agartala a retired school teacher from tripura has translated for the first time tagores gitanjali into the chakma language using the bengali script the book was released by tripura chief minister manik sarkar in agartala translator timir baran chakma belongs to sabroom located in the southernmost part of the state his work is mainly addressed to tripuras third largest tribal community chakmas are traditionally involved in literary activities and rabindranath tagore is highly regarded by the community for his immense contribution to bengali literature chakma explained he added that there had always been a demand for translations of gitanjali among the chakma people mostly residing in the chittagong hill tracts of bangladesh mizoram arunachal pradesh and assam the state government has also introduced the chakma language in a distinctive original script in 28 primary schools in tripuras chakmadominated areas there are many words loaned from bengali assamese and kokborok in the chakma language so comprehending the translated poems will not be difficult chakma said it is the fruition of a lifelong dream i have been a fan of tagores writings since my school days and always wanted to make his work available to more people now this dream has come true he added