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Press & Bulletin Board
Press/ o3 February 2008
Shuchintya
Research Group
is celebrating
50th Birth Anniversary
of Poet sohel amitabh
at Shuchintya Gallery
on 03 February 2008
Brief
Profile of Poet Sohel Amitabh
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Sohel
Amitabh, a poet of versatile genius with a past marked with a
lot of ups and downs, writes a few. He had his first encounter
in literature with his father who himself practiced writing
poetry for personal pleasure. From the mid 70s while a student
of Sociology department of the University of Dhaka, Sohel became
a well known individual for his various cultural activities. In
1980s, one of the major poets of our time Shubhas Mukhapadya
(1917-2003) in his famous autobiography ‘Dhol Gobinder Atma
Darshan,’ nominated Sohel as someone he could compare himself
with in order to cast his biography in a relative manner.
Through this ‘Sohel’ rapidly became a fabulous myth to the
extant readers of Poet Shubhas. Naturally he had to endure
literary jealousy from his peers. In 1990s, poet Sohel Amitabh
again became a prey to literary jealousy winning ‘Shobhabkobi
Gobindya Das International Award’ conferred by two major poets
of the sixties, Rfiq Azad and Belal Chowdhury. |
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The business ventures of this
dream merchant poet are also thrilling and interesting. In 1981
Sohel associated himself with a Singapore based fair and
exhibition company (INTERFAMA) to organize the first
International Trade Fair in Bangladesh which was supposed to
take place in 1984. Lacking cooperation from the government,
that project went in vain. Invited by Kuwait Financing Company
(KFC) to fetch foreign investment for Bangladesh, he rushed to
Kuwait only to discover that due to a historical blow in Kuwait
Capital Market the Investor companies themselves were in
trouble. The venturous poet then reached Iraq and found success
there in 1983. He built a multinational construction and
management service company over there. Soon, with the experts
and employees from Philippine, Srilanka, India and Bangladesh
his venture experienced a remarkable success in business. Sohel
took the business interest of Bangladesh to the top level of
Iraq in 1986 signing a management contact with Uday Saddam, the
eldest son of the then president Saddam Hussain, regarding a
mega poultry firm (Radhdanya Project-10) owned by Uday. Seeing
the vast economic scopes between Bangladesh and Iraq the poet
became marveled and took private-sector initiatives to bring out
the fruition of this prospect. Sohel established Iraq-Bangladesh
Youth Friendship Society (IBYFS) in 1988. During his stay in
Iraq, for his interactions with both the ruling Arab Bath
Socialist Party and their opponent (hidden at that time), Sohel
assumed farsightedly that the autocratic regime of Iraq would
come to an end soon. In the coming circumferences, moderate
young Uday could become the pivotal character of the prospective
change. But suddenly Uday was imprisoned by an order of Saddam
Hussein. All self-earned asset and capital of the poet were
blocked in Iraq. To expedite the release of Uday, the poet used
IBYFS to create international pressure. After his dramatic
release from jail, Uday went first to Egypt and then to
Switzerland. Astonishing all, Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990. The
disheartened poet calling a press conference of IBYFS at Dhaka,
condemned Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait and advocated for the
safety and security of innocent Iraqi people from the
apprehended attack of the multinational force. At the same time,
uniting Bangladeshi Construction Firms, the poet organized
‘Bangladesh Consortium for Kuwait Reconstruction’. As a reaction
to this, the Embassy of Iraq at Dhaka became hostile to the poet
and his family-life. At the advent of Gulf War, returning to
Iraq, Uday re-established his authority. In the meantime the
poet involved himself with energy sector of Bangladesh to
attract investment from Middle East and took initiatives to
organize an Investment Conference to be held at Doha, Qatar in
2003. On the other hand, with immense perseverance and devotion,
as well as through the mediation by an ex-ambassador of
Bangladesh posted in Iraq, while the poet was about to get back
his business infrastructure and compensation from Iraq, the last
disaster happened. In connection with the 9/11 tragedy,
Coalition Force led by the United States, attacked and occupied
Iraq. Uday Saddam was killed. In this changed world-perspectives
the proposed Investment Conference was postponed.
After an enigmatic life span
of nearly half a century, the perplexed poet still awaits for
his compensation!
Published Book of Poems:
 PREMER CHUMU CHAKHER JOLE
(Kiss on Tear), A Collection of Poems by Sohel Amitabh,
Published by Trina Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, First
Published April 1980, 2nd Edition Published February 1990
HELLOW BHALO ACHO (Hello
How are You), A Collection of Poems by Sohel Amitabh,
Published by Gaurab Prakashani, Dhaka, Bangladesh, First
Published April 1987, 2nd Edition Published February 1990
SHUDHU TOMAR JONNO (Only
for You), A Collection of Poems by Sohel Amitabh, Published by
Gaurab Prakashani, Dhaka, Bangladesh, First Published February
1989
ALLAH MARSHAL LAW DE (Oh
Allah Promulgate Marshal Law), A Collection of Poems by Sohel
Amitabh, Published by Gaurab Prakashani, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
First Published February 1990.
Manuscripts for Publication
 Amra Bangal Bhater
Kangal (Poems)
Utkoch (Poems)
Poddo Nepothya Goddo
(Story behind the Poems)
Divorce Kalin Poddo O
Shakti Da Smritee (Poems in commemoration)
Iraq Obhijan O Mejor
Jalil (Commemoration)
Bagdader Dingulu
Ratgulu (Commemoration)
Kolkatar Chithi
(Letters of Srimoti Geeta Banerjy)
50 Poems of Sohel
Amitabh Translated by Firoz Mahmud Khanl
(Click
to download)
Email:
sohelamitabh@yahoo.com
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Press/21December 2007
Shuchintya Research Group, Dhaka
www.ecotourismbd.org
Poet Sohel Amitabh, Head of Offline Operations, Shuchintya Research
Group & Vice President of Maharaj del’Ocean Indien Inc. a
multinational social enterprise registered in Republic of Mauritius
(...promoting ecotourism world wide since 1994) backed Dhaka on 19
December attending the Third Global Knowledge Conference held in Kua
Lalampur on 11,12 & 13 December.
This is Amitabh’s third visit to
Malaysia. First he went there in 1982 on the occasion of 1st
International Trade Fare in Malaysian history as that kind, the poet
attended there with the organizing company a Singaporean firm
“INTERFAMA” and he was the only Bangladeshi national coloured that
international trade fare.
Amitabh again visited
Malaysia to survey ecotourism opportunity immediately after
registered his company in Mauritius.
During his stay in Kuala Lumpur besides his conference engagement
(output of GK3 participation by SAS will be separately released by
EFB press wing soon...) Sohel amalgamate different opportunities
between Bangladesh and Malaysia and he discussed with
multi-stakeholders such as Bangladesh High Commissioner, Expatriates
Civil Society, Students and Business Community in Malaysia. The
followings are the brief of details:
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Civil Society initiative to prepare an action/operation plan to
rescue the stranded Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia.
Ref: 1. Mr. Salah Uddin Ahmed,
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering University
of Dhaka. Bangladesh.
2. Mr. Peter Young, Social Entrepreneur/Mentor
Head of Offline Operations, the Solve Poverty Group,
Melbourne, Australia.
q South
East Asian Edition for Bangladeshi daily news paper, publication
opportunity from Kuala Lumpur.
q Opportunity
for cultural exchange by private sector initiative between the two
countries.
q Ecotourism
Wares, Sea food and processed meat export to Malaysia from
Bangladesh.
Sohel
launched Shuchintya KL by Bangladeshi Students of Business Studies
in
Kuala Lumpur
to boost up the aforesaid opportunities and to celebrate The
International Mother Language Day on 21st February 2008.
FMK
THE SCULPTURE
Sidr
IN THE
THIRD GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE
Sidr
Description of the Sculpture
Name of the
sculpture : Sidr
Name of the
Artist : M I Mithu
Medeum :
Wood Work
Size of the
Sculpture : 107 Χ 79
Χ
61 cm.
Duration of
Preparation : 2001- 2007.
Creation Place
: Charu
Kuthir, Panchbibi
Ecotourism, Panchbibi, Joypurhat, Bangladesh
The exotic
sculpture “Sidr” of the young artist M I Mithu was made at Panchbibi
upazilla of Joypurhat district, the northern part of Bangladesh. The
medium of this sculpture is wood, especially abandoned wood piece
and tree roots or trunks collected from different areas by recycling
manner. It took 6 years (2001-2007) to complete this art work and
first displayed at the Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in a
group art exhibition on 2007. The sculpture is named ‘Sidr’ after
the name of the devastating cyclone ‘Sidr’ to create awareness
about the climatic change and conservation of biodiversity for a
sustainable future world. The sculpture Sidr will be exhibited in
the Third Global Knowledge Conference on 11, 12 and 13 December at
Kula Lumpur Convention Centre of Malaysia to raise consciousness
about the climatic change issue in all future development planning
and to take lesson from the cyclone that ravaged the southern
coastal belt of Bangladesh.
Story behind sculpture Sidr
Give
back the primitive age, give back the forest. There lies a
blind ferocious and hungry dragon, in the cavity of a large tree of
that forest. Having forgotten racial custom the nocturnal weak, tiny
bird stands by the dragon. Losing its only habitat the depressed
weak tiny bird starts working hard to afford food for the dragon. In
the way of modernization when the civilized men gradually advanced
toward the age of the science destroying forests, fields and trees,
a want of gas is noticed in the ozone layer. Dragon loses its racial
status, bird loses habitat and faces a threat of extinction. Just
then appears a feeling of aristocracy in our mind. Forest is the
real picture of life. It should be an earnest desire of every man to
get back all the biodiversities even after destroying.
The dragon and
the innocent bird are now transformed into fossils. Despite losing
much, to regain the acquisition there is a slogan ‘give back
the forest give back the primitive age’. We all should come
forward to establish the theme and we all should be aware of the
conservation of nature and invaluable biodiversity for a sustainable
world for our future generation.
Presented by
Shuchintya Research Group
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