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সেরা দশ গল্প
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যে দশটা গল্প শেষ পর্যন্ত আমি আলাদা করেছি অন্যদের থেকে, তাদের প্রতি নানা কারণে আমার পক্ষপাতিত্ব—প্রধানত এদের জীবনসত্যের জন্য। প্রতিটি গল্পের প্রধান চরিত্রগুলিকে আমি হয় চিনি, না হয় পড়েছি তাদের সম্বন্ধে, অথবা কেউ তাদের চিনত, আমাকে তাদের গল্প বলেছে একটা দায়বোধ থেকে। আমি একজন কোলাজকারের মতো নানা ঘটনা জোড়া দিয়েছি চরিত্রদের চারপাশে। সত্য ও কল্পনার মিশেলে গল্পগুলি শেষ পর্যন্ত জীবনের কাছেই বিশ্বস্ত থাকে।
আবারও বলছি, সেরা-অসেরা, ভালো-মন্দের বিচার ভালো করেন পাঠক। আমার কাজ গল্প বুনে যাওয়া, সেটা যদি পাঠকের পছন্দ হয়, তবে স্বস্তি। এই দশটা গল্পের একটাও যদি পাঠকের পছন্দ হয়, মনে হবে গল্প লেখায় প্রাপ্তি অনেক।
- সৈয়দ মনজুরুল ইসলাম
যে দশটা গল্প শেষ পর্যন্ত আমি আলাদা করেছি অন্যদের থেকে, তাদের প্রতি নানা কারণে আমার পক্ষপাতিত্ব—প্রধানত এদের জীবনসত্যের জন্য। প্রতিটি গল্পের প্রধান চরিত্রগুলিকে আমি হয় চিনি, না হয় পড়েছি তাদের সম্বন্ধে, অথবা কেউ তাদের চিনত, আমাকে তাদের গল্প বলেছে একটা দায়বোধ থেকে। আমি একজন কোলাজকারের মতো নানা ঘটনা জোড়া দিয়েছি চরিত্রদের চারপাশে। সত্য ও কল্পনার মিশেলে গল্পগুলি শেষ পর্যন্ত জীবনের কাছেই বিশ্বস্ত থাকে।
আবারও বলছি, সেরা-অসেরা, ভালো-মন্দের বিচার ভালো করেন পাঠক। আমার কাজ গল্প বুনে যাওয়া, সেটা যদি পাঠকের পছন্দ হয়, তবে স্বস্তি। এই দশটা গল্পের একটাও যদি পাঠকের পছন্দ হয়, মনে হবে গল্প লেখায় প্রাপ্তি অনেক।
- সৈয়দ মনজুরুল ইসলাম
160 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2016
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About the author
Syed Manzoorul Islam
43 books23 followersSyed Manzoorul Islam (18 January 1951 – 10 October 2025) was a Bangladeshi critic, writer, and a professor at the University of Dhaka. As a literary critic, he wrote criticism on writers including Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Sudhindranath Dutta, Samar Sen, and Shamsur Rahman. He became the president of PEN Bangladesh in January 2018.
Islam won Ekushey Padak in 2018 in the language and literature category. Earlier, he received a Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1996, and his 2005 short stories collection Prem o Prarthanar Galpo was Prothom Alo's book of the year.
Islam was born in Sylhet to Syed Amirul Islam and Rabeya Khatun. He passed the entrance examination from Sylhet Government Pilot High School in 1966 and Intermediate examination from Sylhet MC College in 1968. He received his graduate and post-graduate degree from the University of Dhaka respectively in 1971 and 1972. Later he went to Canada and earned a PhD from Queen's University at Kingston in 1981 for his thesis on the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg’s philosophy in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. In 1989, he went to the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg as a Fulbright Scholar and taught there one semester. He retired from the faculty position at the University of Dhaka and joined University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Islam died from complications of a heart attack on 10 October 2025, at the age of 74.
Islam won Ekushey Padak in 2018 in the language and literature category. Earlier, he received a Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1996, and his 2005 short stories collection Prem o Prarthanar Galpo was Prothom Alo's book of the year.
Islam was born in Sylhet to Syed Amirul Islam and Rabeya Khatun. He passed the entrance examination from Sylhet Government Pilot High School in 1966 and Intermediate examination from Sylhet MC College in 1968. He received his graduate and post-graduate degree from the University of Dhaka respectively in 1971 and 1972. Later he went to Canada and earned a PhD from Queen's University at Kingston in 1981 for his thesis on the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg’s philosophy in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. In 1989, he went to the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg as a Fulbright Scholar and taught there one semester. He retired from the faculty position at the University of Dhaka and joined University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Islam died from complications of a heart attack on 10 October 2025, at the age of 74.
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January 10, 2025
মোটামুটি ধাঁচের সেরা দশ গল্প।
February 28, 2018
বর্তমান সময়ে বাংলা ছোটগল্পের জগতে 'সৈয়দ মনজুরুল ইসলাম' আমার প্রিয় নাম। যদিও 'সেরা ১০ গল্প' বইয়ের তালিকা পড়ে সেগুলোকে আমার উনার সেরা গল্প মনে হয় নি। এরচেয়েও অনেক অনেক গল্প আছে উনার, যেগুলো আরও ব্যাখাতীত সুন্দর।
তবে হ্যাঁ, এই বইয়ের গল্পগুলো বৈচিত্র্যময়।
ভালো লেগেছে নোলক, হোমিওপ্যাথি, কাঠপোকা, খড়ম।
তবে হ্যাঁ, এই বইয়ের গল্পগুলো বৈচিত্র্যময়।
ভালো লেগেছে নোলক, হোমিওপ্যাথি, কাঠপোকা, খড়ম।
April 4, 2020
Syed Manzoorul Islam came highly recommended by a friend, so I jumped into his stories with high expectations. I wasn’t left disappointed nor excited by what I read, but indifferent now. The problem is that some of the stories reach high levels of brilliance, while some reach exceptionally low depths.
“Nolok” and “Khorom” are two highs, with “Homeopathy” a disappointing low sandwiched between them. “Amar Thaka Na Thaka” and “Reshmi Rumal” are also remarkable stories of love and reconciliation, but then you have stories like “Kathalkonya” and “Jolpurusher Prarthona” that leave you baffled by the sheer lousiness of it all.
The problem with the lows is that the stories meander, not really knowing which direction to take. They’re unfocused meditations on problems that are sidelined by the sheer absurdity of it all. The author also inserts himself into the story, which is interesting, but ultimately serving no purpose other than being a masturbatory exercise.
The highs, however, are brilliantly high. The symbolism is on point in these stories, and although the author is omnipresent, there’s a point to his existence within the narrative. I particularly liked the subtlety of themes in “Kathpoka” and “Amar Thaka Na Thaka”. Many of these narratives deal with societal issues, especially patriarchy and the male gaze. Though they’re often blunt, I feel they get the point across very well.
Truth be told, the title is a bit misleading. Islam writes - and has written - much better stories than the ones in this collection. He deserves much better. It’s a quick read though, so if you get the chance, read the highs rather than the lows.
“Nolok” and “Khorom” are two highs, with “Homeopathy” a disappointing low sandwiched between them. “Amar Thaka Na Thaka” and “Reshmi Rumal” are also remarkable stories of love and reconciliation, but then you have stories like “Kathalkonya” and “Jolpurusher Prarthona” that leave you baffled by the sheer lousiness of it all.
The problem with the lows is that the stories meander, not really knowing which direction to take. They’re unfocused meditations on problems that are sidelined by the sheer absurdity of it all. The author also inserts himself into the story, which is interesting, but ultimately serving no purpose other than being a masturbatory exercise.
The highs, however, are brilliantly high. The symbolism is on point in these stories, and although the author is omnipresent, there’s a point to his existence within the narrative. I particularly liked the subtlety of themes in “Kathpoka” and “Amar Thaka Na Thaka”. Many of these narratives deal with societal issues, especially patriarchy and the male gaze. Though they’re often blunt, I feel they get the point across very well.
Truth be told, the title is a bit misleading. Islam writes - and has written - much better stories than the ones in this collection. He deserves much better. It’s a quick read though, so if you get the chance, read the highs rather than the lows.
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