Meherunnesa

Meherunnesa

Meherunnesa was an active member of the Mirpur Action Committee led by Poet Kazi Rozy. Her courage had already alarmed hostile sections of the local Bihari community, but she ignored their threats. Photo: TBS

‘Surjyajyotir Pakhi’: Remembering Meherunnesa, the first martyred female poet of ’71

Poet Meherunnesa was killed in the first hours of 1971’s crackdown, before she could turn 30. But 54 years on, her poems still burn with undimmed force.