty, nostalgic essence of a weary night bus journey. The night bus shruggedAs the key hit the ignitionA rickety...
Raja’s poem for Different Truths urges abandoning rulebooks for love’s wordless symphony. Surrender to its wild, natural rhythm and find profound peace in the splurge. you tell mei’m not...
Raja’s haunting poetic exploration of unrequited connection, where whispered conversations dissolve into the changing seasons of a fading memory, for Different Truths. The day you opened the windowAnd looked...
Raja’s poem uncovers the gritty reality of ragpickers, bridging the gap between their silent struggles and our shared humanity, for Different Truths. Ragpickers come with sundry morningsBent over under...
Discover hope amidst grief in this vivid, emotional poem by Raja. Happiness shines through, transforming darkness into radiant light, exclusively for Different Truths. He looked upAnd saw the underbelly...
Raja narrates about a prince who entered the night, emerged at dawn, and became Buddha under a tree, leaving silence and eternal light, exclusively for Different Truths. The night...
An evocative poem by Raja is about a crow that raises her chicks equally, overcoming instinct and love, exclusively for Different Truths. At five o'clock in the morning, a...
This whimsical, fun poem by Raja paints a vivid picture of a peculiar, crooked world inhabited by a quirky couple, exclusively for Different Truths. In a crooked lane Inside...
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