The New Nation - Internet Edition

This collection of novels by Jalal Khan Eusufi published by Malek Mahmud, all rights reserved, cover design by Raju Ahmed, price Tk. 250.00, PP. 272. Most of the novels published in the dailies viz, Phuler knata, Smrity, Dumuthu rnati. Chander Parash and Neel Dhao reveal simple chores, agonies for correction or social reformation in near future.

The characters appearing in main role have not been dealt with any meanness for creation of social parity, equity and regeneration inasmuch as the novelist Jalal Khan Eusufi is a humanist a research worker who is devoted to the task of searching the roots through compilation of the folkrhymes and cultural riches in the grass-roots level of rural Bangladesh and he traversed extensively, dedicated to this onerous task heart and soul and for that he deserves kudos from all quarters. Recognition, sympathy, empathy patting and caresses have been eminently exposed in most of his writings thus efforts augured of create national unity through consensus and sacrifice.

To him vanity, petty, fogging and meanness are social crimes for, the removal of which we require civil war, nay, revolution for creation of moral values and unity in the society for the acquisition or the threat-free society even by sacrificing ego or super ego.

Our lire is essentially a struggle in which every efforts, satisfaction refer to a sew struggle implying, therefore, the impossibility of attaining any real or complete satisfaction except through the annihilation of desire. This annihilation of desire is a stupendous task which has got to be articulated through honest labour, dedication and supreme scarifies.

But in practice, the writer observes, we see meanness and vanity taking balk of the fruits for naught and mean people coming in the front hinder the path of progress. But it is the individual who is not interested in his/her countryman who has got maximum difficulty in life and provides maximum injury to others.

It is from such individuals that all failures spring. Failures are the pillars of success to that end we must sponsor concerted endeavours in multifarious avocations to the attainment of justice, peace and tranquil. All should and receive fruits and be happy in an alloy of social parity, equity and freedom. The fruits of efforts are to be disabused equitably to the participating parties-none should exploit the other.

The net rational product is the index of economic development that must be accompanied by the disposal of economic benefits that reached the common people at the grass-roots levels and involved an improvement or his lot.

This is for purely a socialistic distribution of wealth the novelist hankers after in the writings of his volumes of novels and folkrhymes.

Here, it is worth-mentioning that his father Yusuf Khan was a roving vocalist who delved into the mammoth task of collecting the hitherto scattered folkrhymes even in schemes sponsored by the government. He founded the Bangladesh Punthi Sahitya Songrakhon and Research Council of which this novelist is the general secretary now.

He has about one hundred printed books and printed folkrhymes and roving puthis, especially in the events like the hanging of Ershad Sikder and fall of autocrate H.M. Ershad, the last being the legendary film hero Manna.

Jalal Khan Eusufi is a young man of active habits, value-oriented approach to concept the social evils and accomplishing unity, fraternity, tranquil and happiness. What we can do? We can simply inspire this solid worker in accomplishing miracles in the realm of society, research and publications.

There are some printing mistakes unsought for and unawares and a careful proofreading, editing and scrutiny could minimise the melady. Over all the entire effort is a fruit-bearing one that should prolifer. I wish a wide circulation of this book so that the novelist gets inspired to create more during the life span.

Reviewed by: Principal Abdus Sattar