Legendary song by Salil Chowdhury: https://youtu.be/BSrEjJCpZOQ শুধু তোমারই জন্যে সুর, তাল আর গান বেঁধেছিTune, rhythm and song, I have composed only for you এর আর কোনো নেই প্রয়োজনThey have no other use তুমি হাসবে, ভালোবাসবেYou will laugh, you will love তাই আমার এ ভুবনে রঙের-রসের এত আয়োজনThat’s why in my world, I prepare so manyContinue reading “Translation: শুধু তোমারই জন্যে সুর”
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Translation: আজ সৃষ্টি সুখের উল্লাসে
The revolutionary poet Nazrul was in prison for sedition from the British Empire when he wrote this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ecGak_Y9I Not long after, he really did go mad. আজ সৃষ্টি সুখের উল্লাসে–Today, in the joy of creation মোর মুখ হাসে মোর চোখ হাসে মোর টগবগিয়ে খুন হাসেMy face laughs, my eye laughs, my boiling blood laughs আজContinue reading “Translation: আজ সৃষ্টি সুখের উল্লাসে”
Free Rider Problem vs. the goal of socialism
Leftists shouldn’t try to ban competition altogether. The problem with capitalism is that the profit motive leads to dynamics like the business cycles: As a result, when a capitalist economy doesn’t grow, it keeps shrinking. No stable state is possible. So far, capitalist growth has been fueled by incorporating new markets like new technology andContinue reading “Free Rider Problem vs. the goal of socialism”
Translation: অলির কথা শুনে
A song by legendary artist Gauriprasanna Mazumder: https://youtu.be/spG7GVC37vU অলির কথা শুনে বকুল হাসেThe medlar laughs hearing the bee কই তাহার মতোWhy, like them, তুমি আমার কথা শুনে হাসনাতোdon’t you laugh listening to me? ধরার ধূলিতে যে ফাগুন আসেWinter comes to the world’s dust কই তাহার মতোWhy, like them, তুমি আমার কাছে কভু আসনাতো।।don’t you everContinue reading “Translation: অলির কথা শুনে”
Translation: আমার এই পথ-চাওয়াতেই আনন্দ
A song from the Gitanjali: https://youtu.be/_wpZPz8pycI আমার এই পথ-চাওয়াতেই আনন্দ।Just watching the road makes me happy. খেলে যায় রৌদ্র ছায়া, বর্ষা আসে বসন্ত ॥Sunlight and shadow play along, monsoon comes, spring. কারা এই সমুখ দিয়ে আসে যায় খবর নিয়ে,People in front of me come and go carrying news. খুশি রই আপন মনে– বাতাস বহে সুমন্দContinue reading “Translation: আমার এই পথ-চাওয়াতেই আনন্দ”
Disagreement with ideas that pass for common sense, Part 1
Re: https://youtu.be/HmCvw-TJyb0 By opposing socialism, religion prevents the creation of a society that feels meaningful.
Translations from Bengali
I occasionally post translations from Bengali with linguistic glosses in this thread: https://verduria.org/viewtopic.php?t=1695
What is to be done?
Update: An incomplete elaboration of this system: https://snapshotsofthelabyrinth.photo.blog/2026/03/21/materialist-economics-part-3-accountable-planning/ https://snapshotsofthelabyrinth.photo.blog/2026/03/21/materialist-economics-part-4-objections-and-responses/ The removal mechanics are misleading as written. First America backs the Islamists. When the Islamists come to power, America says they’re violating human rights. Then America use that as a justification to buy weapons. This is how they create jobs. Why can’t we create jobs byContinue reading “What is to be done?”
Doubts
Santanu loved the mountains. Though he would never have admitted it, the sight of mist climbing a hillside offered an innocent substitute for his own failed aspirations. He worked a dead end job he didn’t believe in. But one day, it paid off being yelled at by his boss and even being called in forContinue reading “Doubts”
Populism is the Opposite of Democracy
In recent times, it has become fashionable to accuse anti-populists of being anti-democratic. I will argue that this position crumbles under scrutiny. Argument: Democracy is obeying the will of the people. This presupposes that the people have a consistent will, which is not the case: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/economics/#CollRatiSociChoi As there is no collective will, democracy can onlyContinue reading “Populism is the Opposite of Democracy”
Snapshots of the Labyrinth 