Bangla Desh – A Voice of a New Nation was an anthology of poems published in 1971, when the people of the-then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, was fighting the war of independence against the occupation army of West Pakistan. It was a collection of seventy poems by fifty poets, all translated from Bengali into English by Pritish Nandy. It was stated in the credit page that 'The translator's royalty from the sale of this book will be donated to the Bangla Desh Assistance Fund'. Notably Bangladesh emerged as an independent state on 16 December 1971. The book was published by Dialogue Publications, Calcutta. The cover of the anthology was designed by Dhunji and Anil Sahafor. A photograph taken by Shambhu Saha was used. The price of the book was fixed Taka Fifty or US dollar 3. The printer's line noted as follows : "Published by Sajeda Asad for Publications from 5 Pearl Road, Calcutta 17, India and printed by her at Mudranika, 29/3 Nirmal Chunder Street, Calcutta, Cover printed at Cameo (Pvt) Ltd." It may be noted that 'Bangladesh' (one word) was written as 'Bangla Desh' (two words). List of poets and poems Abdul Ghani Hazari : 21 February, The Heart Of The Sahib Abdul Mannan Sayyad : The Road Abu Bakr Siddique : The Song Of The People Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal : My Truth, This Land Abul Hassan : My Problems Abu Jafar Obaidulla : The Girl Abul Ahsan Choudhury Bangladesh : My Bangladesh, For Tomorrow, Abu Hussain : The Civic Address Ahmad Mansur : A Daily Scene Ahsan Habib ??? Akhter-Ul-Alam The Diary That I Have Misplaced, Al Mahmud : In The Dark One Day, Consolation Al Mujahidi : The Song Of The People Alauddin Al Azaad Continuity, What Remained Anisuzzaman : They Asad Choudhury : I Am A Coward Begum Sufia Kamal : Our Language : The Language Of Bengal ; 8th Falgun Burhanuddin Khan Jahagir : The Clear Route Daud Haidar One Day No One Shall Recognise The Other Dilwar A Fistful Of Sunshine Fazal Shahabuddin : A Poem For A Girl Hasan Hafizur Ranman : The Immortal 21 February, A Face In The Procession Hayat Mahmud : A Daily Scene Humayun Azaad : The Blood Bank Jasimuddin : Song Of The Twentyfirst Kaisul Huq Krishnachura, On A Branch Of Intense Desire, Latifa Hilali : Where The Skies Are Manzure Maula : The Night Of