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Imagining South Asian Writing in English from Bangladesh |
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-Fakrul Alam |
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It was during the Cold War that some Americans academics began to construct the category of “South Asia Studies”. Subsequently, the influx of South Asian students in western universities boosted the demand for courses in South Asian cult...Full Story.. |
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Blending fact and fiction in the short story: |
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-Niaz Zaman |
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Bengal is not a new land, and its literature - literature in Bengali or a form of Bengali dates back a thousand years. Nevertheless, in some ways the literature of Bangladesh is new, new twice over. Once, after the creation of Pakistan when East Beng...Full Story.. |
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Kazi Nazrul Islam, the ‘Rebel’ poet - National Poet of Bangladesh |
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-Siddique Mahmudur Rahman |
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Kazi Nazrul Islam, known as the ‘Rebel’ poet in Bengali literature and the ‘Bulbul’ (Nightingale) of Bengali music, was one of the most colourful personalities of undivided Bengal between 1920 and 1940. His role in freeing modern Bengali poetry from poor...Full Story.. |
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Odyssey of a Ball |
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-Neamat Imam |
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Mozid Mahmud is one of the best po-ets in Bangladesh who drank the vintage of poesy at the end of the 1980s and blossomed practically in the beginning of the 1990s. Being a con-scious critic of the turns and tune of the great heritage of Bangla Litera-tur...Full Story.. |
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The Voices of Rebati's Sisters |
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-RUMANA SIDDIQUE |
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Early Women's Writing in Orissa, 1989--1950: A Lost Tradition (edited by Sachinananda Mohanty). Sage Publications, New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/ London; 2005; pp 241. Rs 550.
In 1898 the generally acknowledged father of modern Oriya fiction Fakir Mohan Sena...Full Story.. |
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National Poet Nazrul on religious liberalism |
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-Abdul Muqit Chowdhury |
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Harmony and peaceful co-existence among dif-ferent religious and racial communities in a society is a great factor for emancipation and unhindered progress of a -multi-religious country. Integrity of the people of diverse creeds contribute to the strength...Full Story.. |
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The Evolution of Bangla and Bangladesh |
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-Rubina Ahmed |
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Language is the muscle and sinew of culture. It is a bond of solidarity and so is politics. If one of the most important aspects of democratic politics is that it is non-oppressive, then the language of such politics should also be non-oppressive. How can...Full Story.. |
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Today at this hour |
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-Siddique Mahmudur Rahman |
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Recently I cannot sleep at night
I remain awake many a night.
At first I was scared, took diazepam
Soaked my hairs with cold water
Counted sheep lying on my bed unmoved.
Now it became a habit
At night I lay on my bed like an unconscious man
So...Full Story.. |
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POEMS OF BIMAL GUHA |
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-Translated by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman |
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POEMS OF BIMAL GUHA
Sound
Some sounds develop naturally with anger and conceit
Change their nature when those are spoken
Some melodies are like shouts
Cleans up the body while it vibrates
And inclines to known sounds
Sounds, tunes or alphabets,...Full Story.. |
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The evolution of Bangla and Bangladesh |
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-Rubina Ahmed |
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Language is the muscle and sinew of culture. It is a bond of solidari-ty and so is politics. If one of the most important aspects of democ-ratic politics is that it is non-oppressive, then the language of such politics should also be non-oppressive. How c...Full Story.. |
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NOBLE LAUREATE RABINDRA NATH TAGORE THROUGH PHILATELY |
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-Siddique Mahmudur Rahman |
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Rabindra Nath Tagore (rightly pronounced as Robindro Nath Thakur) was the first Asian to receive Noble Prize on Literature in 1913.
Tagore was a poet, a lyricist, a novelist, a short story writer, an essayist, an artist, a social reformer, a philosopher,...Full Story.. |
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Pati – Outstanding Bangladeshi artifact |
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-Siddique Mahmudur Rahman |
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Pati or Madur (Mats) have been in use in Bangladesh from time immemorial, since ancient times and were used abundantly before the introduction of modern furniture in Bengali homes. They were used in daily life and at social gatherings. As in the past, mat...Full Story.. |
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Spectacular growth of Furniture in Bangladesh |
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-- Siddique Mahmudur Rahman |
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