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আমি রুশো বলছি
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First published February 1, 2006
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Sardar Fazlul Karim
34 books41 followersBorn in a lower middle class family of Barisal in 1925, Sardar stood second at IA examination (Intermediate in Arts) but topped the first class in both his BA Honours and MA examinations in Philosophy from Dhaka University; he became a lecturer in 1946 at the age of 21. Involved in progressive politics as a student, he was an "enemy" of the then Pakistan government and in four phases spent almost the full twenty-four years of Pakistani rule in jail. Ayub Khan and Monem Khan ensured that he could never return to his teaching job during the Pakistan period. He participated in the 58-day hunger strike of political prisoners demanding humane treatment. He was elected a member of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan while in prison. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Professor Abdur Razzak brought him back to the Dhaka University immediately after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972.
Sardar Fazlul Karim has written scholarly books on philosophy, among them being his দর্শনকোষ (Bengali Encyclopedia of Philosophy). He has translated Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Engels.
When Sardar was a high school student, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Pather Dabi: The Right of Way inspired him to dream of a revolution for the first time; his friend Mozammel Haq had given him the book. Young Mozammel, a political activist and journalist, died in 1965 Cairo plane crash. The book greatly influenced the teenaged Sardar. Years later he learnt that the same book had inspired Jyoti Basu to be a revolutionary. Sardar Fazlul Karim was always an obedient child and even helped his father in agricultural work.
Sardar Fazlul Karim came to Dhaka to study Intermediate in Arts (IA). He got admitted to the Government Intermediate College. Progressive students looked him up. Sardar was more a nationalist than a communist then. He brought out wallpapers and had a good personal library. Friends used to borrow books from him. Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth also influenced him. Sardar Fazlul Karim became a student of Dhaka University in 1942; he studied English for a few days but shifted to Philosophy because Haridas Bhattacharya's class lectures had attracted him. He passed his BA Honors in 1945 when the Second World War ended. The 1943's Bengal famine influenced him a lot. The communists were very active during the Bengal famine. Sardar left Socrates, Plato and Hegel in his room and travelled to remote villages with relief for the hungry!
Sardar Fazlul Karim has written scholarly books on philosophy, among them being his দর্শনকোষ (Bengali Encyclopedia of Philosophy). He has translated Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Engels.
When Sardar was a high school student, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Pather Dabi: The Right of Way inspired him to dream of a revolution for the first time; his friend Mozammel Haq had given him the book. Young Mozammel, a political activist and journalist, died in 1965 Cairo plane crash. The book greatly influenced the teenaged Sardar. Years later he learnt that the same book had inspired Jyoti Basu to be a revolutionary. Sardar Fazlul Karim was always an obedient child and even helped his father in agricultural work.
Sardar Fazlul Karim came to Dhaka to study Intermediate in Arts (IA). He got admitted to the Government Intermediate College. Progressive students looked him up. Sardar was more a nationalist than a communist then. He brought out wallpapers and had a good personal library. Friends used to borrow books from him. Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth also influenced him. Sardar Fazlul Karim became a student of Dhaka University in 1942; he studied English for a few days but shifted to Philosophy because Haridas Bhattacharya's class lectures had attracted him. He passed his BA Honors in 1945 when the Second World War ended. The 1943's Bengal famine influenced him a lot. The communists were very active during the Bengal famine. Sardar left Socrates, Plato and Hegel in his room and travelled to remote villages with relief for the hungry!
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December 14, 2022
অকপট সরল সুন্দর এই বই।
সরদার ফজলুল করিমের আন্তরিক অনুবাদে মনে হয়েছে, রুশো বাংলাতেই লিখেছেন।
লেখা ও অনুবাদের গুণে আমি রুশোর মন দেখতে পেয়েছি সারাক্ষণ। মনটা একইসঙ্গে স্পর্শকাতর ও সংবেদনশীল। প্রেম ও ভালোবাসার জন্যে সে মনের কাঙালপনার শেষ নেই।
যদিও কনফেসন্সকে পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে খোলামেলা আত্মজীবনীগুলোর একটি বলা হয়, তবু আমার কাছে একে রাখঢাকপূর্ণ আত্মজীবনী মনে হয়েছে।
রুশো তার স্মৃতির সিন্দুকের দু তিনটা প্রকোষ্ঠ শুধু খুলে দেখিয়েছেন। বাকি শত শত প্রকোষ্ঠ বদ্ধ।
রুশো কী করে মহান রুশো- তার সিঁড়িগুলো অদৃশ্য। তবে নকশা উপস্থিত। আর সেই নকশা যতটা না রুশোকে ব্যক্ত করে, তারও বেশি নিজেকে চেনায়।
এ বই পড়ে আমি রুশোকে অল্পই জেনেছি। কিন্তু নিজেকে জেনেছি বিব্রত হয়ে ওঠার মতোন।
সরদার ফজলুল করিমের আন্তরিক অনুবাদে মনে হয়েছে, রুশো বাংলাতেই লিখেছেন।
লেখা ও অনুবাদের গুণে আমি রুশোর মন দেখতে পেয়েছি সারাক্ষণ। মনটা একইসঙ্গে স্পর্শকাতর ও সংবেদনশীল। প্রেম ও ভালোবাসার জন্যে সে মনের কাঙালপনার শেষ নেই।
যদিও কনফেসন্সকে পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে খোলামেলা আত্মজীবনীগুলোর একটি বলা হয়, তবু আমার কাছে একে রাখঢাকপূর্ণ আত্মজীবনী মনে হয়েছে।
রুশো তার স্মৃতির সিন্দুকের দু তিনটা প্রকোষ্ঠ শুধু খুলে দেখিয়েছেন। বাকি শত শত প্রকোষ্ঠ বদ্ধ।
রুশো কী করে মহান রুশো- তার সিঁড়িগুলো অদৃশ্য। তবে নকশা উপস্থিত। আর সেই নকশা যতটা না রুশোকে ব্যক্ত করে, তারও বেশি নিজেকে চেনায়।
এ বই পড়ে আমি রুশোকে অল্পই জেনেছি। কিন্তু নিজেকে জেনেছি বিব্রত হয়ে ওঠার মতোন।
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