Subrata Kumar Das

Subrata Kumar Das

To me Subrata Kumar Das, the celebrated author and erudite scholar, is history, as well as, mystery. History, not in the sense of being past and dead, but in the sense of being present and thriving.  Subrata made history in Bangladesh in the past, is making history at present in Canada and, I believe, will make history in future wherever he will be under the sun.

Margaret Atwood’s  Survival- A Milestone

Margaret Atwood’s  Survival- A Milestone

Canadian literature – what is that?  Is it the imagination of a few dreamers or does it really have some real existence? Even if it is taken for granted that there is something called Canadian literature in reality, that there is, in fact, a quantum of literature and that it is mostly written in English , then is that so called Canadian literature is in reality a shadow or a poor imitation of the English literature on both sides of the Atlantic ocean…

Subrata’s Autobiography– An Aerial View

Subrata’s Autobiography– An Aerial View

Francis Bacon, the first major English essayist, wrote about books, “Books serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.”  He further wrote, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested.” Subrata Kumar Das’ autobiographical book ‘Uthso theke Porobas’ (Searching the Roots by an Expat) will suit these observations.

Mahabharata viewed in a new perspective

Mahabharata viewed in a new perspective

MAHABHARATA, an ancient Indian epic, literally means ‘Great India’ and propagates ‘eternal truth’ for humanity. Of all the epics of the world, the Mahabharata is the second oldest (next only to the Ramayana), and the second largest (next only to the Gilgamesh). The Mahabharata is a circle whose center is everywhere but its circumference nowhere.

Chaitanyadev: A great social reformer

Chaitanyadev: A great social reformer

Though Sri Chaitanyadev lived for only forty seven years, he is still a force to be reckoned with in religion, literature, music, dance and drama in India and abroad, spanning a period of about five hundred years. Not a single book was written by Chaitanyadev, but hundreds of books have been written on him by his contemporaries, as well as successors, both Indian and foreigners.