Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad

Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad
পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ
The cover of the book first edition
Author Humayun Azad
Original title পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ
Cover artist Samar Majumdar
Country Bangladesh
Language Bengali
Subject Religious fundamentalism
Genre Novel
Publisher Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka
Publication date
 2003
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 112 (first edition)
ISBN 984-401-769-6
OCLC 808109497

Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad (Bengali: পাক সার জমিন সাদ বাদ pāk šar jomin šād bād from Urdu: پاک سرزمین شاد باد‬ pāk sarzamīn shād bād "Blessed be the Sacred Land") is a 2003 novel,[1] written by Humayun Azad, an anti-establishment, anti-religious writer in Bangladesh. The novel based on a religious group who collaborated with the Pakistani army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[2]

Synopsis

The book title is a reference to the national anthem of Pakistan written in heavily Persianized Urdu by the Pakistani Urdu-language poet Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952. The first stanza of the song is as follows:[3]

Urdu lyrics Transliteration Translation

پاک سَرزَمِین شاد باد
كِشوَرِ حَسِين شاد باد
تُو نِشانِ عَزمِ عالی شان
اَرضِ پاکِستان
مَرکَزِ یَقِین شاد باد‬
pāk sarzamīn šād bād
kišwar-ē ḥasīn šād bād
tū nišān-ē ʿazm-ē ʿālī šān
arⱬ-ē Pākistān!
markaz-ē yaqīn šād bād
Blessed be the sacred land
Happy be the bounteous realm
Thou symbol of high resolve
O Land of Pakistan!
Blessed be the citadel of faith

The Protagonist is a fictional member of a terrorist organization. The protagonist's views are expressed in his monologue, "We aren't alone. Our brothers all over the world are doing their work. If they fly an aeroplane into a building somewhere, if cars crash into a hospital or a hotel, or if a bomb blast kills 300 people in some recreational centre, then we know it's the work of our brothers; in other words, it is our work. This is Jihad."[4]

Controversy

Pak Sar Jamin Saad Baad, a scathing criticism about a Islamic fundamentalist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[5] On 27 February 2004, Azad came under a vicious attack by unidentified assailants following the publication,[6] which exposed the main Islamic fundamentalists in his country.[7]

In late July 2004, Azad wrote a moving letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and other political leaders calling on them to restore freedom in Bangladesh and pleading for protection to himself and his family.[7] Days before Azad's departure for Munich in early August 2004, his son was briefly kidnapped by fundamentalists whose aim was to find out Azad's whereabouts.[8]

Criticism

Bangladeshi author, filmmaker and dramatist Humayun Ahmed called the book "so vulgar that anybody would be hurt after reading it. He doesn't have to be a fundamentalist."[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  2. ↑ Umme Sadat Nazmun Nahar Al-wazedi (2008). Hearing 'subaltern' Voices of Resistance in the Works of Mahasweta Devi, Taslima Nasrin and Monica Ali (PhD thesis). Purdue University. p. 149. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Information of Pakistan". Infopak.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  4. ↑ "Star Magazine". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  5. ↑ "Recommended Books". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  6. ↑ "An open letter to the Prime Minister, leader of the main opposition, and my countrymen". Mukto-Mona. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  7. 1 2 "IHEU Mourns Prof. Humayun Azad; Calls for Police Investigation into Death". IHEU. 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  8. ↑ Zaman, Mustafa; Hussain, Ahmede (1 September 2004). "Humayun Azad: A Truncated Life". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star.
  9. ↑ Bashar, Reazul; Ahmed, Mustak (20 July 2008). "Humayun Ahmed draws flak from literati". Bangladesh News 24. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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