Some Holes in BKSHALI Professor Abdul Mannan's History Works
Professor Abdul Mannan says, "Everyday I keep eight dailies and Amardesh/ Sangram/Naya Diganta are not in my list." I appreciate Professor Mannan for being sincere in his expression about his choice of newspapers apparently showing his political orientation. It is his prerogative to avoid Amardesh/ Sangram/Naya Diganta. The only problem in avoiding them is is he identifies himself as an academician/ historian not a party propagandist resulting in serious anomalies in his writing.
One problem is that he is a professor of commerce is now in full time duty writing history. His writings shows he is in a crusade to defeat his enemy. This shouldn't be the case with true academicians as shown below:
Recently he wrote a piece on Bangabandhu, I have noticed some serious holes in this work. My understanding is that if he read Amardesh/ Sangram/Naya Diganta and kept an open mind, there was the possibility of having no wholes in this type of works. In not reading Amardesh/ Sangram/Naya Diganta he indulged himself to exclude Bangabandhu's BKSAL period of one party dictatorship completely. There was no mention of Bangabandhu's sonar chalera, the looters, and his "man-made famine." There was no mention of Mujib Bahini, Lal bahini, Rakhi bahini or Bharat prem, or no mention of Mujib like a fascist uttering
" Jatir pita hoichebole noi to Lal Ghora Dabaiditam."
In the said article, nowhere he used references/ the sources of his information, and, he added new imaginary stories, making it a commercial product for mass consumption.
To me writing about Bangabandhu is writing in history. It shouldn't have the tendency of writing a ghost history especially by a former Vice Cencellor of a famous University. If professor Mannan read Amardesh/ Sangram/Naya Diganta he would not be so blinded and biased on Bangabandu's 31/2 years of misrule. In not mentioning the whole picture, the good, the bad and the ugly time about the Mujib regime, it was simply a tendency in hero-worshiping, leading some observers to claim that this professor is working hard for some earthly rewards.
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:
Mr. Abdul Mannan,The absense of popular daily "Amar Desh' from your daily reading list proves that, you are a fervent believer of Awami/Baksali idiolgy. That's ytour right ,I have nothing to say about it, I respect that option. Readers will judge your comment accordingly. I believe that , you are not an independent writer and will becompensated by 'Bharotbondhu' Hasina if not received yet. Beling a believer of Bangladeshi nationalism I read regularly Awami mouthpiece "Jonokontho" in addtion to myfavourite daily's Jonokontho, Amader Shomoy, ManoZamin. Prothom Alo, Noya Digonto.Your Netri rewarded most Awami supporters in last three years, she kept her promise.Do you think Awami League will rule forever in Bangladesh ?If the answer is "No" will you still support Awami policies blindly ?Many thanks.Sincerely,M.AnwarUSA
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From: Abdul Mannan <abman1971@gmail.com>
To: mohiuddin@netzero.net, chottala@yahoogroups.com, "Dr.milton Bis" <dr.miltonbis@yahoo.com>
Subject: Why Jonokontho.
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:22:32 +0600
Where a column is sent is the prerogative of the author and should not be of the reader. The reader has the choice of not reading it. Everyday I keep eight dailies and Amardesh/ Sangram/Naya Diganta are not in my list.
Warm wishes.
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Abdul Mannan
Educator-Researcher-Writer-Analyst
Dhaka
Bangladesh
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