Selina Parvin

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Selina Parvin ( March 31, 1931 – December 14, 1971) born in Noakhali[1] was a talented and spirited[2] Bangladeshi Journalist and poet.[1][3] She is one of the intellectual martyrs killed by Al-Badr[4] on December 14, immediately before the victory after the 9 month long war of independence of Bangladesh in 1971. This day was later came to be commemorated as the intellectual martyr day. As a journalist she used to work for Weekly Begum, Weekly Lolona and Shilalipi.[1]

Childhood

Selina's father Md Abidur Rahman was a teacher. When after World War II her father's house in Feni District was seized, the family had to settle back in village. Then 12 year old Selina was a student in class six and knack in writing poetry and stories. Due to the traditional conservative rural context she had to put an end to her schooling. At the age of 14 she was married against her consent and she denied to live with her husband. She wanted to study further but could not succeed in the matriculation exam. After 10 years they divorced.[5]

Career

Selina came back to Dhaka in 1958 at the age of 27 and got the job of the matron of Rokeya Hall in the University of Dhaka. As a result of dispute with the authority she quit the job at the end of the second year. She got married with a politician. She used to work with various periodicals and used to publish her own pro-liberation[4] periodical Shilalipi on somewhat irregular basis.[6] She used the weekly’s earning to help freedom fighters.[4] In Shailalipi, Selina Parveen, used to publish articles by prominent personalities including Prof Munier Chowdhury, journalist Shahidullah Kaiser, Zahir Raihan and ANM Golam Mostafa, except Raihan all of whom became the target of Al-Badr.[4][7] Raihan left his house on January 30, 1972 looking for his brother Shahidullah Kaiser, but never returned.[8]

Death

During December 13, 1971 like other intellectual martyrs she was seized by members of the paramilitary force Al-Badr. Her son Sumon was only 7 years old.[2] She was brutally killed on December 14 and her dead body was later discovered in the Rayerbazar Boddhobhumy. A lone survivor of the killing testified to the court that being blindfolded, he heard a woman [Selina Parvin] screaming and begging Al-Badr men for her life, appealed to spare her as she had a kid and there was none to take care of him but her. But the brutal killers did not spare her. She was instantly killed by charging bayonet as narrated by witness.[2][4] The lone survivor, who managed to loosen the rope with which he was tied and escaped, had described how three prisoners were tortured before being taken out to be shot. Among the victims included Selina Parvin who was [later] found with two bayonet wounds, one through the eye and one in the stomach, and two bullet wound.[2]

On 3 November 2013, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Muslim leader based in London, and Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, based in the US, were sentenced in absentia after the court found that they were involved in the abduction and murders of 18 people – nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists including Selina Parvin and three physicians – in December 1971.[4][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Profiles of martyred intellectuals". The Daily Star. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hoque, Mofidul (14 December 2013). "Long Walk to Justice". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Profiles of martyred intellectuals". Daily Star. Mukto-mona. Retrieved 7 November 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Khan, Tamanna (4 November 2013). "It was matricide". The Daily Star. Retrieved 7 November 2013. 
  5. ↑ ↑ স্মৃতি: ১৯৭১, Volume 4,Page 98, Bangla Academy, ISBN 984-07-3351-6
  6. ↑ স্মৃতি: ১৯৭১, Volume 4,Page 98, Bangla Academy,ISBN 984-07-3351-6
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (3 November 2013). "UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh". The Independent. Retrieved 7 November 2013. 
  8. ↑ Ferdous, Fahmim (19 February 2013). "Zahir Raihan: Capturing national struggles on celluloid". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 November 2013. 

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