Hence, Pablo Neruda urged to developing nations that, “no literature is possible without politics.”Abul Mansur Ahmed had a similar understanding of it. If we scrutinise the life of Abul Mansur Ahmed, innumerable adjectives would easily come up. Having exceptional intellectual abilities, he became a successful writer, journalist, and politician, and proved that literature is not isolated from politics. With satire, Abul Mansur Ahmed always tried to attack the traditional hypocrisy of society which we know as formal etiquette. Along with this, the inclusion of the 21 articles that Abul Mansur Ahmed added in the election manifesto of Jukto Front in 1953 is a must-read.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 03, 2016 07:52 UTC