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Michael Madhusudan Dutta was popular in 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He is considered the father of Bangla Sonnet. He was born in Sagordari on the bank of the Kopotaksha River, a village in Keshobpur Upazila under Jessore district. His father was Rajnaryan Dutt, a pleader. His mother was Jahnabi Devi. From an early age, Madhusudan aspired to be an English man in form and manner. Though he was born in a sophisticated Hindu family, he took Christianity as a young man, much to the ire of his family, and adopted the first name Michael. In his childhood, he was recognized by his teachers as a precious child with a gift of literary talent. His early exposure to English education and European literature and his college inspired him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect. Since his adolescence he started believing that he was born on the wrong side of the planet, and
Encourage Students to Read beyond Textbooks
A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman
A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman
On the first day of May, while virtually attending a programme organised by Meherpur district administration on the occasion of the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni called for grooming up the students as good human beings by not forcing them to study only textbooks for good results. She urged the parents to give their children the opportunity to read various books including literature, science and history.
In her speech, Dr. Dipu Moni has said that the students have to be the golden human beings to realise Bangabandhu’s dream of golden Bengal. She emphasised that they have to read books to become golden human beings. Saying that reading books does not mean just reading textbooks, she urged the students of all levels to read as many books as possible in addition to their textbooks.
I was always a fan of
deshi products including fabric, motifs, craftsmanship, and artwork. However, when I looked for something new to wear, majority of the times I did not like what was being offered in the market, and this very fact encouraged me to make my own clothes, said a determined Ahmed.
While we know that many designers are influenced by the ongoing trends because sales become easier, when things go viral, Ahmed swam against the tide. I never conformed to styles that were taking the world by storm. I only produced designs that the creative inside me found interesting. From the very beginning my thoughts and ideologies were to revive the old-age customs of the society, to revive artwork, literature etc., which people almost forgot with time. I wanted my fashion label to mirror the classic and the intellectual heritage of the world, reflected Ahmed.
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