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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Guiding the nation through good times and bad

Four literary icons honoured by ‘Alokito Nagori’

By The Daily Star / April 8, 2009

From the turbulent times when the nation started realising the need to form a sovereign country, through the Liberation War and numerous movements against tyranny, socio-cultural crises, to the contemporary volatile days -- these personalities, whose literary careers have enriched our literature and educated, enlightened many, have been guiding the nation as lighthouses. Literary icons -- National Professor Kabir Chowdhury, Professor Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman and Hasan Azizul Haque -- were honoured by cultural organisation 'Alokito Nagori' on April 6. The event was held at Bengal Shilpalay Cafe.

The occasion was a collective celebration of the honourees' birthdays. All four were born in the month of February. "Though we've been trying to hold this programme since February, due to unavoidable circumstances, the celebration had to be shelved," said Aminur Rahman Rana, chief executive officer of Alokito Nagori.    KEEP READING>>>>>

Source: http://www.thedailystar.net

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