Silent Watermark : A Deep Reading of Moly Barua’s Poetry
Krishnakanta Chakrabarty
Although Nishshobdo Jolchhobi (Silent Watermark) is poet Moly Barua’s second collection of poems, its depth, maturity, and emotional expanse are striking. Each line carries the voice of personal anguish, while also evoking collective memory, a deep love for nature, social consciousness, and a quest for the soul.
This book feels like a gentle conversation with the soul—a kind of quiet but profound yearning. Poems like Mati Amar Ma (The Earth is My Mother), Jene Niyo (Know This), Osamprodayikota (Secularism), and Purbo Purushrao E Pothe Heteychhilo (Our Ancestors Walked This Path Too) are not just literary works—they become responses to the times and society. On the other hand, poems like Tomar Namey (In Your Name), Prematal (Rhythms of Love), Tarabhora Raat ...