<i>At a glance</i>
Essays On Environment
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury
Botomul
A good collection of essays is here from one who has been seriously involved with the issue. The writer has long been a government official, which position has enabled him to come in contact with matters that have particularly concerned Bangladesh. There is a good chance the reader will find the essays stimulating. Some of the frills could have been avoided, though. Union Parishad-er Unnoyon
Shomoshya O Shombhabona
Dr. Syed Javed Salehuddin
Bangladesh Law Book Centre
Local government has been a much talked about issue in Bangladesh, though not much in concrete terms appears to have been achieved in the area. It is essentially the problems associated with local issues that the writer focuses on here. And, of course, he also touches on the possibilities he envisages arising out of a serious approach to the matter. The Distant Shore
Haroonuzzaman
Adorn Publication
The second work to come from Haroonuzzaman this season, it is fiction that brings the writer's deft touches into focus. As an academic of repute, the writer is in that rare position where he can juxtapose received wisdom and social observation and then bring them together into a narrative form. An admirable addition to English writing in Bangladesh. A History of Urdu Literature
Muhammad Sadiq
Oxford India
The history of Urdu literature is at once fascinating and rich. In this detailed analysis of the many trends that have substantiated Urdu poetry and fiction through the centuries, Sadiq provides a unique perspective to his readers. Sarshar, Ghalib, Firaq, et al, are among the major literary figures whose stories make the work eminently readable. Simply lovable.
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