Sk. Kamarul Islam, a Postgraduate in Telecom Technology, is currently working as a Locomotive Pilot for Indian Railways. His short stories, articles and poems have been published in magazines, websites and newspapers. He edited the weekly magazine 'Uswa Express' for several years. English booklets, 'Unique Model', 'Desire', and 'Mistakes', were released in 2012. His Bengali poetry collections are 'Jora Bandil (Twin Bundles) , 'Probesh Pratikkha' (Entry Awaiting) , and Disha (The Direction) . Collection of English poetry, 'On and Off Track' was published in 2024. Being involved in active social service, the sufferings of marginalized people left a direct impression in his writings.
It was not early in the morning,
Didn't turn off the headlights even then,
All night long, piloting the freight train,
Both crews are on the verge of strain.
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