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মায়ের কাছে যাচ্ছি
407 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1989
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Rashid Karim
18 books17 followersRashid Karim was born in Kolkata, West Bengal in 1925. He did his BA from the Calcutta Islamia College (now Maulana Azad College), an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta. After the partition of the sub-continent in 1947, his family moved to Dhaka.
He began writing during the British period, continued during the Pakistan period but wrote his major novels during the Bangladesh period. It was in independent Bangladesh that his career as a writer reached its zenith. Rashid Karim penned his first story at the age of fourteen. So he began quite early. But his first story was published in 1942 in Mohammed Nasiruddin's Saogat. After that he did not write till 1961, when began the second phase of his writing career. His first novel Uttam Purush was published that year. It made him widely known and brought him the prestigious Adamjee Award. Two years later Prashanna Pashan instantly turned him into a major novelist of the Bengali language. Again he went into hibernation, this time for a decade. After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, he published his epic novel, Amar Jato Glani, in 1973. This novel helped his fame reach its peak. Till this period he was known as a gifted writer who wrote less but wrote very well. But from then on he wrote and published regularly. Prem Ekti Lal Golap was published in 1978.
Rashid Karim had battled paralysis for nineteen years before his death. He could not write a single word during that long period and died at Ibrahim Cardiac Centre in Dhaka on 26 November 2011.
Novelist Abu Rushd was his elder brother.
He began writing during the British period, continued during the Pakistan period but wrote his major novels during the Bangladesh period. It was in independent Bangladesh that his career as a writer reached its zenith. Rashid Karim penned his first story at the age of fourteen. So he began quite early. But his first story was published in 1942 in Mohammed Nasiruddin's Saogat. After that he did not write till 1961, when began the second phase of his writing career. His first novel Uttam Purush was published that year. It made him widely known and brought him the prestigious Adamjee Award. Two years later Prashanna Pashan instantly turned him into a major novelist of the Bengali language. Again he went into hibernation, this time for a decade. After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, he published his epic novel, Amar Jato Glani, in 1973. This novel helped his fame reach its peak. Till this period he was known as a gifted writer who wrote less but wrote very well. But from then on he wrote and published regularly. Prem Ekti Lal Golap was published in 1978.
Rashid Karim had battled paralysis for nineteen years before his death. He could not write a single word during that long period and died at Ibrahim Cardiac Centre in Dhaka on 26 November 2011.
Novelist Abu Rushd was his elder brother.
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January 25, 2024
চূড়ান্তভাবে হতাশ!
পড়ার সময় মনে হচ্ছিলো যে লেখক বারবার ভুলে যাচ্ছেন তিনি কোন বিষয়ে লিখছেন।বেশ অসংলগ্ন লেখা। কাহিনির মধ্যে হুট করে হাজির হচ্ছে ১০/১৫ পাতার ইতিহাসের কচকচানি যার সাথে আবার মূল গল্পের কোনো সংযোগ নেই। কিছু অংশ আলাদাভাবে ভালো লাগলেও সবমিলিয়ে মনে রাখার মতো কিছু নেই। বহুশ্রমে জোড়াতালি মেরে শেষ করলাম।
পড়ার সময় মনে হচ্ছিলো যে লেখক বারবার ভুলে যাচ্ছেন তিনি কোন বিষয়ে লিখছেন।বেশ অসংলগ্ন লেখা। কাহিনির মধ্যে হুট করে হাজির হচ্ছে ১০/১৫ পাতার ইতিহাসের কচকচানি যার সাথে আবার মূল গল্পের কোনো সংযোগ নেই। কিছু অংশ আলাদাভাবে ভালো লাগলেও সবমিলিয়ে মনে রাখার মতো কিছু নেই। বহুশ্রমে জোড়াতালি মেরে শেষ করলাম।
July 31, 2025
বইয়ের শুরুটা চমৎকার, রশীদ করীমের ট্রেডমার্ক সরল-সুন্দর ডিটেইলিং। তারপর একের পর এক '৪৭ সাল পূর্ববর্তী রাজনৈতিক আলোচনা, তারপর দেশভাগ-পাকিস্তান নিয়ে কচকচানি চলতেই থাকে। এর মধ্যে ক্রিকেট, ফ্রস্টের কবিতা, শেক্সপিয়রের হ্যামলেটের আলোচনাও বাদ যায়নি। এসব আলোচনা মূল কাহিনির সাথে অপ্রাসঙ্গিক এবং এত বার বিচ্যুতি হয়েছে যে পড়ার সময় মেজাজ ঠিক রাখতে কষ্ট হচ্ছিল। এটাকে উপন্যাস হিসাবে মানতে আমি নারাজ। বরং বৈঠকী গল্প বলে চালিয়ে দিলেও মানা যেত। অতিউৎসাহী পাঠকেরও এই বই এড়িয়ে যাওয়া ভাল হবে।
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