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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.
“Like a meteor, he landed on this planet and left behind the legacy of a lifetime”
Khilkhil Kazi remembers her grandfather, National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
Photo: Star
Shah Alam Shazu
Shah Alam Shazu
Noted singer and organiser Khilkhil Kazi is the granddaughter of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. She was the recipient of the Nazrul Award 2013, awarded by the Nazrul Institute, and currently serves as a trustee of the organisation. On the occasion of Nazrul Jayanti, Khilkhil Kazi reminisces her memories of love and adoration with her grandfather in a candid chat with The Daily Star.
Today marks the birth anniversary of your grandfather, our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Do you remember how you used to spend this day while he was still with us?
“Nazrul was a true worshipper of fine arts” – Sadya Afreen Mallick
Photo: Star
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: