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Profesor Jatin Sarker in 2006

Jatin Sarker is an eminent Bengali intellectual, researcher and biographer of Bangladesh of Marxist lineage. He was awarded the pretigious Bangla Academy Literature Award in 2008 for 'reserach and essays'.

Life

Jatin Sarker was born in Netrokona of the-then Mymensingh district in undivided India. Netrokona is now an administrative districtive itself of Bangladesh. He lives a simple life and always wears white Dhuti-Punjabi, the traditional Hindu dress that distinguishes him with elegance. He did not actively participate in politics and but was inspired by Marxist line of thinking and philosophy. He is married and has a son, a physician living in Slovakia.

He is a member of the Committees of Concerned Citizens of Bangladesh, engineered by TIB. [1]

Teaching

Jatin Sarker took the profession of teaching after graduaiton. He taught Bengali literature in the Nasirabad College at the pre-university and undergraduate levels until his retirement in 2004. He now permanenetly lives in Netrokona.

Orator

Jatin Sarker has been popular for his oratory. People of Mymensingh loves him for his speech in clear and clarion voice.

Literary and cultural engagement

Since late 1960s, Jatin Sarker has remained involved in the cultural activities of Mymensingh . His presence was inevitable in each and every literary, cultural and educative programme of the city. He is currently the president of Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, a nation-wide cultural movement established in 1958. He has been a member of Mymensingh Press Club since long.

Political philosophy

Jatin Sarker has always spoken for upholding and ensuring human rights and for resisting social oppression, discrimination and communal politics. On 29 April 2006, he presided over a regional dialogue on national election policy and the initiative of the civil society in Mymensingh. [2] He said that imperialist and communal forces got the opportunities to dominate the Bengali nation because it did not act properly [3] As chair of a meeting organized in Mymensingh in observance of the Wordl Press Freedom Day in 2006, he said that now everything is captured by money and, consequently, it is so difficult to ensure freedom of press since the press is owned and controlled by the corporations and business magnets who act in favour of capitalism and serve as an agent of capitalist imperialism and globalization. There is certainly a strong relationship among media and development and poverty alleviation but poverty will never be reduced until corruption, injustice, inequality etc eliminated from the society. He urged all to achieve freedom and establish one’s right through continuous struggle.”[4] He blieves that religion-based politics should be banned in line with the constitution of Bangladesh of 1972. He also maintained that the Members of the Parliaments should not be involved in activities other than legislating.[5]


Rise to national eminence

Until middle of 1990s, Jatin Sarker remained by and large a Mymensingh-man, a regional figure with sporadic national attention which may be attributed to his absence of ambition and the attitude of maintaing a low profile. Since then he started to gain national importance as an intellectual, rational thinker and devoted essayist. He was increasingly recognized as a voice of consciene and free thinking. National recognition came as he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award in 2008.

Awards

On 20 February 2008, he was awarded the coveted Bangla Academy Literature Award for research and essays. In his immediate reaction Jatin Sarker told that receiving Bangla Academy Award was a great feeling for him.[6] Earlier on 28 January 2006, he received the 'Prothom Alo Best Book of the Year 1411' for his book for his book titled Pakistaner Janmo Mrityu-Darshan.[7] The Prothom Alo introduced the award in 1410 of the Bengali calendar, to recognize creative works of Bangladeshi writers.

Documentary

Noted film-maker Tanvir Mokammel produced a documentary 1971 with a section on Jatin Sarker. It was released in March, 2006.[8]

Publications

So far he has published 17 titles to his credit. One of his important publication is Pakistaner Janmo Mrityu-Darshan, published in 2005. Another important book is Bangladesher Kavigan published by Bangla Academy in 1985. Some other books are Amaer Chintacharchar Dig-diganta , Sirajuddin kasimpuri , Haricharan Acharjee and Dijatitatwa Niotibad O BijnanChetona .[9]

Stretnutie s bangladéšskym spisovateľom Jatinom Sarkerom by Martin Krno

Further reading

  • Lekhok Obidhan, Bangla Academy, 1999, Dhaka.
  • Ditiyo Chinta-Jatin Sarker issue, 2007, Mymensingh, edited by Iffat Ara.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ti-bangladesh.org/news/archive2.htm
  2. ^ http://www.cpd-bangladesh.org/Policy%20Brief/sub%20folders/regional%20dialogues/RD_Mymensingh.html
  3. ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/pf_story.php?nid=18672
  4. ^ www.voicebd.org/report_01.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.cpd-bangladesh.org/Policy%20Brief/sub%20folders/regional%20dialogues/RD_Mymensingh.html
  6. ^ http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/02/21/news0185.htm
  7. ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/01/29/d60129061275.htm
  8. ^ www.iisg.nl/asia/pdf/tanvir_cassette_list.pdf
  9. ^ http://www.gronthamela.com/Book_SearchView1.php
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