Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' Comments

His poem Saroj Smriti is one of the greatest, showing his emotions and sentiments for his daughter. Nirala is also credited with bringing in free verse in the modern Hindi prose. I am happy that Nirala is chosen today as The Poet Of The Day. I do HOPE that his family will read this from us.

Last but not least (you can read these all in his BIO) His multifaceted genius, which ushered in a new style of poetry, acquired him a pseudonym, Nirala (unique) .

All this must have played a role in making him a victim of Schizophrenia in his later life. He wrote strongly against social injustice and exploitation in the society. A Great Poet of West Bengal, a great Poet of India.

Since he was more or less a rebel, both in form and content, acceptance did not come easily. What he got in plenty was ridicule and derision.

Congratulations to the family of the late genius poet being chosen by Poem Hunter and Editors as The Poet Of The Day!

In time, through his natural intelligence and acquired knowledge, he became an authority on various languages - Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Hindi.

Very informative. Helps Hindi literature students. I am benefitted.