In December 1921, almost a hundred years ago, Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote what would be his most iconic poem: "Bidrohi." The poem would transform him from the Soldier Poet to the Rebel Poet. "Bidrohi" was unlike any poem written at the time as the very first lines reveal: "Bolo bir/Bolo unnato momo shir/Shir nehari amari, notoshir oi shikhor himadri" [Speak, Hero, say,/ My head
Nazrul s 122nd birthday today
Staff Correspondent
25th May, 2021 09:39:08
The 122nd birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being celebrated across the country today through various programmes.
A poet, journalist, lyricist, composer, playwright and novelist, Kazi Nazrul is one of the most celebrated cultural icons of the nation.
His fiery poems had made him a rebel poet and encouraged the subjugated mass people to fight against repression and injustice of the British colonial rule.
The nation got inspirations from his poems and songs during the Liberation War and all democratic movements and struggles.
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the national poet, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages, paying rich tributes to the polymath.
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Members of the Special Frontier Force, including soldiers from Tibet, during the 1971 India-Pakistan War, in this dated photograph. (File Photo) By PTI
KOLKATA: A two-storied non-descript house at 57/8 Ballygunge Circular Road, a stone s throw away from the Tripura royal palace in the heart of this city, stands mute witness to an operation in the run-up to the 1971 war that gave the Bangladesh government-in-exile a radio station to broadcast hope to its beleaguered people facing genocide by the Pakistan Army.
Fifty years ago, on this day, a motley group of singers, poets and radio broadcasters made their way to the rented house, where a makeshift studio and dormitory for the artistes had been set up. The day was chosen in part because it was the birthday of the man who would become Bangladesh s national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
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A two-storied non-descript house at 57/8 Ballygunge Circular Road, a stone's throw away from the Tripura royal palace in the heart of this city, stands mute witness to an operation in the run up to the 1971 war which gave the Bangladesh government-in-exile a radio station to broadcast "hope" to its beleaguered people facing genocide by the Pakistan Army.