Poems as data, and what a Bangla kobita API should offer:
1. Poems with poet, theme, and mood tags. "Give me a sad Nazrul poem" should be one query, not a weekend of scraping. 2. Clean Unicode Bangla text. Broken conjuncts are the number one bug in every kobita app ever shipped. 3. Recitation audio URLs alongside text. Poetry is sound as much as script; serve both. 4. Favorites and collections endpoints, so apps can sync a user's anthology across devices. 5. Generous free tier. Poetry APIs should be as open as the poems are old. 6. Search in Roman script too. Half the diaspora types "keu kotha rakheni" in Latin letters. Sources: Banglapedia Use cases: poem-a-day bots, WhatsApp share services, recitation apps, classroom tools, lock screen widgets. Tagore died in 1941 and Nazrul's works are heritage: the canon is waiting for developers to carry it forward, one endpoint at a time.