Tagore's Bhasha o Chhanda is a masterpiece. Buddhadev uses it 'out of context'. In this beautiful poem Tagore differentiates 'Truth from Fact'. Ram is the truth according to Tagore, the tid bits of Ramayana whether fact or not is not important. Tagore in this poem beautifully brings out the birth of 'shloka' from the words of Valmiki, when suddenly broken from his medititation he sees a pair of doves pierced by the arrow of a hunter, writhing n pain. Unable to bear the pain of the birds Valmiki lets out verses which coming from Shok (grief) gives birth to the first verse known in language. Its a shame that Buddhadev a communist and bereft of the beauty of his own heritage and language uses Tagore to make is insidious remark.
