<i>At a glance</i>
Beje Otho Matal Mollar
Selim Sarwar
Papyrus
This happens to be an exhilarating collection of poetry from an academic who has spent an entire career studying and teaching literature. He has explored literary experience abroad and savoured poetry here in Bangladesh. These poems are a reflection of the modernity he brings into his sensibilities. They are gripping. Uniform Family Code
Obhinno Paribarik Aaeen
Bangladesh Mohila Parishad
Here is an excellent work on the many and varied laws that govern the family in Bangladesh. And it straddles the various, especially religious, communities. With a good sprinkling of articles on conditions in which family laws have, or have not, operated. Anyone willing to read through the hefty material here will do himself or herself a world of good. Sroshtar Shondhane
Shamael
Gyankosh Prokashoni
The work is a reflection on religion, indeed on spiritual experience. Shamael caries the reader through a detailed exposition of faith, bringing into her deliberations facts and tales from a diversity of beliefs. In other words, this is a book that takes rather an intellectual approach to an understanding of religion. Obituaries
Death At My Doorstep
Khushwant Singh
Roli Books
Another captivating work from the indefatigable Khushwant Singh. He writes movingly on people who have passed on. He knew all of them, many of them as close friends. And then there is the usual dash of humour he brings into a telling of the tales. He writes grimly on ZA Bhutto's end and sadly on his friend Manzur Quader.
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