Mufti Taqi Usmani :The ninth month of the Islamic calendar ‘Ramadan’ is the most meritorious month of the whole year. Since there are many specific rules peculiar to this month, we would like to deal with its characteristics in a rather detailed manner.The Holy Qur’an has expressly told us that the basic objective for which man is created by Allah is that he ‘worships’ Him:“And I did not create Jinn and human beings except that they should worship Me.” (56:51) The...
A remarkable aspect of Rabindranath Tagore’s life is the way his persona had changed radically from the restricted identity of an oriental romantic-mystic to the wide-ranging identity of a concerned citizen of the world. A poet, who had earlier attempted to blend spiritual and romantic notions in his quest of grasping the mystery surrounding individual human soul and the divine, increasingly began to give voice to the minds of the colonised and oppressed people and expressed his passionate desire to...
One of the stalwarts of Bengali literature Rabindranath Tagore is known all around the world for more reasons than one. The first non- European to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book of poems Gitanjali (The Song Offerings), Tagore remains a pride in every Bengali household. Tagore started writing poetry right from the age of eight and by sixteen his first work had been published under the pseudonym of Bhanushingho. As he grew up, he kept writing...
Song Unsung The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.The time has not come true, the words have not been rightly set;only there is the agony of wishing in my heart.The blossom has not opened; only the wind is sighing by.I have not seen his face, nor have I listened to his voice;only I have heard his gentle footsteps from the road before my house.The...
M. Mizanur Rahman :The particular aim in life for working out a great art is no less strenuous and adventurous. The person who works on art of poetry, song, and sketch or any other objects of art faculties has to tread hard on the particular subject concerned with utmost perseverance like constant working as worshiping towards its fruition. The art of song as composed by Rabindranath Tagore is varied and thought-provoking and its sweet notes and tonal variations have great aesthetic...
Nazrul’s rebellion to establish truth :M. Mizanur Rahman :I sing of equality-Nothing is glorious and nobler than the human affinity. -Kazi Nazrul IslamNazrul’s rebellion is against tyranny, economic exploitation towards establishment of democratic humanitarianism on earth. His fire-brand poems and essays are written especially to revolutionise the youths against tyrannical rules of British imperialism and colonialism along with countrywide social discriminatory communal faiths and racial parochialism, superstitions, hatred among different faiths of the people, wretched economic inequality and inhuman sufferings of...
Poem Women Original : Nari Kazi Nazrul Islam :I sing the song of equality;In my view gender difference is essentially a triviality. Everything that is great in the world,all the works, beneficial and good,half must be credited to woman,and to man half only we should. All the vice or bad in the world,and the pain or flowing tear,for half, man should be blamed,the other half only woman should bear. Who belittles you as woman,connecting you to Hell’s flame?Tell him that...
Nazrul Academy Patrika :Vol 45 No 41. Editor : M. Mizanur Rahman. Asstt Editor : Idris Ali. Published by Mintu Rahman, General Secretary, Nazrul Academy, Nazrul Bhaban, Belalabad, Maghbazar, Dhaka. Date of Publication : 11 Jaishtha 1421/25 May 2014. Printer : Sheikh Kamrul Hasan, Mousumi Printers, 15, Mirpur Road, New Market, Dhaka. DC 1/8. Pages : 128. Price : Tk 150.00 US$10.It is our pride that Kazi Nazrul Islam, one of the greatest poets of the world, is our National...
Malaysia’s experience in Islamic finance began as early as in 1963 where the Pilgrims Management and Fund Board (Lembaga Tabung...
Malaysia’s tourism industry continues to assume a key role in the country’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to propel it into a high-income nation by the year 2020.Last year, the tourism sector contributed RM51.5 billion to Malaysia’s Gross National Income (GNI), making it the sixth largest contributor. It is also the second highest foreign exchange earner with tourist receipts of RM65.4 billion.Globally, Malaysia was ranked as the 11th most-visited nation by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) with a record high of...
“Independence Day of Malaysia, 31st August 2014”Assalamulaikum Warahmatullahi WabarakatuhOn behalf of the Government and the people of Malaysia, I would...
This year (2014) millions of Muslims are joining pilgrimage to Mecca. Many persons from Bangladesh including a person well known...