The Wounded Land: Peoples Politics Culture, War Crimes, Liberation War and Literature in Bangladesh

In our so-called global village, we are perhaps, going through the hardest times. The whole human situation is fast deteriorating. The societies and cultures are suffering at the hands of terrorism, fundamentalism, religious militancy, and fanaticism and the same is true of our dearly bought country, Bangladesh. After a lapse of only four decades, it turns much away from its avowed goals. The true spirit of our Liberation War is vitiated by the horrid spectra of the anti-Liberation forces, democracy and rule of law are trampled under military boots; the constitution is dissected by unlawful rulers and opportunist politicians, and the road to democracy and secularism is throttled by appallingly increasing terrorism and religious military. All these have made our beloved Bangladesh's wounded land.' This is the real angst of our time. The author has tried to paint the gravity of the situation in Bangladesh. The subjects of the book, among others, include unique single-topic issues like the Language. Movement and the Liberation War, global cutting-edge concerns like terrorism, religious militancy, and warcrimes, and crucial national events and pressing records like the post-liberation political transitions and tensions, rule of Alliance and Great Alliance Governments, Caretaker hegemony, Army interventions, recession, price-hike etc. The book is written in excellent English. The readers can savour it with obvious literary relish, and finally be left with an effect of current history. Rashid Askari is one of the handful of writers in Bangladesh who write both Bengali and English with equal ease and efficiency. Born on 1st June, 1965 in a sleepy little town of Rangpur, he took an Honours and a Master's in English from Dhaka University, and a Master's in English literature from Dhaka University, and a PhD in Indian English literature from the University of Poona. He is now a professor of English at Kushtia Islamic University.

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