Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy, Author at Different Truths

Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy

Sonjoy Dutta-Roy, Professor, Department of English, University of Allahabad, has published three volumes of Poetry. The Absent Words was published by Writers Workshop Kolkata in 1998, followed by Into Grander Space again from Writers Workshop in 2005, followed by Diary Poems and Story Tellers Rhymes by Author House Bloomington, USA in 2012. He is involved with Theatre and has Directed several plays and acted in many including Karnad's Hayavadana, Elkunchwar's Autobiography, Mohan Rakesh's One Day in Aashad and Aadhe Adhure, Tagore's Dak Ghar and Dattani's Tara, among many others.

August 6, 2024
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Two Songs: A Tribute to Tagore

Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-RoySonjoy Dutta-Roy, Professor, Department of English, University of Allahabad, has published three volumes of Poetry. The Absent Words was published by Writers Workshop Kolkata in 1998, followed...

July 5, 2021
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Poem

Spring: Season of Love

Inspired by two Bengali songs, Prof. Sonjoy transcreates the romance of Spring, exclusively for Different Truths. To the lilt of the flute To the beat of the Mridanga Comes the...

June 25, 2021
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Poem

The Bee’s Song

As an homage to the singer Baul Shah Abdul Karim, Prof. Sonjoy transcreates a baul song from Bengali into English. An exclusive for Different Truths. Without you I cannot...

September 2, 2020
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Governance

Song on a Folk Lilt – IV

Prof Sonjoy’s in his fourth and concluding part continues with his legacy of Bengal’s folk music. An exclusive for Different Truths. You areNo more the youThat I knew Your...

August 26, 2020
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Literature, Poem

Another Ebbtide Song – III

Here’s a third part of the folk songs of Bengal, by Prof Sonjoy, exclusively for Different Truths. O you have kept me long afloatO you have flooded my frail...