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Bishnu Dey, a difficult poet for the reader of his time

The poet\'s 37th death anniversary

Iftikhar Hossen

Bishnu Dey, a difficult poet for the reader of his time

The poet's 37th death anniversaryBishnu Dey was a prominent Bengali poet, prose writer, translator, academic and art critic in the era of modernism, post-modernism. Starting off as a symbologist, he won recognition for the musical quality of his poems, and forms the post-Tagore generation of Bengali poets, like Buddhadeb Basu and Samar Sen, which marked ...

Maverick and Spiritualist

SM Sultan’s 25th death anniversary today

Iftikhar Hossen

SM Sultan was born in 1923 in Masimdia, Narail district. After merely five years of schooling in Victoria Collegiate School in Narail, he joined his father to work as a mason. At one stage, he joined the Calcutta Art School but left the institute without completing his degree.Today marks the 25th death anniversary of SM ...

The Foremost Employer of Bengali Literary Nonsense

Sukumar Ray’s 96th death anniv today

Iftikhar Hossen

The Foremost Employer of Bengali Literary Nonsense

Bengali poet, fiction writer and playwright Sukumar Ray (1887-1923) was perhaps the most famous practitioner of "literary nonsense" in the subcontinent. He is often compared to Lewis Carroll. His works such as the collection of poems "Abol Tabol", novella "Ha Ja Ba Ra La", short story collection "Pagla Dashu" and play "Chalachittrachanchari" are considered nonsense ...

Bishnu Dey, a difficult poet for the reader of his time

Iftikhar Hossen

Bishnu Dey was a prominent Bengali poet, prose writer, translator, academic and art critic in the era of modernism, post-modernism. Starting off as a symbologist, he won recognition for the musical quality of his poems, and forms the post-Tagore generation of Bengali poets, like Buddhadeb Basu and Samar Sen, which marked the advent of "New ...

A linguist and his other identities

Dr Muhammad Shahidullah\'s 134th birth anniversary observed

Iftikhar Hossen

Dr Muhammad Shahidullah's 134th birth anniversary observedDr Muhammad Shahidullah----educationist, writer and philologist, was born in Pacchim Bangla (India) on July 10 in 1885. His father, Mafizuddin Ahmad, was a warden at the shrine of Pir Gorachand. But he was able to forsake this hereditary service and devote himself to secular education and research. He learnt ...

Ajit Roy: The Man with a Golden Voice

The singer’s 81st birth anniversary today

Iftikhar Hossen

Ajit Roy was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. Born in 1938, the singer was inspired by the spirit of the Language Movement and took to singing in 1952. After his matriculation, in 1963 he began to perform on radio and TV. Ajit Roy has been a passionate singer since 1963. During the Liberation War of ...

Rudra's poetry plunges into agony, struggle, love and desire

Iftikhar Hossen

Poet Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah was born in Barisal in 1956. His actual name is Sheikh Mohammad Shahidullah; however, later he chose 'Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah' to be his name. His mother was Shiria Begum and father Sheikh Waliullah who was a physician. Rudra was noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. In the popular culture of ...

Hasan Hafizur Rahman: Promoter of the affection for language

Iftikhar Hossen

The Bengali Language Movement, also known as the Language Movement, was a political movement in former East Bengal (today Bangladesh) advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of the then-Dominion of Pakistan in order to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, ...

Cinematographer Baby Islam’s 9th death anniversary

Iftikhar Hossen

May 24 marked the 9th death anniversary of veteran cinematographer, photographer, director and producer Baby Islam. On the occasion of his death anniversary, his family members and members of Shararitu, a cultural organisation, placed wreaths at his tomb at Banani Graveyard in the city. Islam was born in 1931 in Murshidabad, West Bengal. He was ...

Evergreen Voices: Remembering Legendary Singer Manna Dey

Iftikhar Hossen

Today marks the 100th birth anniversary of Manna Dey, one of the legendary singers of the sub-continent. On the occasion of his birth centenary today, different socio-cultural organisations have arranged various programmes in Bangladesh and Pacchim Bangla of India. Besides, satellite television channels of the countries would telecast an array of special programmes to pay ...