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Madhusudan radically transformed what was essentially a medieval literature into a one capable of holding its own with any great literature. By dint of his genius, he removed the stagnation in Bangla literature both in style and content. He was the fi

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Epic Poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Dulal Bhowmik :Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1873), epic poet and playwright, was born on 25 January, 1824 in a landed family in the village of Sagardari...

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POEM: We have to be like bee

-Tahia TabassumYou were in a chronic,Living this life is not ironic.Jump a step and see,We all have to be like bee. Too much sensitivity around,The...

Sharat Chandra's first novel, Borodidi (1907), was published in the Bharati and brought him almost instant fame. He went on to write several stories and novels, including Bindur Chhele O Onyanyo (1914), Porinita (1914), Boikunther Will (1916), Pollisomaj

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Novelist Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Syed Azizul Huq :Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938), novelist, was born in Debanandapur under Hughli district on 15 September 1876. His early years were spent at...

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POEM: Ode to Man

-Farah Naz Oh, Men I wish you knew how I admire to see you!When I am your daughter I want you to feel I am...

A thoughtful writer, Habibur Rahman had interest in varied subjects. The spirit of Renaissance was in him, and was all through in search of knowledge through its manifold dimensions. His research, covering as if did literature, polities, religion and soc

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Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman

Muazzam Hussain Khan :Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman (1928-2014), educationist and a thoughtful writer, was born on 3rd December in 1928 at village Dayarampur in Jangipur...

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Natyacharya Selim Al Deen

Saymon Zakaria :Selim Al Deen (1949-2008), playwright, teacher, was born on 18 August, 1949 in the village Senerkhil under coastal Sonagazi upazila, Feni. His father...

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POEM: The Brook

– Lord Tennyson I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a...

In 1919, Eliot published Poems, which contained Gerontion. The poem was a blank-verse interior monologue, and it was unlike anything that had ever been written in the English language. As if that didn't garner enough attention, in 1922 Eliot saw the pu

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Nobel Laureate Poet T S Eliot

Literature Desk :TS Eliot (September 26, 1888-January 4, 1965) was renowned for his literary criticism as he was for his poetry. He was a groundbreaking...

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In quest of reading

Faruque Ahmed :In my secondary school days in the early 1960s, apart from reading textbooks, I developed a deep fascination for reading books including novels,...