QUOTE : What was the name of that editor of Janata? 1961:<br />On the front page, he wrote: “Won’t last, won’t last!”<br />Him? Maybe he is called Mogambo.<br />Then 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966<br />Who was that short man, wrote in the daily literary supplement<br />“That? How long will that last? Won’t last.”<br />What was his name? That man, at the Esplanade book stall<br />Can’t remember? Where did he go, that man?<br />In a famous little magazine he wrote—<br />Him? Maybe he is called Dr Dang<br />Then 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972<br />Can’t recall? Thick glasses, a swift stride—<br />Him? Maybe he is called Gabbar Singh<br />Why can’t you remember the names their fathers gave them?<br />Forgotten in just 50 years? Where did they go?<br />And that fellow who wore loose trousers and a bush shirt<br />And wrote so many times: “Won’t last, won’t last.”<br />Then 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979,<br />1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985,<br />1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,<br />1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,<br />2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,<br />2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014<br />What? Can’t remember yet? What a strange fellow you are!<br />So many writers, editors, poets repeatedly<br />Wrote: “Won’t last, won’t last, won’t last too long<br />People will forget soon.” And yet you struggle<br />To recall their names? Then let it be!<br />Let Mogambo, Dr Dang and Gabbar Singh<br />Be their names in the history of Bengalis.