Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad

This article is about the book by Humayun Azad. For the antional anthem of Pakistan, see Qaumi Taranah.
Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad
পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ

The cover of the book first edition
Author Humayun Azad
Original title পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ
Cover artist Samar Majumdar
Country Bangladesh
Language Bengali
Subject Religious fundamentalism
Genre Novel
Publisher Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka
Publication date
 2003
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 112 (first edition)
ISBN 984-401-769-6
OCLC 808109497

Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad, (Bengali: পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ Pāka Sāra Jamina Sāda Bāda "The Blessed Sacred Land") is a 2003 novel,[1] written by Humayun Azad, an anti-establishment, anti-religious writer in Bangladesh. The novel based on a religious group who collaborated with the Pakistani army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[2]

History

The book title Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad was taken from an Islamic song, The Qaumī Tarāna also known as Pāk Sarzamīn, is the national anthem of Pakistan. The Urdu lyrics, written by the Pakistani Urdu-language poet, Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952. A part of stanza lyrics is:[3]

Urdu lyrics Transliteration Translation

پاک سَرزَمِین شاد باد
كِشوَرِ حَسِين شاد باد
تُو نِشانِ عَزمِ عالی شان
اَرضِ پاکِستان
مَرکَزِ یَقِین شاد باد
pāk sarzamīn šād bād
kišwar-ē ḥasīn šād bād
tū nišān-ē ʿazm-ē ʿālī šān
arⱬ-ē Pākistān!
markaz-ē yaqīn šād bād
Blessed be the sacred land
Happy be the bounteous realm
Thou symbol of high resolve
O Land of Pakistan!
Blessed be the citadel of faith

Synopsis

Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad, a scathing criticism about a Islamic fundamentalist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[4] On 27 February 2004, Azad came under a vicious attack by unidentified assailants following the publication,[5] which exposed the main Islamic fundamentalists in his country.[6]

His son was recently kidnapped by fundamentalists whose aim was to find out Azad's whereabouts. Faxes had recently been sent to newspapers in Bangladesh threatening that he would be killed if he did not recant before September (needs year). In late July, Azad wrote a moving letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and other political leaders calling on them to restore freedom in Bangladesh and pleading for protection to himself and his family.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  2. ↑ Hearing 'subaltern' Voices of Resistance in the Works of Mahasweta Devi, Taslima Nasrin and Monica Ali. p. 149 Umme Sadat, Nazmun Nahar, Al-wazedi. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Information of Pakistan". Infopak.gov.pk. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  4. ↑ "Recommended Books". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  5. ↑ "An open letter to the Prime Minister, leader of the main opposition, and my countrymen". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  6. 1 2 "IHEU Mourns Prof. Humayun Azad; Calls for Police Investigation into Death". IHEU. 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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