Shahed is inspired by the works of Jayadeva and Tagore. He is also drawn by the Yeats poem “Wild Swans at Coole”. Sufi poetry stirs him intensely. He frequently listens to the songs of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Kanika Banerjee and Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi.
Selected writings
The incredible thingsThe internet
Beautiful thing
Criminal (Asami)
Jaidev hai hamara
Laxmi and suitable boy
My dream
Where shall we go? (Amra Kothai Jabo ?)
The song of yester years (Harano Diner Gaan)
Summer morning
Dance thoughts
Evolution of the Bengali language