Photo: MEHEDI HASANDoes great literature inspire the lives of our people like it used to? But, according to many critics and conscious readers, the fair and Bangla literature as a whole are facing a problem much greater than the pandemic. One that cannot be cured by a vaccine -- the alarming scarcity of writers worthy of carrying the legacy of Bangla literature. Others like Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Humayun Azad, Anisul Haque, and Syed Shamsul Haque carried the torch of our literature with great responsibility. Does great literature inspire the lives of our people like it used to?

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 13, 2020 21:22 UTC