Kazi Neel

Kazi Sharowar Hussain, also known as Kazi Neel, is a Miya poet, multimedia journalist, and cultural activist from Barpeta, Assam. His work depicts life, culture, marginalisation, displacement, statelessness, and more. Currently, he heads Itamugur Community Media — an alternative media platform to amplify the voices of the marginalised communities of Assam.

Articles by Kazi Neel

Three Poems by Kazi Neel, trans. by Shalim M Hussain

Read three poems by Kazi Neel, written in unnamed dialects from the chars (temporary unstable river-islands) in Assam, India, translated into English by Shalim M Hussain. Their themes range from religious falsities to a woman's hopes to state control, offering glimpses of everyday life and pressures in the region. The poems are presented both in their original script and in English, with an accompanying translator's note.

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