My Blogs

I blog because I have something to say.

— Eddie Huang

Subhash Chandra
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"A gifted writer"

A gifted versetile writer who writes excellent stories and poems on the invisibles, pariahs, margins, aged, weaklings of our society. A rising star on the literary firmament.
Santosh Baakaya
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Praise for my writing

“Your story Undersell left me with a lump in my throat, so did your poem, He also lights candles.”
Louis Kasatkin
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Praise for my poem "Elderly Men Two"

"A finely honed observational piece recording the minutiae of everyday life. Rendered with the author’s customary poetic aplomb suffused with a Borges like quality of the mythic."

Latest Blogs

Poetry
Abu Siddik

The boy in a blue shirt

The boy in the blue shirt automatically appears with a cylinder once a month. ‘Thirty-rupee extra,’ the boy flatly asked while delivering the cylinder. ‘Why? You are a delivery boy.

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Need New Stories
Abu Siddik

Bengali Muslims: The Road Ahead

Here is a speech in the “Two Day International Conference on Bengali Muslims at the Crossroads: Possibilities and Challenges” held on 16 & 17 November 2019 in Aliah University Park

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Poetry
Abu Siddik

Don’t dream

“Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen

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Poetry
Abu Siddik

When the Sun Goes Down

When the sun goes down, Birds return to the neem tree, And carouse for half an hour Before going to sleep Rickshaw pullers under the tree Are dozing, their fallen

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Poetry
Abu Siddik

Lungi-clad Sweaty Invalids

Where were they? Where had my poor friends gone? Why had they left this leafy shed? How did they vanish, my friend? I don’t know, don’t ask me. Why did

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Need New Stories
Abu Siddik

আয় আরো বেঁধে বেঁধে থাকি

একমাত্র অন্যকে মুক্ত করেই মানুষ নিজের মুক্তি অর্জন করতে পারে। —আহমদ ছফা, পুষ্প বৃক্ষ এবং বিহঙ্গ পুরাণ বাংলাভাষী মানুষদের একটি জাতি হিসাবে গড়ে ওঠার ক্ষেত্রে ১৯৪৭ সালের দেশভাগ সবচেয়ে বড়

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