Mohammad Daniul Huq :Principal Ibrahim Khan (b. 1st September 1894-d. 29 March 1978) educationist and writer, was born in a...
Mohammad Mozammel Huq, born in 1860, was one of the greatest poets in Bengal. He was also a journalist by...
A kind of good-bye Theodore Spencer I met an old man near a darkened house, And he looked in my eyes and spoke of that house, Said the girl with flame in her voice, in her hair. “What did he say to you standing there? What did he say to you, darling, darling?” He said that the house was my own house; Said the girl with flame in her eyes, in her hair; That’s what he said to me standing there; That’s...
Sukanta Bhattacharya, (1926-1947) Marxist poet, was born on 15 August 1926 at his maternal uncle’s home in Kolkata. His paternal...
Maulana Maniruzzaman Islamabadi was an (1875-1950) Islamic thinker, nationalist activist and journalist. Born in Aralia, a village under Patiya upazila of Chittagong district, Maulana Maniruzzaman was a colourful presence in Bengal Muslim politics of the first four decades of the twentieth century. Though a man with little modern education, he was a man of great perception and foresight. Like many others among his contemporaries he assumed the surname ‘Islamabadi’ because he came from Islamabad, the official name for Chittagong during...
Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most highly regarded English romantic poets...
Syed Ameer Ali CIE (1849-1928) was an Indian Muslim jurist hailing from the state of Oudh from where his father...
Mofazzal Haidar Chowdhury : (From the previous issue) Among us there are some over-enthusiasts who want to import Muslim trends of thoughts and Muslim ambience in Bengali literature. For this they want to use the so-called Muslim words, images and symbols. Ok. Bring Muslim trend of thought. It is good. If the revolutionary zeal of Islam can be successfully depicted in literature, then great literature is supposed to be created. But we want its successful depiction. It cannot be considered...
One Allah exists Kazi Nazrul Islam Let them go on inciting malice, hatred reviling blame game. But we will work for equality, peace gifted by Allah to us against them. Let them seek narrowness, pigeon-hole and muddy pond. We want open sky and light everyway in love-bond. Let them ask for servile life, But we shall be martyrs for good deed. Those cowards are in fear of death; We are ready to court death for virtuous cause indeed! They wouldn’t...
Mahmud Shah Qureshi :Syed Ali Ahsan (1920-2002), educationist, thinker and writer, was born in the village of Alokdia of Magura...
Mofazzal Haidar Chowdhury :Literature gives human beings culture. In our surroundings, where we live, there should be an ambience of enough light and air. Literature is that ambience in our mental world of that light and air.The word literature derives from the word ‘sohit’ meaning together. Here the idea of harmony/union is evident. Literature, hence, brings up union, makes connection. Its job is like a messenger; to unite one mind with many minds.We want that literature in our country connects...
Muhammad (SAW): 1001 Universal Appreciations and Interfaith Understanding and Peacewritten by Dr Mohammed A. Lais :Dr Mohammed A. Lais, an...