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
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:
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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