The Daily Star: Internet Edition Sat. October 07, 2006

Vol. 5 Num 841

Sat. October 07, 2006


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Process Of Writing Fiction
Creativity is an enigma to most writers because a great deal of time is spent in groping one's way through areas of darkness, with the occasional flashes of illumination.

Booknotes
Dhaka Publications
The British Council, Dhaka in 2003 began a program called Connecting Futures, to enable creative interaction among young British and Bangladeshi aspiring writers (the latter group was named Brine Pickles).

Abdul Karim Shahityabisharod: Rediscovering Bengal's pastoral traditions
You do not hear much about Abdul Karim Shahityabisharod (he was born in 1871 and his 53rd death anniversary fell this 30th September) these days.

Portrait of an Elderly Woman Eating Breakfast
(for Nanu)
She eats toast with marmalade.
Light streams through an open window,
her hair a flame, red with henna
gnawed between the grooves of her palms,
restless.