Golam Dastagir earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hull, England. He currently teaches Global Citizenship and Philosophy at Centennial College, Toronto. He extensively writes on intercultural philosophy, comparative religions, sufism, ethics, Indian and Western philosophy. Three of his my books are catalogued at the library of the University of Toronto. Over the…
DOYALI ISLAM was a Griffin Poetry Prize finalist, Trillium Book Award for Poetry finalist, and Pat Lowther Memorial Award finalist for her second poetry book, HEFT (M&S, 2019). Her first poetry book was YUSUF AND THE LOTUS FLOWER (BuschekBooks, 2011). Doyali is the niece of Bangladeshi filmmaker Syed Salahuddin Zaki, and the granddaughter of Bangladeshi…
“Laid out against the horizontal landscape of the page, from the very beginning these poems demand from the reader a reorientation, and set out a goal to teach us how to read differently — not only the poems but also the world. What is beautiful and successful here is the way Doyali Islam takes small moments and gives to them an incredible, sometimes aching, heft..
Bidyot Bhowmik was born in Brahmanbaria of Bangladesh on 23rd January 1952. After obtaining an M.A. in English from the University of Chittagong Bidyot started his career as a Lecturer. He was recruited as Master-1 by the Public Service Commission, Sokoto State of Nigeria in 1982 and worked there from 1983 to 1987. He came…
Bhaswati Ghosh’s Victory Colony, 1950, is a portrait of resilience and a testament to humanity. The novel set in eastern India in the aftermath of the partition is essentially the story of refugees. But it is also much more than that. It is a tale of finding home, warmth and love in the most adverse of conditions. Bereft of the home they left behind…
Bhaswati Ghosh writes and translates fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her first book of fiction is ‘Victory Colony, 1950’. Her first work of translation from Bengali into English is ‘My Days with Ramkinkar Baij’, for which she received the Charles Wallace (India) Trust Fellowship at the British Centre for Literary Translation in the University of East Anglia. Bhaswati’s…
Bhajan Sarker, a Bengali author was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He studied in Bangladesh and Canada and obtained post-graduate degree in Civil Engineering. Although Bhajan started writing with poetry since childhood, he is now well-known as a fiction writer and essayist. Bhajan has five books to his credit: ‘Bivaktir Satkahon’ (essay), ‘Canvase Behular Jol’ (poetry), ‘Banshe Pravase’ (essay), ‘Red Indiander Sathe Bosobas’ (essay), and ‘Chandramukhi Janala’ (novel on the Bangladesh Liberation War and Naxalist Movement). Books…
Atoar Rahman was born in 1964. He took his post-graduation degree in English language and literature. Afterwards, he took journalism and later teaching as his profession. Mainly short stories and poems are the subjects of his interest. He writes regularly in various Bengali daily and weekly newspapers and online literary magazines from Bangladesh and Canada….
Atanu Das Gupta, born in Chattogram, Bangladesh, now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A regular contributor to different Bengali weeklies and periodical, Atanu’s first story ‘Durgompother Ovijatrira’ (Refugees of the restless roads) was ppublished in 2016. His debut book ‘Golpe Solpe Kichukkhon’ was published in 2023 from Dhaka. Books by Atanu Das Gupta Golpesolpe Kichukkhon…
Alina Mita Howlader alias Alina Mita is a writer, reciter, speech artist, and cultural activist. Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Alina is the second child of her parents Benedict Howlader and Rani Howlader. Completing her Master’s in English Literature, Alina has worked in a multinational company for a long. She has been living in…