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North
America Nazrul
conference 2010 "You are
cordially invited to 12th
North American Nazrul conference" Every
two years since
1990, the North America Nazrul Conference Committee (NANCC), a
socio-cultural
Bangladeshi American organization, has commemorated the birth and works
of Poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam. The 12th Nazrul Conference will be held in
Philadelphia on
30th May, Sunday, and will be hosted by the Bangladeshi Association of
Delaware
Valley (BADV est. 1971), a tri-state organization (Philadelphia, South
Jersey
and Delaware). Poet
extraordinaire
Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the Nazrul’s
life and
literature lent socio-political purpose and a sense of direction to the
early
twentieth century quest for Bengali national identity.
Active in the vanguard of the nationalist
movement against British colonial rule, he simultaneously launched a
crusade
against indigenous exploitation and oppression based on class, caste,
gender
and religion earning him his “Rebel” epithet. He represented the spirit
of our
own “civil rights movement.” Nazrul’s
poetry and songs are a mosaic of our ( Sadly, he
was silenced before his time. He became mute due to illness at the age
of
42. Yet he lives on larger than life in
the minds of succeeding generations of Bengali people. The
Nazrul Convention
rightly engages in exploring, promoting and demonstrating the richness
of
Nazrul's works to the community and works to attain international
recognition
for one of the most critical poets of the twentieth century. We expect
a large number of participants from all over the You and
your organization's active participation and support will not only help
the convention
but also help promote your own values and rich heritage in the
Convener:
Golam Kabir, Golamkabir@rcn.com
Secretary:
Mian
Karim, miton25@yahoo.com May
30th,
Sunday
from
12
Noon
to
11 PM Venue:
Contact
for cultural program: Susmita
Guharoy and Dr. Rafiqul Islam. shilpoi.jibon@gmail.com: Well-known groups in
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