The Tagore Mania: Identity Crisis and Anti-Bangladesh Syndrome
Taj Hashmi Simon Fraser University, Canada Published on May 11, 2006 I simply pity these people along with those who regard Rabindranath Tagore as the best poet, lyricist, short-story writer, novelist, essayist, Nobel Laureate, Zamindar, master, human being and what not! Those among these fanatically blind Rabindra-Bhaktas, who do not believe in God, consider [...]
by Heller McCalpin American literature is rich with books that illuminate our culture from an immigrant’s fresh perspective. The most powerful tend to be written by the newcomers themselves, or their offspring, but there are exceptions. Nell Freudenberger’s latest novel, The Newlyweds, is about a young Bangladeshi woman determined to find a better life by [...]
Continue reading …3000 education centres of indigenous peoples about to stop functioning in the CHT
March 13, 2012 No Comment
Four residential schools and three thousand and five hundred education centres of indigenous peoples across the CHT are about to stop due to non-extension of the ongoing project or non-approval to any new proposal. Under this circumstance, in the current academic session around 150 SSC candidates’ future is about to end up in uncertainty. Due [...]
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NEW YORK – A previously unknown notebook of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, containing his poems, doodles, and other works sold for $ 170,500 at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City on Tuesday, December 13th. The legendary Indian poet-artist’s book contained 12 poems and lyrics for as many songs in Bengali, including some heavily amended [...]
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Nazmus Saquib writes on the illustrious journey of the cultural group which has helped in spreading poetry recitation across the country Poetry recitation as a performing art has never been a commercially successful venture. Whoever organizes and promotes a poetry recitation troupe has to face many setbacks. Apart from financing the troupe from someone’s own [...]
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Bullets of ’71-A Freedom Fighter’s Story, written by Dr. Nuran Nabi and coauthored by Mush Nabi, is a true account of Dr. Nabi’s life, particularly detailing his role in the struggle for freedom during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Bullets of ’71 is certainly avant-garde in that it is a rare first-person account of [...]
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by Nazmus Saquib Though Dhaka city is beginning to teem with bookstores, the names of Natok Shoroni, Aziz Market, and New Market still ring out amongst true booklovers. If you walk around the streets of Natok Shoroni, apart from the aroma of delicious fast foods, one thing that will draw your attention is the book [...]
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One of the most highly regarded literary festivals in Britain has held an event in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka for the first time. Organizers of the Hay festival say it was one of the most important international book fairs to have been staged in the city. The aim was to bring together British and Bangladeshi [...]
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The Museum at FIT presents The Great Designers, Part One, the first of two consecutive exhibitions featuring masterpieces from the museum’s permanent collection of more than 50,000 garments and accessories. From Alaïa, Balenciaga, Chanel, and Dior to Westwood, Yeohlee, and Zoran, the exhibition will feature approximately 50 garments from many of the most important designers [...]
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Novelist Humayun Ahmed is currently undergoing treatment due to his poor health. The following is an interview with the writer by Bangladesh Chronicle’s Nazmus Saquib that was taken several months back and had not been published before. We would like to wish Mr. Ahmed all the best in his recovery. The name Humayun Ahmed doesn’t [...]
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NEW DELHI: Five novels by Indian writers including Amitav Ghosh and Tarun Tejpal figure in this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize longlist, which also has works by novelists from Bangladesh and Pakistan among other countries. The other Indians in the fray for the award considered by many as the Asian Booker are Jahnavi Barua (“Rebirth”), [...]
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Dhaka, Oct 31 (bdnews24.com) — Doctors have said that they will decide on the next course of action after the fifth, or perhaps the sixth chemo on Humayun Ahmed. Diagnosed with colon cancer, the eminent writer’s doctors in New York had previously said that they would be able to decide on the next course of [...]
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