Sabahattin Ali (February 25, 1907 – April 2, 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.He was born...
Badiuzzaman :Mohammad Barkatullah (1898-1974) essayist, prose writer, was born on 2 March 1898 at Ghorasal in Pabna. His father was...
Reza Sarwar :From nothingness I shall reach my goal.It’s not Kaba, Al-Aksa, Tur or NASAIn all my nasal breathI shall reach to a great space.Here’s my start,Here’s my end and here’s at last I am free.Here’s nothing but a great empty space.I shall start from here.I shall breathe in here and breathe out.I shall go and I shall come backAnd here from mein the vast spaceMy brain, lungs, blood circulationAnd all five senses create dreams;Universal creativity continues.My soul starts getting...
Yasar Kemal (born Kemal Sadik Gokceli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish ethnicity....
Barrister Nazir Ahmed :Bangla is the State Language of Bangladesh – more than 155 million people of Bangladesh speak Bangla. It is the mother tongue of almost all people of Bangladeshi origin. Although Bangla is one of the 23 official languages recognised by the Republic of India, it is the official language of the states of West Bengal and Tripura. It is also a major language in the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Bangla is also the...
Asad ChowdhuryPerspiring Cursing my enemies, I say, The past was vast and long in size, The future a bit lank by comparison, Slightly pale, and smaller in bulk as well. The scope of work has shrunk, A good reason for lazing around – No matter how grey the nearer past, The nearer it snuggles up in a wily way. I’ve no desire for new stones, Yet roaming peaks and caves and beaches goes on. Just because I’m lucky, something comes...
Carlos Fuentes Macias (November 11,1928-May 15,2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Fuentes was born in Panama City to Berta...
Rabbani Choudhury Chhora Rochonaboli Prothom Khondo (Rhymes of Rabbani Choudhury 1st part). Published by Moin Mursalin, Protiva Prokash, Century Arcade,...
The Queen mourns and sheds tears for the KingNawab Faizunnessa Choudhurani Oh Lord, what makes you so cruel-hearted! Why sorrow follows sorrow?What’s that great sin I have committed?Oh Lord, what makes me, without any reason, disappointed?I have already lost my soul earlier.Oh Lord, when you took away my spouse,Since my life came to dead end;Alas Oh Lord! Why do you keep me alive on earth empty handed? Alas! Oh Lord! You took away my spouse and made me a widow...
Ahmed Rafique :Ekushey February now also called just Ekushey, 21 February, Shaheed Dibas (Martyrs’ Day) and, since 2000, International Mother Language Day. On 21 February 1952, corresponding to 8 Falgun 1359 in the Bangla calendar, a number of students campaigning for the recognition of Bangla as one of the State Languages of Pakistan were killed when police fired upon them. Even before the creation of Pakistan in 1947, there had been demands that Bangla be made the State Language of...
Saifuddin Chowdhury :Folklore has developed into a discipline for academic study, Dan Ben-Amos, an American folklorist of international fame, defined folklore as “artistic communication in small groups.” This definition, though very short, has received wide acclamation in the academic circles. Ben-Amos has admirably explained the rationale of this definition in folklore scholarship. For-the folkloric act to happen, as Ben-Amos holds, two social conditions are necessary : both the performers and the audience have to be in the same situation in...
‘Firey Dekha Jeebon : Smriti O Onubhob’ (Life in Retrospect : Memories and reflections) by Nurul Amin. Publisher : Ershadul...