Bangla Music Home Articles Jasimuddins criticism of Abbasuddin
The book is titled Sritir Pot (Canvas of memories) and contains
a few memorable pieces by poet Jasimuddin. The first one amongst
them is titled ‘Abbasuddin,’ and obviously this caught my eye.
Usually when people write their memoirs the reminiscences are
positive, and I was very amused to see a lot of criticism
emerging out of Jasimuddin’s pen. This is the first time that I
had heard anyone criticizing Abbasuddin as I have spent good
forty plus years hearing his praise in every concert and public
gathering, hence the article became very interesting to me. From
my family sources I have heard many stories about the
relationship between Abbasuddin and Jasimuddin. Abbasuddin
hailed from Cooch Bihar of India and he weaved his way to
Kolkata in the early 30s in search of name and fame as a Muslim
singer. Jasimuddin hailed from Faridpur and his debut into the
cultural arena and his claim to fame as a folklorist was much
belated to which he has made frank