Five solicitous books in Amar Ekhshey Book Fair

The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair began two weeks ago. By this time, many important books have hit the fair. Generally, poetry books and fictions are more popular to readers. Yet some reader finds heedful books more interesting. Over the past a few years, it has been seen that the popularity of non-fictions or essay books is currently increasing in Bangladesh. Views Bangladesh correspondent has picked up five such books published this year which the readers are keeping their eyes on as well. Here's our brief take on five of those thoughtful books.
1. Why is Lenin important?
Sirajul Islam Chowdhury
Biddyaprokash

Sirajur Islam Chowdhury is our foremost intellectual. He has been enriching us by writing about art-literature-politics-culture for more than sixty years. Those who are aware of socio-cultural politics are mainly readers of Sirajul Islam Chowdhury. Every year his readers wait to see if any new book of Sirajul Islam Chowdhury is published in this year's book fair. The good news for his readers is that the book 'why is Lenin important' written by Sirajul Islam Chowdhury has been published in this year's book fair. It is basically a book of essays. The book is arranged with several essays. The lead article of the book 'Why is Lenin important' was first written in 1992, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many began to believe that socialism had no future. Sirajul Islam Chowdhury took up the pen to highlight the necessity of socialism. This article was linked to other articles. The centenary of the death of revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), the main founder of Russian socialism, was celebrated around the world this year. In that context, Sirajul Islam Chowdhury has brought the edition to the reader. In this edition, both the relevance and necessity of Lenin's work appeared greater than ever.
2. Arthashastra: History philosophy politics
Anu Muhammad
Prothoma

Eminent economist Professor Anu Muhammad mainly writes on Marxian economics. He also has a in-depth knowledge of socio-politics. He has always been spearheading demonstration against exploitation. A very valuable book of his has been published in this year's book fair. Arthashastra: History philosophy politics. The title of the book suggests that the book is basically a review of Arthasastra. He wanted to show how economics works in philosophy of history and politics. The history of economics is here intertwined with philosophy and politics. Its spread from Kautilya and Ibn Khaldun to contemporary feminist economics. Many economics books are available in Bangladesh; But such detailed, profound and readable books are rare. This book will open up new perspectives of understanding economics to the reader. From the beginning the book has grabbed the attention of the well-informed readers.
3. Famine of Seventy-Four
Mohiuddin Ahmed
Oitijjhya

The Bangladesh famine of 1974 is an unfortunate event in the history of the country. The famine was unexpected but somewhat predictable in the newly independent country. The war-torn country was yet recover the loss caused by the Pakistanis forces. Roads were destroyed, houses were torched, stored crops were also burnt. Millions of peasants became homeless. The relief that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman used to bring from abroad was also stolen. The prices of daily necessities are increasing by leaps and bounds. The country fell under the influence of floods. Starvation begins. Mohiuddin Ahmed gave an overall description of this situation. How the famine started, how the famine impacted, how the government and the opposition parties made it a political issue, how the people handled the famine situation--are all revealed in this book. He also highlighted the increase in theft and robbery as a result of the famine. He highlighted the market prices of various products at that time. He collected the information from the periodicals and research books. The book is important for several reasons. Mohiuddin Ahmed has been very popular for several years by writing research papers on the political history of Bangladesh. It is expected that this book will also be discussed widely.
4. Anticipation of cultural awakening
Jatin Sarker
Kathaprokash

Without culture, society-politics-state is not well-organized, well-managed. We had waged the liberation movement with the help of cultural movement. Independence of Bangladesh is not only a political result but also a cultural development; But, since independence, there has been a kind of cultural crisis in this country. How we can create a new cultural awakening is the main topic of this book. Jatin Sarker is one of our leading intellectual, researcher and biographer. He has been writing on literature-culture-politics for more than fifty years. Despite poor physical conditions, he took the pen out of a sense of responsibility. The book is a collection of essays published on various newspapers. In the preface of the book, the author wrote, 'We have failed to go through the way we could have protected ourselves from the ghost of Pakistan. We needed to be aware of this failure of not being able to continue the same cultural practices to overcome that failure. We have to wake it up afresh.'
5. Vidyasagar Bankim Chandra Rabindranath and Muslim Society
Abul Ahsan Chowdhury
Anyaprokash

Dr. Abul Ahsan Chowdhury mainly writes on the history of literature and culture. He has a significant number of research books on contemporaries like Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Lalon, Hason Raja, Motahar Hossain Chowdhury, Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad, Humayun Kabir, Anisuzzaman.

His newly published book this year is 'Vidyasagar Bankim Chandra Rabindranath and Muslim Society'. Vidyasagar, Bankim Chandra and Rabindranath all three are the pioneers of Bengali renaissance. Three Mahatmas of the Nineteenth Century; But, there have been many discussions and criticisms about their distance with the Muslim society. Abul Ahsan Chowdhury wanted to show how far they really were from the Muslim society. How much Muslim society was also influenced by their thoughts and actions. The book is important for several reasons. The book will teach us to recognize these three authors anew from the perspective of Muslim society.