Life and purpose Fariduddin AttarIn the dead of night, a Sufi began to weep.He said, “This world is like a closed coffin, in whichWe are shut and in which, through our ignorance,We spend our lives in folly and desolation.When death comes to open the lid of the coffin,Each one who has wings will fly off to Eternity,But those without will remain locked in the coffinSo my friends, before the lid of this coffin is taken offDo all you can to...
Ahmad Kabir :Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999) poet, litterateur, social activist, feminist, was born on 20 June 1911 in a landowning...
Mohsin Hussain :Munshi Mohammad Meherullah (1861-1907) poet, religious leader and social reformer, was born in his maternal grandfather’s home in...
Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman : (From the previous issue) In the phase of essay literature of the thirties those who were noted for writing thematic essays included Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890-1977), Sushil Kumar De (1890-1968), Rajshekhar Basu, Niharranjan Roy (1903-1981) and Sukumar Sen; in literary criticism, prominent writers were Srikumar Bandyopadhyay (1892-1970), Shashibhusan Dasgupta (1911-1964) and Pramathanath Bishi; in other areas, the prominent writers were Atulchandra Gupta (1884-1961), Annadashankar Roy and Dhurjatiprasad Mukhopadhyay. Buddhadev Bose, Syed Muztaba Ali...
That love of yoursSufia Kamal I’ve taken possession of that love of yoursthat fills the earth’s vessel till it overflows,filling my eyes, filling my heart,and filling my two hands.How unbearable is this joy, that this love is so intense.With the touch like arrows of its golden raysthe inner bud blooms, as quickly as grass.Illumined in my heart, it brings jewel-inlaid riches;that’s why I’m wealthy, my joy will not perish.With images ever new, this world has gratified me,given as it is...
Born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bengal, India, in 1903, George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist and critic, went on...
Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman :Madhusudan was followed by Dinabandhu Mitra whose Nildarpan (1860) has considerable historical value as it depicts the merciless exploitation of Bengali farmers by English indigo traders. The play played a significant role in ending indigo cultivation. Two other playwrights who made significant contributions were Dwijendra Lal Roy and Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844-1912).The first Muslim playwright was Golam Husain whose play Hadjvalani was printed in 1864. It was not a complete play, but rather a...
The book deals with the famous statement ‘ All happy families are same, every unhappy family is unhappy according to...
Between the linesM. Mizanur Rahman “When the lamp is shatteredThe light in the dust lies dead. When the cloud is scatteredThe rainbow’s glory is shed.” – P.B. Shelley Since I left you you must have forgotten melike a person is laid to the grave! What death’s reason would be? How funny we are a few yards away from the grave, forgetting one another?Meaningfully death is away from the brave....
Pablo Neruda was a Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet who was once called the greatest poet of the 20th century in...
Pablo Neruda I do not love you…I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never bloomsbut carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. I love you without knowing...
Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman : (From the previous issue) Although Fort William College helped develop Bangla prose through the preparation of Bangla textbooks, later textbooks were written at the initiative of Calcutta school-book society (established 1817). Some of its main writers were Ramkamal Sen (1783-1844), Radhakanta Dev (1783-1867), and Tarinicharan Mitra (1772-1837). Most of their books were didactic. Other textbooks were written by teachers of serampore college, including Felix Carey (1786-1822), John Clark Marshman, and John Mack. Some...