Just as healthcare keeps the body well and politics energises society, culture gives life its rhythm and soul.
Pahela Baishakh is the biggest non-communal and soulful festival of Bangalees.
Forgetting history and dismissing sacrifices seemed ingrained in Bangalee's nature.
Following autocracy's fall, debates on the constitution, elections, & democracy intensify, echoing Abul Mansur Ahmad's insights.
On the brink of victory in 1971, as the masses fought for freedom, Pakistanis stained December 14 with the blood of the nation’s leading educators, journalists, doctors, and writers. Since then, the day has been marked as Intellectuals’ Day, a reminder that true intellectuals, regardless of their beliefs, fearlessly speak and write the truth against injustice.
A large number of contemporary writers in the country think of avoiding politics. But that itself is also a kind of politics—the politics of the status quo.
The crux of the issue is whether or not good books are reaching the intended readers.
Just as healthcare keeps the body well and politics energises society, culture gives life its rhythm and soul.
Pahela Baishakh is the biggest non-communal and soulful festival of Bangalees.
Forgetting history and dismissing sacrifices seemed ingrained in Bangalee's nature.
The literary giant deserved the honour years ago
Following autocracy's fall, debates on the constitution, elections, & democracy intensify, echoing Abul Mansur Ahmad's insights.
On the brink of victory in 1971, as the masses fought for freedom, Pakistanis stained December 14 with the blood of the nation’s leading educators, journalists, doctors, and writers. Since then, the day has been marked as Intellectuals’ Day, a reminder that true intellectuals, regardless of their beliefs, fearlessly speak and write the truth against injustice.
A large number of contemporary writers in the country think of avoiding politics. But that itself is also a kind of politics—the politics of the status quo.
The crux of the issue is whether or not good books are reaching the intended readers.
This is how the gradual exchange of literature and culture takes place.
"The enthusiasm which Ranajit Guha created in our minds in the field of thinking and writing history for more than a decade has never been replicated in the past nor will it be replicated in the future", Dipesh Chakraborty said.
