6.
One of his personal favourites was Gharer mangal shankha nahe tor tare, which begins:
"Auspicious conches, friend, never shall announce
Thy home-coming, nor the tender candle-light
Welcome thee ever at night."
His dearest friend Dilip reflects:
"In the context of his subsequent lonely death in a foreign land with the name of the Motherland on his lips, his early love for these memorable lines becomes infinitely more significant."
