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Curzon's Partition of Bengal and Aftermath
Sukharanjan Sengupta
Naya Udyog, Kolkata The work is a wealth of information regarding the vicissitudes Bengal has gone through not once but twice. Sengupta, a retired journalist, examines the details of the two partitions, studies the men behind them as also those who opposed them, and emerges with a book that will enlighten a generation which has suffered in sadness on both sides of the frontier. Ekjon Bharatiya Bangalir Attoshomalochona
Muhammad Habibur Rahman
Mowla Brothers The writer places Rabindranath Tagore under close scrutiny, the objective being to elicit his many and varied observations of Bengali culture. It is an entire landscape of thought that the bard journeys through, in the process leaving his comments behind as nuggets of wisdom. Justice Rahman brings them alive again, much to the delight of readers. Probhur Joto Ichchha
Serajul Islam Choudhury
Anyaprakash The inimitable Serajul Islam Choudhury once more offers wholesome delight in the form of essays on contemporary issues as also those that exercised minds in the past. It is forever society and its gradual but sure transformation that keep the writer busy. His substantive comments and criticism then find a way into the reader's consciousness at a time when profound thinking has somewhat gone missing. The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Christopher Hitchens
Verso Absolutely a marvellous book, for it leaves the former US secretary of state shredded of respect. His dubious, dark role in such global situations as Cambodia, the coup in Chile and the murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Bangladesh is a long tale that Hitchens relates here. There are no holds barred. Even the invasion and occupation of East Timor finds a place. Kissinger's malevolence is everywhere.
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