At A Glance
Nandan
June 2012
Ed Nazib Wadood
Lipika, 106 Octroi More, Kazla,
Rajshahi
E-mail: nazibw@gmail.com Mahmudul Haq remains a powerful voice in Bengali literature this side of the political divide of old Bengal. Born in 1941, he died in 2008. And between these years, particularly in his adulthood, he went on what would for him turn out to be a long, unending journey through the many literary woods and valleys of human experience. Jibon Amar Bon is yet the work with his name is associated, in addition to all his other creations. It is this powerful writer the literary journal Nandan honours in its June 2012 issue. Among those who have contributed articles on Mahmudul Haq to the volume are Nazib Wadood, Kamruzzaman Jahangir, Moni Haider, Khurshid Alam Babu and Abu Noman. Of the various themes Haq dealt with in his works was the War of Liberation and its aftermath. Those who have not read Mahmudul Haq or know little of him will be egging themselves on to a rediscovery of the scholar through this issue of Nandan. It is rich in substance. Kali O Kolom
Muzharul Islam Shonkhya
Ashwin 1419
ICE Media Ltd
E-mail: mail@kaliokalam.com The architect Muzharul Islam died not long ago. It appears, and quite naturally too, that the country is yet to tide over the grief caused by his death. That has to do with the pretty iconic status he came to acquire, in his lifetime, as an architect. A dash of the poetic defined his structures, dotting as they do diverse regions of the country. The degree to which Islam is missed by those who knew him and who obviously profited from intellectual and professional interaction with him in diverse ways, now comes encapsulated in the Ashwin 1419 issue of Kali O Kolom, published by ICE Media. The tributes flow, in different directions, from a remarkable set of individuals for whom Muzharul Islam was essentially a point of reference. Among the contributors are Syed Shamsul Huq, Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir, Pankaj Bhattacharya, Shamsul Wares, Santosh Ghosh and Rabiul Husain. The journal is a celebration of the man. It is also occasion to recall the times when idealism was at the core of Bengali thought. We Owe an Apology to Bangladesh
Ed Ahmad Salim
Shahitya Prakash
87 Purana Paltan Line, Dhaka 1000 Contrary to general belief, there are enlightened Pakistanis who have always felt embarrassed about the doings of their army in occupied Bangladesh in 1971. Indeed, in that year of blood, toil, tears and sweat for the Bengalis, a good number of eminent Pakistanis made their disapproval of the military action from March to December known to the Yahya Khan junta. And proof of that comes through this work, ably edited by the Pakistani politician-cum-poet Ahmad Salim. Those who have expressed their sentiments about 1971 certainly do not constitute the majority among Pakistan's intellectual circles. But they surely are individuals whose voices cannot be ignored. And so will you read in this volume articles by I.A. Rehman, Tariq Rahman, Mazhar Ali Khan, Ahmad Salim, Asif Farrukhi, Akhtar Payami and a whole range of others. The work gives you another perspective on Pakistanis as they were and as they felt in 1971.
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