We remember Nazrul
Kazi Nazrul Islam was a poet, writer, musician, soldier, revolutionary. Popularly known as Nazrul, his poetry and music espoused Indo-Islamic renaissance and intense spiritual rebellion against fascism, oppression and exploitation of man by another.
Nazrul’s impassioned activism for political and social justice earned him the title of the Rebel Poet.. His compositions form the avant-garde genre of Nazrul Sangeet (Music of Nazrul). Accomplishing a large body of acclaimed works through his life, he is officially recognised as the National Poet of Bangladesh and is highly commemorated and revered in India, especially in West Bengal.
His famous poems are Bidrohi, Dhumketu, Anowar Pasha, Korbani, Moharram, Khaled, Umar, Aamar Kaifiot, Samyabadi, Kuli, Majur and Nari, among others.
The British government arrested him for his anti-imperialist stand.
He was born on May 24 in 1899 in Churulia, West Bengal, India and died on August 29 in 1976 in Dhaka.
Ameer Hamzah
Dhaka.
Freedom is not unlimited
London’s Guardian newspaper has published a statement issued by 178 writers of different countries, condemning murder of three atheist bloggers in Bangladesh in last few months. The statement has also demanded arrest of killers. Among the signatories, there is Salman Rushdie, who is infamous for his anti-Islam role. However, we consider each killing is painful particularly to the survivors of the family and the killers should be brought under the process of law and duly punished. Similarly, no one should enjoy the liberty to insult the religious sentiments or the very basics of other’s faith(s) in the name of so-called free thinking. No one should cross the sanity of recognized social matrix.
In this regard, I like to remind them that freedom does not mean limitless freedom. I cannot infringe upon the right of others, while enjoying my right. The signatories should read first Political Science before issuing such statement.
I will ask the signatories to be vocal about the continuous violation of human rights in the western countries and the USA.
Khairul Alam
Dhaka
