RANGPUR, Aug 28, 2022 (BSS) - People should follow the ideal of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to establish an enlightened society based on universal humaneness, justice, equity and non-communalism as dream by the rebel poet.
 
Academics, literary and cultural personalities said this at a discussion arranged in a special function by Rangpur Sahitya-Sangskriti Parishad (RSSP) at its office in the city on Saturday evening in observance of the 46th death anniversary of the national poet.
 
President of RSSP Swattik Al Maruf presided over the discussion followed by recitation of self-composed poems dedicated to the rebel poet, recitation of Nazrul's poems both collectively and individually and rendering of Nazrul Sangeet.
 
Vice-president of RSSP Sunil Sarkar presented the keynote essay titled "Nazrul's banned books and his thoughts".
 
Former president of RSSP Dr. Mofizul Islam Maantu and Dr. Nasima Akhter discussed on the essay.
 
Valiant freedom fighter Shushanto Chandra Khan, former Joint Secretary Narayan Chandra Barma, writers Sheikh Amjad Hossain Sarkar, Advocate Masum Hasan, Principal Nazrul Islam Chand discussed the life and works of Nazrul.
 
Poets Khandaker Mahfuzar Rahman, Helen Ara Sidney, Mahmud Elahi Mandal, Abu Naser Siddique Tuhin, Sarkar Bablu, Joyeeta Nasrine Naz and Afzal Hossain recited self-composed poems dedicated to the rebel poet.
 
Mehedi Masood, Arafat Jannat Smriti, Sumaiya Sudhu, Abdul Quddus, Mamun Ur Rashid, Monira Akhtar, Abdus Chalam, Purnima Raj, Niresh Mukherjee, Tarani Kant Adhikari, Mesbaur Rahman, Manisha Akhtar, Mazhar Morshed and Manira Parveen Poppy participated in recitation of Nazrul's poems collectively and individually.
 
Former Head of the Department of Bengali of Government Begum Rokeya College, Rangpur Professor Mohammad Shah Alam directed the collective recitation of Nazrul's poems.
 
Narayan Chandra Barma, Sambhu Charan Das, Principal Nazrul Islam Chand, Ratan Kumar Sarkar, Neel Ratan Sarkar performed Nazrul Sangeet while Bimolendu Mukherjee Sanjoy assisted on 'Tabla'.
 
Tajul Islam moderated the whole function.
 
The speakers discussed the poet's rebellious consciousness, thoughts on equity, communal harmony and humanism.
 
Dr. Maantu said Nazrul has been remaining as a shining star in our consciousness because he wrote throughout his active life for the right-less, deprived and exploited people and their freedom and independence.
 
Dr. Nasima Akhter said the nation would remain grateful forever to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who could properly understand the rebel poet and brought him back to Bangladesh and duly honoured him.
 
Narayan Chandra Barma said Nazrul was the greatest source of inspiration during the War of Liberation in freeing the nation from deprivation, exploitation, injustice and communalism to attain independence from the occupation forces.
 
Shushanto Chandra Khan called upon young generations to follow the ideal and philosophy of the rebel poet to establish an equity-based society free from injustice, exploitation and communalism for welfare of the humankind.