“Nazrul was a true worshipper of fine arts” – Sadya Afreen Mallick
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Ashley Shoptorshi Samaddar
Ashley Shoptorshi Samaddar
Eminent Nazrul Sangeet exponent Sadya Afreen Mallick is one of the most celebrated names in the music industry. In addition to being awarded the prestigious Nazrul Padak by Nazrul Institute and the Ministry of Culture in 2016 and the Gold Medal by Anandadhara, she also won the Ustaad Moti Miya Gold Medal at Chhayanaut . On the occasion of Nazrul Jayanti, the artiste talks about her initiatives to popularise the National Poet s creations among the younger generations, and more.
Over the years, Sadya Afreen Mallick noticed a widening gap between the audience and Nazrul s creations. I felt that we needed established Nazrul Sangeet singers to create a platform for talented upcoming artistes to bring Nazrul s work to old and new audiences, she mentions. Bearing this in mind, I started working on an initiative called Gems of Nazrul.
Tree Without Roots, Syed Waliullah s translation or transcreation of his novel,
Lal Salu.
Chander Amabasya, and
Cry, River, Cry, Osman Jamal s translation of
Kando Nadi Kando, followed. It has also published single writer anthologies of poetry and short stories. In 2011, it published a Bangladeshi edition of Mirza Ihtesamuddin s
The Wonders of Vilayet, translated by Kaiser Haq.
Considering the importance of translation, the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) launched the Dhaka Translation Center (DTC) in 2013 with the translation of three short stories by Hasan Azizul Huq. It organised workshops, and Bengal Lights Books (BLB), a sister concern, co-published a collection of stories emerging from those workshops:
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The Central Shaheed Minar is adorned with flowers as people paid tribute to the martyred language heroes marking the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day on Sunday. Photo: Reaz Ahmed Sumon
The nation observed Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day on Sunday, paying glowing tribute to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement of 1952.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the nation in paying homage to the valiant sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives to establish Bangla as state language of then Pakistan.
On behalf of the President and the Prime Minister, President’s military secretary Major General SM Salahuddin Islam and Prime Minister’s military secretary Major General Naquib Ahmed Chowdhury placed wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital at zero hours.