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A Secret of A War Baby

Writer: Shahazada Basunia
Publisher: Farid Ahmed of Somoy Prakashan
Cover design: Dhrubo Eash
Total pages: 104
Price: Tk 300
A Secret of A War Baby is a passage of liberation war centering the inhuman physical torture left the victims of rape uncared and unhealed drawing for due notice of the intrinsic magnitude of the offences of genocide and crimes against humanity.
It is remarkable not for its plot, which is rather thin, but for its character-portrayal is extremely vivid and convincing and for its psychological analysis is surprisingly deep and details.
The sincere attempt of writing the novel is to focus that we’re really indebted to the war time rape victims who sacrificed their supreme self-worth for the cause of independence.
The characterization based on imagination is a soul who started doing of what else in left to move forward to the glorious war history of liberation war reflecting the pre and post existing reality of the victims’ lives across the country.
Readers will enjoy to read the book.
The writer Shahazada Basunia was born on May 4 in 1965 in Kurigram. His village was terribly backward place where there were no clocks then and every dawn at cock’s crow, the most of the villagers got up and started work. He completed BA (Hons) and MA in English and obtained his PhD on Mathew Arnold.
He scored many years in college and university teaching including Bangladesh Air Force as Instructor, Barisal Cadet College as Lecturer in English and Dhaka International University as faculty of English and Director of English Programme and so forth.
He writes in his spare time who has already published a good number of books. Jagiya Uthilo Pran (novel), Dorponey Tumi (poetry), Deshey Deshey Jatiyo Kobi (essay) have already achieved laurels from different corners. He has also written a large number of literary articles in the national dailies on various issues.
He feels proud to speak the heart out about his parents. The novelist Haider Basunia is his father who authored 50 novels, three dramas and five books of poetry that acclaim the most literary value and his mother Syma Begum is a naïve housewife who helped him grow with values of integrity.
Shahazada Basunia extensively visited many countries including the Netherlands, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan, India, Qatar and many others for professional purposes. n
– Sheikh Arif Bulbon