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Social media celebrities will soon become Tagores and Nazruls

A recent, very confidential study has projected that very soon, Bangladesh will become home to not one, not two, but very many Nazruls, Tagores and Shakespeares.

The authors of the study came to this conclusion after its authors found countless social media sensations publishing their books in every book fair of this land of latent talents.

In fact, the count is so countless that the entire area of the book fair sometimes fails to accommodate the writers.

"I couldn't bring into a single frame all the writers I met at just one stall," Tausif, a voluntary photographer of the book fair, said after being astounded by the number of social media celebrity writers.

People often get puzzled when deciding whose book to buy. The sheer number of social media celebrities means that you have to have a healthy wallet if you don't want to miss the literary works of these sensations.

Recent data of the very confidential research shows that 99 percent of people who went even remotely viral over the last 10 years ended up being either a writer or a motivational speaker.

"I couldn't bring into a single frame all the writers I met at just one stall," Tausif, a voluntary photographer of the book fair, said after being astounded by the number of social media celebrity writers.

"It's just the numbers game," said the very confidential lead author of the study. "If a million people start writing and publishing, one will become an author of the stature of Nazrul or Tagore. You know that saying about monkeys and typewriters, right? Bangladesh will soon reach that critical mass."

"As someone new goes viral and becomes a Facebook celebrity, I see the faces of Nazrul and Rabindranath in his face," Pathok Aschorjo, who eagerly waits every year to take a selfie with social media celebrities after buying their books, said about his optimism.

This Satireday correspondent met some such writers and recorded their opinions. When asked about when he thought he could be a writer, Zero Alom, a Facebook-viral singer said, "People think that my voice is sweet and therefore, they call me the 'voice of Bangladesh'. I am not a fool who will spend my talents on just one thing. Acting and writing a book are just my second and third big talents respectively. Just wait for my fourth one."

When asked why a motivational speaker should be a writer too, Bholamon Bhubon, country's unparalleled motivational speaker, said, "Bangladeshi people are basically Amir Khan of Ghajini. They forget everything they hear, even my speech. So, I decided to write it down for their convenience."

When asked how Facebook helped him be a modern writer, Sellman, who holds the record for being the most controversial figure, said, "Actually, Facebook showed me the way to get into the ocean of literature. Every time people called my name for my post they didn't agree with, I learned a new Bangla word that eventually enriched my knowledge and made me a writer."

Shakespeare, Tagore, Nazrul and other prominent figures were lucky that they did not have to compete with the modern writers. If they were alive today, they would have to be a social media celebrity first to be a good writer later. With so many other things to do, would Shakespeare be able to write Hamlet, Tagore Geetanjali or Nazrul Bidrohi?

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Social media celebrities will soon become Tagores and Nazruls

A recent, very confidential study has projected that very soon, Bangladesh will become home to not one, not two, but very many Nazruls, Tagores and Shakespeares.

The authors of the study came to this conclusion after its authors found countless social media sensations publishing their books in every book fair of this land of latent talents.

In fact, the count is so countless that the entire area of the book fair sometimes fails to accommodate the writers.

"I couldn't bring into a single frame all the writers I met at just one stall," Tausif, a voluntary photographer of the book fair, said after being astounded by the number of social media celebrity writers.

People often get puzzled when deciding whose book to buy. The sheer number of social media celebrities means that you have to have a healthy wallet if you don't want to miss the literary works of these sensations.

Recent data of the very confidential research shows that 99 percent of people who went even remotely viral over the last 10 years ended up being either a writer or a motivational speaker.

"I couldn't bring into a single frame all the writers I met at just one stall," Tausif, a voluntary photographer of the book fair, said after being astounded by the number of social media celebrity writers.

"It's just the numbers game," said the very confidential lead author of the study. "If a million people start writing and publishing, one will become an author of the stature of Nazrul or Tagore. You know that saying about monkeys and typewriters, right? Bangladesh will soon reach that critical mass."

"As someone new goes viral and becomes a Facebook celebrity, I see the faces of Nazrul and Rabindranath in his face," Pathok Aschorjo, who eagerly waits every year to take a selfie with social media celebrities after buying their books, said about his optimism.

This Satireday correspondent met some such writers and recorded their opinions. When asked about when he thought he could be a writer, Zero Alom, a Facebook-viral singer said, "People think that my voice is sweet and therefore, they call me the 'voice of Bangladesh'. I am not a fool who will spend my talents on just one thing. Acting and writing a book are just my second and third big talents respectively. Just wait for my fourth one."

When asked why a motivational speaker should be a writer too, Bholamon Bhubon, country's unparalleled motivational speaker, said, "Bangladeshi people are basically Amir Khan of Ghajini. They forget everything they hear, even my speech. So, I decided to write it down for their convenience."

When asked how Facebook helped him be a modern writer, Sellman, who holds the record for being the most controversial figure, said, "Actually, Facebook showed me the way to get into the ocean of literature. Every time people called my name for my post they didn't agree with, I learned a new Bangla word that eventually enriched my knowledge and made me a writer."

Shakespeare, Tagore, Nazrul and other prominent figures were lucky that they did not have to compete with the modern writers. If they were alive today, they would have to be a social media celebrity first to be a good writer later. With so many other things to do, would Shakespeare be able to write Hamlet, Tagore Geetanjali or Nazrul Bidrohi?

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