The theme of this book is aappayon or entertaining the Bangladeshi way. Aappayon is essential to the spread of food which will greet the guests-and this book presents everything that you need to know about Bangladeshi hospitality.
Shawkat Osman (Bengali: শওকত ওসমান; Sheikh Azizur Rahman; 1917 – 1998) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.Osman's first prominent novel was Janani. Janani (Mother)is a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban divide. In Kritadaser Hasi (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explores the darkness of contemporary politics and reality of dictatorship.
Awards Bangla Academy Award (1962) Adamjee Literary Award (1966) President Award (1967) Ekushey Padak (1983) Mahbubullah Foundation Prize (1983) Muktadhara Literary Award (1991) Independence Day Award (1997)