Contributors

The diverse voices that shape Bangla Journal.

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Afsan Chowdhury

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Afsan Chowdhury is a researcher, professor and media worker. He has been working on the history of Bangladesh Liberation war for a long time. He has received Bangla Academy award for his contribution in this field. He has also written short stories in three languages. His publications include Bangladesh 1971 (2007); edited GramerEkattor (2019).

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Ahmed Sharif

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āφāĻšāĻŽāĻĻ āĻļāϰ⧀āĻĢ (⧧⧝⧍⧧-⧧⧝⧝⧝): āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ, āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϝ⧁āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ“ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāϭ⧟ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧃āϤāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧇āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž (⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ž); āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ āĻļāϤāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ (ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž)āĨ¤

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Amar Mitra

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Amar Mitra is a storywriter and novelist. He first drew readers’ attention in 1974 by publishing the short story ‘Melar Dike Ghar’ in the periodical Ekal. He’s relentless in publishing novels and short stories and some of his literary works have made into theatrical productions. He has received numerous government and institutional awards including Sahitya Akademi, Bankim, Samaresh Basu and Jugsankha for his literary works.His publications include collection of stories Math Bhange Kaalpurush (1978); novel Momenshahi Upakhyan(2019).

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Aminur Rahim

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Aminur Rahim is a former professor of Development and Policy Studies, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. His scholarly papers on society and politics have appeared in various international journals. His publications include Politics and National Formation in Bangladesh (1997).

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Amit Chaudhuri

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Amit Chaudhuri is a novelist, poet and an essayist. He’s a musician as well. His New and Selected Poems was published in 2023 in the New York Review Books Poets series. His latest novel is Sojourn (2022).

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Amiya Kumar Bagchi

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Amiya Kumar Bagchi is an economist and essayist. He is a recipient of Indian Government’s Padmasri and various other national and international awards. He has authored several internationally acclaimed books on world economy. His publications include Private Investment in India 1900-1939 (1972); Colonialism and Indian Economy (2010).

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Arnab Saha

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Arnab Saha is a writer. He’s a teacher by profession. His publications include Pornotopia (2008); recent publication Bangalir Jaunocharcha: Bottala theke Holud Boi.

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Arunabha Ghosh

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Arunabha Ghosh is an Assistant Professor of English at a college in West Bengal. For last few years he is engaged in researching the late twentieth century American poetry. His Bengali and English writings have been published in various journals.

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Arunava Raha Roy

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āĻ…āϰ⧁āĻŖāĻžāĻ­ āϰāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϰāϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āϏāĻŦ⧁āϜ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āϘ (⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ); āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āĻĒ⧜āĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)āĨ¤

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Auditi Falguni

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āĻ…āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϗ⧁āύ⧀ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āχāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ (⧧⧝⧝⧝); āύ⧇āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§Ÿā§€ āϕ⧇āĻžāĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‚ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ°â€™ āĻĻā§āϝ āĻĢā§āϰ⧁āϟ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāχ āĻ“āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨â€™-āĻāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻĢāϞ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē)āĨ¤

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Baby Shaw

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āĻŦ⧇āĻŦā§€ āϏāĻžāω āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āφāĻ•āĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏāϏāĻš āύāĻžāύāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

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Chirantan Sarkar

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Chirantan Sarkar is a Professor of English at Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College, Pashchim Banga.He’s been consistently writing on sexuality and embodiment in both English and Bangla. His publications include a collection of Bangla essays Pornotopia (2008); Postcolonialism: An Introduction (2010).