Poet Abdul Quadir
Mahbubul Haq :Abdul Quadir (1906-1984) poet, essayist, journalist, was born on 1 June 1906 in the village of Araisidha, Comilla, son of Haji Afsaruddin, a businessman. Abdul Quadir lost his mother early in childhood...
Literature
Tribute to Mohammed Rafi
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :We still remember Mohammed Rafi as a legendary singer all with his golden voice. His voice quality, talent, vocal expression, accent, extremely sweet tune brought to thousands of melodies. Everybody...
Russian Poet Vladimir Mayakovsky
Darya Pushkova :“I’m a poet. That’s what makes me interesting. That is what I write about.”The Herald and the Singer of the Revolution – thus Vladimir Mayakovsky (July 19, 1893)-April 14, 1930 is known...
Poem
The pathEdward ThomasRuning along a bank a parapet That saves from the precipitous wood below The level road, there is a path. It serves Children for looking down the long smooth steep. Between the...
Personality in literature
Kazi Motahar Husain :As the natural beauty blossoms with the amalgamation of variety of the outer world, so does throw upward the unlimited mystery of human heart with the wonderful variety of the inner...
The Great Poet Jami
Maulana Nur ud-Din Abdur Rahman who is commonly known as Jami (August 18, 1414 – November 17, 1492), is known for his achievements as a scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls,...
Short story: Blessing
Farida Hossain :It was the month of February, Spring in Bengal. The whole of Bangladesh, particularly its capital Dhaka was busy celebrating the Language Movement. “We want Bengali as our state language. We want...
My novels represent my life–Orhan Pamuk
Half of my book Istanbul is about the city; the other half chronicles the first 22 years of my life. I remember my huge disillusionment when it was finished. Of all the things I...
Poem
The canvass of realityShamsul Alam BelalDays pass out in haste never looking back To the world behind, Domain of the dark night prolongs further Like a widow’s bereavement, Dense clouds swallow the midnight moon...
Begum Rokeya : Advocate of gender equality
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, (9 December 1880 – 9 December 1932), popularly known as Begum Rokeya was a leading feminist writer and social worker in undivided Bengal during the early 20th century. She is...
Syed Emdad Ali
Mohammad Abdul Awwal :Syed Emdad Ali (1875-1956) was a writer, editor. He was born in a poor family in Vikrampur. He had to earn his bread while at school and college. He passed the...
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison
(from the previous issue) :Morrison speaks of Nel and Sula as two halves of one person; the ideal, she told Bill Moyers on a segment of his PBS television show World of Ideas, would...