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Faruk Wasif: “Become Human Again”
“Become Human Again” By Faruk Wasif for Prothom Alo, Translated by Humayun Kabir for AlalODulal.org In this damned country life cannot sustain. In this land of death justice also cannot live. Today...
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Our old freedom fighter wanders the streets
“So our old freedom fighter wanders the streets. He will go to the wrong meeting, the wrong gathering, the endless newspaper offices. Suddenly he will fly into a rage at a tea shop and start...
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Justice Habibur Rahman (1928-2014)
Justice Habibur Rahman (1928-2014) by Faruk Wasif, translated by Nadine Murshid for AlalODulal.org Let people judge Justice Habibur Rahman. They have his writings to judge him by. I can only think of...
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Remembering Garcia Marquez: Latin & Bengali novel, finding the self, or the...
লাতিন ও বাংলা উপন্যাস: আত্মের হদিস কিংবা উপন্যাসে আদমসুরতের নকশা ফারুক ওয়াসিফ যে জগতের গিঁট ছিঁড়ে গেছে, যার মন থেকে মুছে গেছে দুর্ধর্ষ সব কল্পনা, যে হারিয়ে ফেলেছে স্বপ্নজননক্ষমতা, সেই … Continue reading →
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Faruk Wasif: The Sahibs of Begum Para and the turtles that sell the country
“’Second Home’: The Sahibs of Begam Para and the Turtles that Sell the Country” by Faruk Wasif for Prothom Alo, translated for AlalODulal.org by Nusrat Chowdhury [please do not reproduce w/o...
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I see sticks falling on Majed Ali’s back
“With every hartal, every police action, I see sticks falling on Majed Ali’s back. Leaders, you have options. The Majed Alis of Bangladesh don’t. They will not stop, so please, you must!“ I see sticks...
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Where is the Antidote to Communalism?
Where is the Antidote to Communalism? by Faruk Wasif, translated by Prof Farida Khan for AlalODulal As a Muslim nation, the state of Bangladesh can never grant freedom to Hindus. Neither can it give...
View ArticleDeath of a teacher
My first teacher was a cowherd. Another teacher gave up trousers, put on a lungi, and did farming- so I heard. I don’t have the courage to ask, the teacher that was killed by police beating today– who...
View ArticleShahbagh: Islam vs. Liberation War fyasad: Where do we stand, where do we...
We must keep the Shahbag movement outside of the fyasad of belief-vs.-atheism. We have to keep it free of political parties. We have to convert the war cry of revenge into the awakening cry of...
View ArticleIf you come to kill, I will say, I too am Hindu
If you come to kill, I will say, I too am Hindu, I too am Minority, the land that is burning is my country by Faruk Wasif, translated from Bengali by AlalODulal.org When the Tamil massacres were...
View ArticleFaruk Wasif: The Writer in Front of Shahbag
The Writer in Front of Shahbag By Faruk Wasif. Translated by Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org. Hasnat Abdul Hye has proved that deep down he too is a lecherous and misogynist writer Rosu Khan. Through the...
View ArticleFaruk Wasif: Now will you have time? Now will you finally listen?
Now will you have time? Now will you finally listen? by Faruk Wasif, Translated from Bengali for AlalODulal.org by Tibra Ali We are not slave-owners, we are a manager country of slavery. Our labour...
View ArticleFaruk Wasif: After burning our own house for ten years, we will arrange the...
After burning our own house for ten years, we will arrange the mortuary by Faruk Wasif, Translated by AlalODulal.org Durmukhs say, Hefazat and Shahbag are government’s right hand left hand. Right hand...
View ArticleRunning barefoot through the city of Barbie liberty and sexy grenades
Running barefoot through the city of Barbie liberty and sexy grenades by Faruk Wasif, translated from Bengali by Nayma Qayum for AlalODulal.org In the morning I saw four teenagers on the pavement...
View ArticleIf Hindus burn, Bangladesh burns
“Did that girl and her darling little baby both jump into the cold and foggy Bhairab river that night? Her sister, her brother, her neighbors, all of them?” If Hindus burn, Bangladesh burns by Faruk...
View Article#SOSBangladesh: Who is Behind Deep Politics?
O religious, and o secularist. Both sides will die and die. But you will never understand: From Shahbag to Shapla, you are being used by others. The pied piper of deep politics, the puppet-master, will...
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