Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad
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| Author | Humayun Azad |
|---|---|
| Original title | পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ |
| Illustrator | |
| Cover artist | Samar Majumdar |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
| Subject | Religious fundamentalism |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 112 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 984-401-769-6 Search this book on  . |
| OCLC | 808109497 |
Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (Bengali: পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ pāk šar jomin šād bād from Urdu: پاک سرزمین شاد باد pāk sarzamīn shād bād "Blessed be the Sacred Land") is a 2003 novel,[1] written by Humayun Azad, an anti-establishment, anti-religious writer in Bangladesh. The novel based on a religious group who collaborated with the Pakistani army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[2]
Synopsis[edit]
The book title is a reference to the national anthem of Pakistan written in heavily Persianized Urdu by the Pakistani Urdu-language poet Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952. The first stanza of the song is as follows:[3]
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The Protagonist is a fictional member of a terrorist organization. The protagonist's views are expressed in his monologue, "We aren't alone. Our brothers all over the world are doing their work. If they fly an aeroplane into a building somewhere, if cars crash into a hospital or a hotel, or if a bomb blast kills 300 people in some recreational centre, then we know it's the work of our brothers; in other words, it is our work. This is Jihad."[4]
Controversy[edit]
Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad, a scathing criticism about a Islamic fundamentalist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[5] On 27 February 2004, Azad came under a vicious attack by unidentified assailants, assumed to be Islamic fundamentalists, following the publication,[6] which exposed the main Islamic fundamentalists in his country.[7]
In late July 2004, Azad wrote a moving letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and other political leaders calling on them to restore freedom in Bangladesh and pleading for protection to himself and his family.[7] Days before Azad's departure for Munich in early August 2004, his son was briefly kidnapped by fundamentalists whose aim was to find out Azad's whereabouts.[8]
Criticism[edit]
Bangladeshi author, filmmaker and dramatist Humayun Ahmed called the book "so vulgar that anybody would be hurt after reading it. He doesn't have to be a fundamentalist."[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Umme Sadat Nazmun Nahar Al-wazedi (2008). Hearing 'subaltern' Voices of Resistance in the Works of Mahasweta Devi, Taslima Nasrin and Monica Ali (PhD thesis). Purdue University. p. 149. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Information of Pakistan". Infopak.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Star Magazine". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ↑ "Recommended Books". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "An open letter to the Prime Minister, leader of the main opposition, and my countrymen". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "IHEU Mourns Prof. Humayun Azad; Calls for Police Investigation into Death". IHEU. 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ Zaman, Mustafa; Hussain, Ahmede (1 September 2004). "Humayun Azad: A Truncated Life". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star.
- ↑ Bashar, Reazul; Ahmed, Mustak (20 July 2008). "Humayun Ahmed draws flak from literati". Bangladesh News 24. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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