Fading light by Abin Roychoudhury

Within a moment, many moments light up.
A yellow song keeps trembling on the lips.
That girl in the distance is talking with the sunlight.
A black cat leaps into the deep water.
For no reason, tea falls from the cup.
In the balcony of a wedding house, a candle burns all alone…
Leaning against a tree,
an afternoon that was awake whole night has fallen asleep…

Brief Biography

Abin Roychoudhury (born 2 September 1987, Mangalkote, West Bengal, India) is a prominent Bengali poet, essayist, lyricist, and literary figure. His literary journey began in childhood. His debut poetry collection, Itipurbe Bolini, published by Ananda Publishers, one of India’s leading publishing houses, brought him significant recognition in the Bengali literary world. His other notable poetry collections include Golap Nirapekkha Noy and Bibarna Cycle. After leaving his teaching profession, he devoted himself entirely to literature.

His popular song “Naram Shabdo Chhuye Dao” is available on major music platforms. He has presented essays on All India Radio and has participated in important literary events including the Krittibas Poetry Festival and the India–Bangladesh Poetry Festival.

His poems have been published in many significant literary journals of India and Bangladesh. Alongside this, his poetry has appeared in several internationally recognized literary journals and platforms. These include Spain’s Revista Innombrable (where Spanish translations of his Bengali poems were published), Belgium’s Atunis Galaxy Poetry (where Turkish translations of his poems were published), World Inkers (published from the USA and Senegal), Australia’s Bold Monkey Review, Albania’s Gazeta Destinacioni, Pakistan’s Sindh Courier, West Bengal’s Desh magazine, and Bharat Bichitra, published by the High Commission of India in Bangladesh.

The Philippines-based Artista De Colores honored him as a Featured Artist and published a detailed presentation of his literary works, profile, and photograph. In September 2026, the Philippine literary platform Zezabek Quotes and Poem awarded him the Literary Walk of Fame Award (Certificate of Achievement) in recognition of his contribution to literature, history, and culture. The honor was presented by the platform’s founder, Zezabek MarkMark, and is associated with VALJ’s Love Tandem Group and Zezabek Bibliomania of Literature Group.

Australia’s Multicultural Press published an extensive discussion on his literary works along with his biography and three English translations of his poems. Iraq’s Almanar Cultural Journal also published his poems along with his biography and photograph.

Many of his works have already been selected by international literary journals and are scheduled for publication in the coming days.

India’s leading daily newspaper Anandabazar Patrika has published multiple photo-feature reports on his literary works, books, and awards. He has received the Mallika Sengupta Smriti Puraskar for his contribution to literature.

He has also contributed to the field of translation. He translated an English poem by Turkish poet Serkan Engin into Bengali, which was published on the international poetry platform AllPoetry. He is associated with the renowned Bengali literary magazine ‘Prithibi Ekti Gramer Naam’.

Currently, he resides in Panuhat, a village near Katwa in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal.

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