Kabir Suman (Bengali: কবীর সুমন, née Suman Chatyapadhyay; born 16 March 1949) is a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, musician, poet, journalist, political activist, TV presenter, and occasional actor. Since May 2009, he is a member of parliament of India in the 15th Lok Sabha, having been elected from the Jadavpur constituency in Kolkata on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket.
He changed his name from Suman Chattopadhyay to 'Kabir Suman' (Bengali: কবীর সুমন) when he converted to Islam. He shot to fame in the 1990s with albums such as Tomake Chai (Bengali: তোমাকে চাই I Want You) and Boshe Anko (Bengali: বসে আঁকো Sit-and-Draw).
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“When a sparrow sips in the river, the water doesn’t recede. Giving charity does not deplete wealth. Saint Kabir says so.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.