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Re: [mukto-mona] RE: [KHABOR] Enemy Property/Vested property act (URGENT)



Mr. Bhuiyan

Looter Maal(Maal-e-Ganimat) is not haraam.  Just give twenty percent share to Allah, the rest would be yours for consumption.

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 10:52 PM, M Ramadan Bhuiyan <mramjan@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

Same time occupied and looted Bihari properties must be returned, question is haram & halal. 
Any haram is haram and liable to go to hell, hell, hell, where the haram eater will stay whole of his life.


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From: captchowdhury@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:17:29 -0700
Subject: [KHABOR] Enemy Property/Vested property act (URGENT)


 

Dear All,
 
Kindly be advised that the recent Gazette released on above issue was delayed either intentionally or wrongly by the opportunists so that the original owner gets very less period to claim the property thru Tribunal.
Initially published fm BG press on April'12 and released 15 days back, not providing ample time, bearing mind of 120 days window period to claim as per earlier Gazette.
This is the strong agenda which was put fwd since Liberation to end DISCRIMINATION.
Trust you will look into this matter and urge various parties to raise this matter so as to fight for their disputed land in time since clear documentatiions(CS/RS/PS/BS) will take time to raise fm the court and proceed to Tribunal. 
Tks yr assistance. 
 
Kindest Regards
Capt Chowdhury
Marine Consulant
 
 
 




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Re: [mukto-mona] FW: MAHESH BHATT'S ARTICLE ABOUT RAMAZAN



Apparently, (un)culture is also a(un in French) is also a culture.  For Mahesh Bhatt, Ramjan is a tradition inherited from his mother's side.  Has he ever learned it's physiological effects, or why the Bedouins preferred to fast during the day, than during the night?  

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

               The last line:
Isn't this at the end of it all what culture is all about?



Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:47:04 +0100
Subject: MAHESH BHATT'S ARTICLE ABOUT RAMAZAN


 Mahesh Bhatt's article about Ramzan

Collective force By MAHESH BHATT
 
The Famous Film maker and Human Rights activist MAHESH BHATT
observes daily fast (roza) during Ramdan ? Why?
 
On the 14th day of Ramdan, as I drove back home to break my
daily fast (Roza), a beep on my cell phone alerted me to an incoming
message. This is what the message said: Hello, Mr. Bhatt, I understand
through your utterances and writings that you are not a religious man and you
do not believe in the efficacy of prayer. But I have now learned that
you maintain Roza in the month of Ramdan. Your actions, Mr. Bhatt,
bewilder the Hindus and shock the Muslims as well. May I ask why you keep
Roza? This question from a stranger made me smile but since the query
was an innocent one I instinctively punched in my response, which was,
Islam is a part of my heritage. I was born to a Brahmin Hindu father
and a Shia Dawoodi Bohra Muslim mother. When I was a child my mother
would ensure that I fasted for at least one day in the month of
Ramadan. I remember her telling me that during the month of Ramadan the
Muslims say that the gates of heaven are open. This is the month when
Muhammad received his first revelation. After my mother died six years
ago I realized that the only way to keep her alive within me was to
fast for every single day in the month of Ramadan.?

That evening when the distant Azaan was heard and the clock
announced that the day's fast had come to an end, my parched body welcomed
the first sip of water that I had taken in 14 hours like a desert 
would welcome rain. As I bit into an overripe date I discovered that
at this particular moment I was a part of this collective release which
bound me together with millions of people in my country and all over the
world with such unnatural force that I experienced a sense of
exhilaration like I had never experienced before. And it was then that for
the first time I realized what the spirit of Ramadan is really all about.
When so many people together wholeheartedly share a common purpose, they
are united in a way that one has to experience to truly comprehend.
And the exhilaration comes from the fact that it's not about the
individual alone but about all of us, together, doing something so
completely. And it is perhaps this feeling of brotherhood that makes fasting
in Ramadan such a unique and joyous experience.

In this buy, consume and junk age where one's consciousness is
being bombarded by all kinds of pleasure peddlers who market their
mouth-watering food and drink on the hour by the hour, it is
such a relief to shut the door to them and their wares and protect your
body from an overdoes of pleasure. In the month of Ramadan one takes 
a break from the hedonistic way of life. One gets off the treadmill of constant
pleasure seeking and lives a life of austerity and simplicity. This rejuvenates the
physical organism and fills one with unusual vigour. As days turn into
weeks you being to realize that the human organism spends too much energy
in trying to process excess food intake. The maxim that man is
killed by too much food begins to make sense.
 
In the first few days of Ramadan, when the pangs of hunger gnaw
at your insides leaving you to constantly stare at the clock, you
suddenly feel as if there is an invisible umbilical cord connecting you to the
sea of otherwise faceless people all over the world that often go for
days without a square meal. Your apathy and indifference slowly begin
to fade away and your heart begins to wake up to the all-pervasive
suffering of your fellow human beings

Another thing that makes this Ramadan even more special for me
is that my 13 year old daughter Alia has for some strange and unknown
reason spontaneously decided to fast along with me. Like you fast for
your mother, I fast for you, she said simply after I asked her what
prompted this unexpected decision. No wonder a wise man once said, "What
you teach you children, you also teach your grand-children." I
wonder whether years ago while my mother was shaking me awake in the
hush of the morning light and whispering, "Beta, time for Sehri", she
knew she was also awakening her future grand-children. Isn't this at the
end of it all what culture is all about?




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Re: [mukto-mona] FW: MAHESH BHATT'S ARTICLE ABOUT RAMAZAN



Let me understand the act of Mahesh Bhatt. He is not a religious man, but he wants to fast during Ramadan to commemorate his mother, and his daughter joins him. I guess, next he will go to a Ganesh Temple with his daughter to please his father. Interesting! I like it. 

Jiten Roy

--- On Sat, 7/21/12, Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] FW: MAHESH BHATT'S ARTICLE ABOUT RAMAZAN
To:
Date: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 4:47 PM

 
               The last line:
Isn't this at the end of it all what culture is all about?



Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:47:04 +0100
Subject: MAHESH BHATT'S ARTICLE ABOUT RAMAZAN


 Mahesh Bhatt's article about Ramzan

Collective force By MAHESH BHATT
 
The Famous Film maker and Human Rights activist MAHESH BHATT
observes daily fast (roza) during Ramdan ? Why?
 
On the 14th day of Ramdan, as I drove back home to break my
daily fast (Roza), a beep on my cell phone alerted me to an incoming
message. This is what the message said: Hello, Mr. Bhatt, I understand
through your utterances and writings that you are not a religious man and you
do not believe in the efficacy of prayer. But I have now learned that
you maintain Roza in the month of Ramdan. Your actions, Mr. Bhatt,
bewilder the Hindus and shock the Muslims as well. May I ask why you keep
Roza? This question from a stranger made me smile but since the query
was an innocent one I instinctively punched in my response, which was,
Islam is a part of my heritage. I was born to a Brahmin Hindu father
and a Shia Dawoodi Bohra Muslim mother. When I was a child my mother
would ensure that I fasted for at least one day in the month of
Ramadan. I remember her telling me that during the month of Ramadan the
Muslims say that the gates of heaven are open. This is the month when
Muhammad received his first revelation. After my mother died six years
ago I realized that the only way to keep her alive within me was to
fast for every single day in the month of Ramadan.?

That evening when the distant Azaan was heard and the clock
announced that the day's fast had come to an end, my parched body welcomed
the first sip of water that I had taken in 14 hours like a desert 
would welcome rain. As I bit into an overripe date I discovered that
at this particular moment I was a part of this collective release which
bound me together with millions of people in my country and all over the
world with such unnatural force that I experienced a sense of
exhilaration like I had never experienced before. And it was then that for
the first time I realized what the spirit of Ramadan is really all about.
When so many people together wholeheartedly share a common purpose, they
are united in a way that one has to experience to truly comprehend.
And the exhilaration comes from the fact that it's not about the
individual alone but about all of us, together, doing something so
completely. And it is perhaps this feeling of brotherhood that makes fasting
in Ramadan such a unique and joyous experience.

In this buy, consume and junk age where one's consciousness is
being bombarded by all kinds of pleasure peddlers who market their
mouth-watering food and drink on the hour by the hour, it is
such a relief to shut the door to them and their wares and protect your
body from an overdoes of pleasure. In the month of Ramadan one takes 
a break from the hedonistic way of life. One gets off the treadmill of constant
pleasure seeking and lives a life of austerity and simplicity. This rejuvenates the
physical organism and fills one with unusual vigour. As days turn into
weeks you being to realize that the human organism spends too much energy
in trying to process excess food intake. The maxim that man is
killed by too much food begins to make sense.
 
In the first few days of Ramadan, when the pangs of hunger gnaw
at your insides leaving you to constantly stare at the clock, you
suddenly feel as if there is an invisible umbilical cord connecting you to the
sea of otherwise faceless people all over the world that often go for
days without a square meal. Your apathy and indifference slowly begin
to fade away and your heart begins to wake up to the all-pervasive
suffering of your fellow human beings

Another thing that makes this Ramadan even more special for me
is that my 13 year old daughter Alia has for some strange and unknown
reason spontaneously decided to fast along with me. Like you fast for
your mother, I fast for you, she said simply after I asked her what
prompted this unexpected decision. No wonder a wise man once said, "What
you teach you children, you also teach your grand-children." I
wonder whether years ago while my mother was shaking me awake in the
hush of the morning light and whispering, "Beta, time for Sehri", she
knew she was also awakening her future grand-children. Isn't this at the
end of it all what culture is all about?


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Re: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima



"The TRAP -- Rokeya and Taslima --  is set up for me."  ???!  Is this lady suffering from Schizophrenia?  Who cares about what her academic training was, doesn't she know that Anton Chekhov, Rajshekhar Basu, Sanjeeb Chattopadhyay(of lotakambol fame), and many others were from terrains outside literature?  A famous story of "Panchatantra" advises fools to keep their mouth shut, I hope she reads it, if she hasn't already.

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:03 AM, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Let me try not to criticize Ms. Majid as a person. Let me just make a generalized point.
 
"Some people have set up a trap for me in this forum.", "Literature is my territory, and not Taslima's or Humayun's, because 'my academic training is in language, literature, literary theory, semiotics, translation theory, etc.' and their academic trainings are in Medicine and Chemistry, respectively.", "One woman made idiotic comments about Islam, that is why the Islamists have redoubled their oppression of women." are comments that are as foolish as calling an atheist 'Islamophobe'. I would expect an average college professor to have a smarter and wiser mind than this.
 
Sukhamaya Bain

==================================
From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:05 PM

Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
 
    The TRAP -- Rokeya and Taslima --  is set up for me.
         
Anyone who dares utter a word against Taslima is going to stumble and fall head over heels right into the TRAP.

Listen to the clever language of the TRAP setters who have got S. A. Hannan on their side:
<< There are some in this forum, who are allergic to Taslima even though they espouse and fight for the same cause. I can only guess about their reasons for bitter contempt of her, but - I do understand your views in this context. >>                  Taslima was a medical doctor by profession.  I have never studied medicine. Why would there be a professional jealousy in me against her?  My academic training is in language, literature, literary theory, semiotics ,translation theory, etc. History, philosophy of language and religion & women's studies (as integral parts of cultural studies) are related subjects.  So, if I object to someone mis-quoting the Qur'an by grossly mistranslating the Arabic text for the purpose of scoring a political or anti-social point then  I am only minding my own business.  It is Taslima who is trespassing my academic territory by making idiotic comments on Islam that only succeed in encouraging the Islamists to redouble their oppression of women. That is what has happened as a result of the Taslima debacle in 1993, and that is the ground level FACT.                  The TRAP is set up in such away that anyone disagreeing with Taslima's idiotic, illogical, ahistorical, endlessly self-referential, unrealistic claims is declared as a some kind of a conservative Islamist moron. Taslima never defines what she means by "fundamentalists".  Her reasoning is intellectually feeble. What is Taslima's claim as an authority on the subjects she makes ignorant comments on?

           
         The TRAP -- Rokeya and Taslima
    is a form  of bare-knuckle bullying by the Bengali Islamophobes!
=============================
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.comFrom: jnrsr53@yahoo.comDate: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:53:54 -0700Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima 

Hannan-Saheb,
You are pretty consistent on your views. I was just trying to express my views on your comment about the 'enemy of all religions.' There are some in this forum, who are allergic to Taslima even though they espouse and fight for the same cause. I can only guess about their reasons for bitter contempt of her, but - I do understand your views in this context. You are a traditional Islamic man; so you are obviously in the opposite camp of Taslima.
Hannan-Saheb, those who do not support freedom of religions, are enemies of religions. I am not an advocate of any religion, but I support freedom of religion for all, and I am glad to find you also in my camp on this issue.
Thank you.
Jiten Roy
======================================

--- On Fri, 7/20/12, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 20, 2012, 11:47 PM
 
Jiten sahib,
I hate those who destroy Mandir or idol and oppress minorities. I  talk and write against such activities.
 
 I have no further comment on Taslima.I hold on to my view which I have said about her.
Shah Abdul Hannan
 
From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Jiten Roy
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 5:27 AM
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
 
Enemy of all religions would be someone who fights to block all religious operations.  I don't think you can fit Taslima into that category.
We have many enemies of religion in Bangladesh , who interrupt ongoing (minority) religious operations and desecrate idols and temples. They are the real enemies of religions. These enemies are not atheists; they are devout religious men. Taslima is just a critic, not an enemy, of religion.
Jiten Roy

--- On Thu, 7/19/12, S A Hannan < sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com > wrote:

From: S A Hannan < sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com >
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 10:14 PM
 
Mr Das, this is just your mental picture. She (Taslima) is just hated by most Bangladeshis, Indians, Muslims..In the West only a few people know her. Common people do not know her there.
Shah Abdul Hannan
 
From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Kamal Das
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 6:27 AM
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
 
"Taslima is an atheist, herself a debauch and preacher of debauchery, enemy of all religions, indecent to the core, has no civility."  Yet, Taslima has more popularity than Mr. Hannan!
 
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:14 PM, S A Hannan <http://us.mc1427.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sahannan%40sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:
 
Taslima is an atheist, herself a debauch and preacher of debauchery, enemy of all religions, indecent to the core, has no civility.
Rokeya was a religious woman, practiced her religion, wore Hijab, and fought for rights of women given by Islam but largely denied to women.
Shah Abdul Hannan
 

Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Rokeya and Taslima
 
 
I think, in addition to professional and extra-professional jealousy, Taslima had to suffer from the wrath of a lot of Bangladeshi Muslims who have the power and have gotten used to having some hateful sentiments. For example, her book "Lajja" is like a documentary of what the Hindus of East Bengal who loved their motherland enough to stay there got from the Muslim power; it has no criticism of Islam. It has hurt the sentiments of many Muslims, because it has exposed their hatred against innocent Hindus quite forcefully.
 
Sukhamaya Bain

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[mukto-mona] Re: Prospective Haji and Hajian, fundamentalists sympathizers to terrorists, Let us clean our house and ourselves before we aspire for heaven and good governance



Dear Fundamentalists- sympathisers to Terrorists if any, your days are numbered,


Remember out of 19 terrorist hijackers 15 were from Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden was a Saudi national. Modern world wanted and supported 'The Arab Spring/, and got it. Now international Human Rights organizations are pressing all fundamentalist countries in particular and fundamentalists- creators and sympathisers of terrorists in general, to respect in words, principles, and in deeds to abide by " Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of United Nations:    http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/#atop     
In Farsi language there is a saying, its Urdu translation is" Akalmond ki lia Ishara Kafi Hai Magar Ba Akkal ki lia Danda Marna Parta Hai" close English translation is- "an intelligent person understand the hints of when to get  self preparedness for imminent danger quickly but a dumb or unintelligent person needs beating to make him understand and get prepared." 
Now the news and pictures you will see below Reference 4: about Saudi Arabia compelled to join International Olympic team in London this summer with at least two women participants-- is the result of fear of being  beaten by the international community-  to follow and join the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, like other Arab Spring countries.  If our fundamentalists very close and sympathisers with terrorists or Osama bin Laden still do not get it then wait for further 'Danda' or beating to get defeated and straightened up.  Those who are not sympathisers to terrorists should not feel offended by this email at the same time we can not deny that we do not have terrorists among us , example Rezwan Ferdous, 27, a graduate in physics, active member of Worchester Islamic Center, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty, jailed for 17 years, details shown below Reference 1 to 3
Regards.
Yours sincerely,
Golam F. Akhter, Bangladesh-USA Human Rights Coalition Inc.
========== :
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Jamal Hasan <poplu@hotmail.com> wrote: 

"Ferdaus is a Muslim born and raised in Massachusetts to parents of Bangladeshi descent."
 
Reference 1  http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/us-usa-security-ferdaus-idUSBRE86J11620120720

Reference 3 Worchester Islamic Center-supported Association of Terrorist organizations: 


 
Rezwan Ferdaus

Rezwan Ferdaus


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Golam Akhter <akhtergolam@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear 6064'ians and dreamers of going to heaven by performing Hajj, neglecting other virtues like truthfulness, justice, and human rights,

International pressure and threat  of "Possible Danda" are changing the stubborn Saudis to change their mind, they are allowing their girls to participate in the Olympic Sports in London this summer soon first time; when our fundamentalist friends in Bangladesh will change and accept 'Human Rights' before international pressure and "Possible Danda" come in real forms? Wake up sleeping and day dreaming friends......
Regards.
Yours sincerely,
Golam F. Akhter, Bangladesh-USA Human Rights Coalition Inc.
==================================================


Less than two weeks before the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, Saudi Arabia announced that it would send two female athletes to London. Human Rights Watch welcomed this decision as an important first step, but one which does not go far enough in addressing the fact that millions of Saudi women and girls are effectively banned from sports in Saudi Arabia—a violation of their rights which reflects a broad and systemic pattern of gender discrimination in the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia: Let Women and Girls Play Sports
 

 

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"Allowing women to compete under the Saudi flag in the London Games will set an important precedent. But without policy changes to allow women and girls to play sports and compete within the kingdom, little can change for millions of women and girls deprived of sporting opportunities."
~ Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch 

 

For further information:

> Read the report, "Steps of the Devil" 
> Read the Q&A
> Press release 2/25/12
> Press release 5/23/12
> Press release 7/10/12
> Press release 7/12/12

Articles:

> New York Times 2/15/12
> The Telegraph 5/29/12
> AFP 6/26/12 (Tribune.com.pk) 
> Bikaya Masr 7/10/12 
> Washington Post (AP) 7/11/12 
> The National (Abu Dhabi) 7/11/12
> Washingtonpost.com/AP 7/12/12
> Wall Street Journal 7/12/12
> Daily Mail (UK) 7/12/12
> New York Times 7/14/12



Op-eds:

> Nikki Dryden, "Let Saudi women compete in London," Globe and Mail 6/6/12
> Minky Worden, "Saudi Arabia's unacceptable failure to field female athletes for the Olympics," The Guardian 7/10/12
 

Radio:

> CBC Radio (The Current) 6/15/12, "Saudi Women Barred from Olympics"

FACTS

Women's Lives
Saudi Arabia has one of the worst records of respecting and protecting women's rights. Under the government's male guardianship system, women cannot work, study, marry or access health care without the permission of a male guardian – a father, husband, or even a son.

Sports in Saudi Arabia
As documented in Human Rights Watch's report "Steps of the Devil," physical education for girls in state-run schools in Saudi Arabia is not offered, and only men may belong to sports clubs or work with expert trainers. In fact, government restrictions on women essentially bar them from all sports.

The Olympic Charter
But denying women the chance to compete violates the human rights principles of the Olympic Charter, which states: "The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind…"  

"Steps of the Devil"
Saudi Arabia's policy towards women and sport reflects the predominant conservative view that opening sports to women and girls will lead to immorality: "steps of the devil," as one prominent religious scholar put it. Prince Nawaf al-Faisal, the Saudi sports minister and head of the Saudi National Olympic Committee, said on April 4 that, "Female sports activity has not existed [in the kingdom] and there is no move thereto in this regard. At present, we are not embracing any female Saudi participation in the Olympics." On July 12, Saudi Arabia reversed course and announced it would send two female athletes to London—a decision welcomed by Human Rights as an important first step, but one which does go not far enough in ending an effective ban on women and girls practicing sports inside the kingdom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHAT WE WANT

We Want Saudi Arabia to Respect Women's Rights

Saudi Arabia should adopt new policies that will create real, systemic change to benefit all Saudi women and girls, including:

• Establishing a timeline and benchmarks for introducing physical education as a mandatory subject for girls in public and private schools.

• Allowing the creation of women's gyms and sports clubs.

• Creating women's sections in the sports ministry (General Presidency for Youth Welfare) and the National Olympic Committee. 

 

The International Olympic Committee Can and Should Help

We are asking the International Olympic Committee to uphold the values of the Olympic Charter. The IOC should use its leverage with Saudi Arabia and urge the country to take steps to end discrimination against women in sports.

 

 

 



 

 




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Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: [Alapon] Writer Humayun Ahmed dies in NY



Even Humayun would take such opinion that he wrote better than Sarat with a grain of salt and sauce.  His first two novels were autobiographical, a few others were based on the families of famous Landlords of Bengal, and the rest of them were rubbish of inferior order.  His last novel would raise a tempest, if it were published in his lifetime.  Only a sick mind would make the events of the tragic death of a ten year old child (of the architect of Bangladesh) along with most of his family a topic of his novel.  He even tried to eulogize the killers. 

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

If you really look at Sunil's works, he too is a commercial writer in his core. Some of his works are OK but most of them are trash and could have been written by any mediocre writer.  When people write for money, I would categorize those writers as sold-out souls. H. Ahmed was a good story teller but I would not consider him as the best of both Bengals as many would love to portray. That is a pure hallucination!
So, if Sunil certifies Ahmed as a better writer than Sharotchandra Chattopadhya, I would take that compliment with few grains of salt. I would hate to compare H. Ahmed with anybody except with the author, himself, period! He was not a writer in the beginning and then he felt to write for money (by author's own confession) and that is what I see in his works. I do not want to flatter people for the things that have not done for the public.
-SD 
 
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS

From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 7:10 PM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Fw: [Alapon] Writer Humayun Ahmed dies in NY

 
http://www.bd-pratidin.com/?view=details&type=gold&data=Sports&pub_no=482&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&index=1

           Hope you read the piece by Sunil Gangopadhya who says Humayun Ahmed's position as a fiction writer (kothashilpi) in Bangla is above that of Sharotchandra Chattopadhya. That is a huge compliment!  I know Sunil-da and I know that he is an honest and serious litterateur. I respect his opinion on Humayun Ahmed.

                     Farida Majid

To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
From: kamalctgu@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:26:37 +0600
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: [Alapon] Writer Humayun Ahmed dies in NY

 
Humayun Ahmed was a good friend of mine for twenty years,1974-93.  His literature was mediocre, but he earned enviable popularity.  I am sure he would be remembered for a while.


On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

I had a chance to watch only a few of his TV-dramas; styles were so unique that – I could identify his dramas later on only after hearing a few dialogues.
Humayun Ahmed was the 'morning star' of the literary circle in Bangladesh. He has given a new life to the TV-drama-world in Bangladesh.  I am sure - he has shown ways to so many lost drifters through his novels, dramas, and writings. I have never met him personally but - the news of his departure felt like a loss of a close relative. May God rest his departed soul with peace and tranquility for eternity!
Jiten Roy

--- On Thu, 7/19/12, Morshed, Adnan Z <morshed@cua.edu> wrote:

From: Morshed, Adnan Z <morshed@cua.edu>
Subject: [Alapon] Writer Humayun Ahmed dies in NY
To: "alapon@yahoogroups.com" <alapon@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 2:56 PM

 
Writer Humayun Ahmed is no more.....

http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=228520&cid=2

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