Jasim Uddin : Poet of folk lyrics
M. Mizanur Rahman :Jasim Uddin (1st Jan 1903-13th March, 1976) is popularly known as ‘Polli Kobi’ (poet of village-folks) in Bangladesh because his poems and songs are mainly based on the periphery of Bangladeshi...
Literature
Bulgarian Poet Nikola Vaptsarov
Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ; (7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite...
Reformer Munshi Meherullah
Mohsin Hussain :Munshi Mohammad Meherullah (1861-1907) poet, religious leader and social reformer, was born in his maternal grandfather’s home in Ghopegram under Kaliganj thana of Jessore district. His paternal home was in Chhatiantala of...
Novelist Louis Aragon
(from previous issue)After the liberation, Aragon resumed the editorship of Ce Soir until its demise in 1953. In Les Communistes (1949-51) Aragon played with a new kind of novel, that gave the effect of...
Poem
Haiku :Ashraful MusaddeqSolutionrhyme poem variation red green signals of traffic duffer’s solution Sorrowon the balcony pieces of sunlight dancingthe blooming sorrow Springshining smiling day inflorescence of mango spring on the table Storeslicing the heart-home...
Muslim migration to Abyssinia
Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri :The series of persecutions started late in the fourth year of Prophethood, slowly at first, but steadily accelerated and worsened day by day and month by month until the situation got...
Novelist Louis Aragon
Poet, novelist and essayist Louis Aragon’s (1897-1982) original surname is Andrieux. He is a founder of Surrealism with Paul Eluard, Andre Breton, Luis Bunuel, and others. Aragon’s work reflects the principal trends of thought...
Book Review
GUIDE FOR MUSLIMS (INDEXED TO THE QURAN) by Salahuddin Ahmed. Published by A.S. NOORDEEN, P.O. Box 42-Gombak, 53800, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Printed by Percetakan. Zafar Sdn. Bhd, 68100 Kuala Lumpur. First Print: 2014 Price...
Poem
The last Prophet Rasulullah (Sm)M. Mizanur Rahman You are the Prophet of the entire humankind.It’s evident in the history of the worldthat you worked for the welfare of mankind undistinguished around the world. You propagated...
Poem
A slumber did my spirit sealW. Wordsworth A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears; She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she...
Mystic poet Hason Raja
Hason Raja (Bengali: literary meaning – Hason the King), also known as Dewan Hason Raja, was a poet, mystic philosopher and folksongs writer and composer. He gained international recognition few years after his death,...
Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico García Lorca is one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. García Lorca was born June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town a few miles from...