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Celebrating literary minds: Reflections on editing festschrifts
“Festschrift” is a German word coined in the 19th century by combining ”fest”, meaning “celebration” or “festival,” with ”schrift”, meaning “writing” or “script,” to signify “celebration writing” or “festival publication.” It’s also sometimes called “festgabe”, denoting “commemorative gift” or “presentation gift.” Its French equivalent is liber amicorum, which translates to “book of friends.” According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word has been lexicalised in English since 1892;...
Celebrating literary minds: Reflections on editing festschrifts
“Festschrift” is a German word coined in the 19th century by combining ”fest”, meaning “celebration” or “festival,” with ”schrift”, meaning “writing” or “script,” to signify “celebration writing” or “festival publication.” It’s also sometimes called “festgabe”, denoting “commemorative gift” or “presentation gift.” Its French equivalent is liber amicorum, which translates to “book of friends.” According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word has been lexicalised in English since 1892;...
Contemporary Asian Literatures in English: A Select Research Bibliography (2010–2025)
1 Introduction English, once an alien language and a vehicle of colonial oppression and imperial aggression, has increasingly become a ‘nativised’ and ‘Asianised’ language (Kachru's terms) and an integral part of the Asian linguistic ecology, as well as a widely used mode of creative expression.
Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia
1 Introduction English is not an indigenous Asian language but a transplanted one that, once known as the ‘ʻʻkiller language’ for various regional languages and cultures' (Kachru 2005, 100), and a ‘ʻʻcolonial’ linguistic remnant to be discarded with disdainʼʼ (1), has now become ‘the only shared – almost anointed – medium across the vast Asian region’ (xv).
Swing of the pendulum: identity politics and the ideological strife over Rabindranath Tagore and the national anthem in Bangladesh
Keywords BangladeshBangladesh national anthemBritish Indiaidentity politicsMuslim rulePakistanRabindranath Tagore Information Type Research Article Information International Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , July 2026 , pp.
Raja Rammohun Roy: An architect of Asian cosmopolitan modernity
Raja Rammohun Roy was a trailblazer in South Asian and, arguably, Asian culture, literature, journalism, and education. He is often described as the “Father of Modern India,” the “Prophet of Indian Nationalism,” a pioneer of the Bengal Renaissance, and a founder of Asian Anglophone literature. He also spearheaded Indian journalism, publishing newspapers in three languages: Sambad Kaumudi in Bengali, Mir’at’l-Akhbar in Persian, and Bengal Herald in English.
The philosophical fraternity of Rabindranath Tagore and Anwar Ibrahim
In a lecture, Rabindranath proclaimed, “I hope that some dreamer will spring from among you and preach a message of love and therewith, overcoming all differences..." Rabindranath Tagore enjoys extensive popularity in many Asian countries outside his native Bengal and India, and his rich legacy as a poet and proponent of global dialogue and confluence of cultures is celebrated in those countries. This includes Malaysia, Singapore, and China.
Rabindranath Tagore’s engagement with Islamic culture and Muslims
The English poet W.B. Yeats once expressed his profound admiration for Rabindranath Tagore, describing him as "someone greater than any of us". Similarly, after meeting the poet at an event in Cambridge, UK, Francis Cornford, granddaughter of Charles Darwin, remarked, "I can now imagine a powerful and gentle Christ, which I never could before".
Sufism and the emergence of Bengal’s syncretic culture
Needle at the Bottom of the Sea is a collection of five enthralling and inspirational 'kathas' or tales of miracle-working Sufi saints from the early modern period of Bangla literature.
Begum Rokeya: A redoubtable Muslim feminist and educationist
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932), fondly known as Begum Rokeya, was an autodidact who became a formidable champion of women's rights and education when women in South Asia, especially Muslim women, were forced to live in subhuman conditions, almost like animals, or even worse than animals (Rokeya's analogies).
Rabindranath Tagore’s engagement with Islamic culture and Muslims
The English poet W.B. Yeats once expressed his profound admiration for Rabindranath Tagore, describing him as "someone greater than any of us". Similarly, after meeting the poet at an event in Cambridge, UK, Francis Cornford, granddaughter of Charles Darwin, remarked, "I can now imagine a powerful and gentle Christ, which I never could before".
Begum Rokeya and Begum Sufia An enduring “mother-daughter” bond
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits. Their relationship grew from strength to strength through their interactions and shared commitments to humanitarian principles and practices, especially the emancipation of women, which can best be imagined and encapsulated in a mother-daughter trope.
A Season of Hope and Despair: Reminiscing My Dhaka University Days
I am one of the privileged few to have experienced Dhaka University—the nation's citadel of higher education le plus excellent—from both sides of the spectrum, first as a student and then as an academic. I entered Dhaka University as an undergraduate student in the Department of English in 1973 and graduated with a Bachelor's (with Honours) and a Master's degree in 1978.
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