<i>At a glance</i>
Shamsuddin Abul Kalam O Tar Patrabali
Abdul Matin
Radical Asia Publications, London Dhaka
A work that has been a long time coming, it promises to shed new light on Shamsuddin Abul Kalam. For today's generation, Kalam remains a remote or even an unknown figure. That is reason enough to suppose that Abdul Matin's efforts to revive the legacy of the past, of which Kalam is a significant component, are laudable. Wicked Women of the Raj
Coralie Younger
HarperCollins India
Subcontinental men have been known to marry English women and come home with them. But how many of us are aware that during the days of the Raj a number of women sailed down from the English coast, travelled all the way to India and ended up marrying Indian princes? That reality is what you come by in this pretty gripping tale of love and desire. Bangladesher Biponno Adibashi
Sanjib Drong
Nawroz Kitabistan
At a time when social and political awareness in Bangladesh about the position of indigenous people here is growing, this book promises to shed detailed light on the pains our adibashi people have been going through for a long time. Anyone interested in history and Bangladesh's cultural diversity will find the work rewarding. Dukhojagania
Junaidul Haque
Jibon Prakashan
Dukhojagania comprises nine soulful and witty stories. A seasoned storyteller, Junaidul Haque has prose that is lucid; and his psychoanalysis is splendid. One feels that his stories have arisen in a deeply thoughtful mind. The work is the second collection of short stories to come from the writer. Reading them is certainly a delight.
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