Padma Bridge
Composed on the occasion of the opening ceremony of Padma Bridge.
From the Shores of the Lethe
Fame, at least in the wake of industrial revolution and immediately after, had as much to do with “production” and “distribution” as with “talent.
The Swaying Dreams
Drowned paddy fields look beautiful throughout the day. In the morning, when there is a rough wind, the flooded rice plants dance in the reflection of drenched sunlight.
A Walk through the City of Dreams
The wide alleys and cobbled streets in the sultry air of the Mumbai city did not present a scenic panorama with foliage and greenery.
Kazi Nazrul Islam and “World Literature”: Some Questions and Concerns
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) has been customarily characterized as a rebel poet, particularly, if not exclusively, because of his 1922 poem called “Bidrohi” (the Rebel)—a poem that fiercely stages his political, linguistic, even metrical rebellion all at once.
She-wolf
The forest was still in the early hours of a cold autumn morning. The silence was broken only by the breeze through the trees and the restless trickling of a stream running through the middle of a clearing.
Lies Woven in Olive Wreaths
Men wearing wreaths uphold their sacred emblem - They extend an olive branch. Hold round-table talks on their next daring conquest. Fill banks with our blood. Build forts of crisp notes. Offer helpless smiles to victims of wars that they sell. They empty the bowels of our earth for oil, tie a string from end to end
A Season of Hope and Despair: Reminiscing My Dhaka University Days
I am one of the privileged few to have experienced Dhaka University—the nation’s citadel of higher education le plus excellent—from both sides of the spectrum, first as a student and then as an academic.
Kabuliwala and Other Stories: A NOTEWORTHY VENTURE IN THE FIELD
Kabuliwala and Other Stories is a collection of twelve outstanding stories of Rabindranath Tagore, translated into English by Prof Shawkat Hussain, a former professor of the Department of English, University of Dhaka.
Arise Out of the Lock: Celebrating 50 Years of Poetry by Woman Poets of Bangladesh
The poems in this ambitious collection are by women poets writing in Bangla, who have emerged from the land that is now Bangladesh—having lived, or are still living here, or are now part of the first-generation diaspora.
