Rashid Askari

Rashid Askari
Rashid Askari in June 2013
Born	(1965-06-01) 1 June 1965 Rangpur
Occupation	Academic, writer

Rashid Askari (Bengali: রাশিদ আসকারী, born: 1 June 1965) is a Bengali-English writer, columnist, and academic in Bangladesh.

Early life

Rashid Askari was born in Ashkarpur,Mithapukur,Rangpur in 1965. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD on Nirad C. Chaudhuri and Indian writing in English from the University of Pune.

Career

Dr. Askari joined Kushtia Islamic University as a lecturer in English in 1990. He became a professor in 2005 and was head of the English department more than once. Recently he was elected "secretary general of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Association for 2014".^[1]

Writing style

An unsigned profile in The Kushtia Times stated that Askari writes "both Bengali and English with equal ease and efficiency".^[2] Bangladeshi novelist and critic Syed Manzoorul Islam notes: "He writes witty, racy stories with surprisingly serious undertones. Picking real-life events from the remote areas and the marginal people of the country and weaving them into various fictional forms are the hallmarks of his storytelling. ... Though not new in a ground-breaking way, his stories are both intense and original. The overall tone of his language is gently sarcastic ...".^[3]

Bibliography

Books

• The Dying Homeland, a collection of essays in Bengali, Dhaka-1996.
• Indo-English Literature and Others, a collection of literary and critical essays in Bengali, Dhaka-1996.
• Today's Folktale, a collection of short stories in Bengali, Dhaka-1997.
• Deconstructing Thoughts, a collection of critical essays in Bengali, Dhaka-2001.
• Postmodern Literary and Critical Theory, a book on literary and critical essays in Bengali, Dhaka-2002 with an introduction by Fakrul Alam.
• The Wounded Land: Peoples, Politics, Culture, Literature, Liberation War, War Crimes, and Militancy in Bangladesh. Dhaka: Pathak Shamabesh. 2011. 
• Nineteen seventy one and other stories: a collection of short stories. Bangladesh: Shamabesh. 2012. ISBN 9789848866436. 

Articles

• Nineteen seventy one-a story published in the JPCS (Journal of Post-Colonial Cultures and Societies) Wright State University, Ohio-USA. 'Nineteen seventy one'
• Lottery-a story published in the CLRI (Contemporary Literary review, India). 'Lottery'
• Jihad-a story published in the CLRI (Contemporary Literary review India, print edition-Jan 2012 'Jihad' ).
• Locked-in-syndrome-a story published in the CLRI (Contemporary Literary review India). 'Locked-in-syndrome'
• War crimes and criminals-an article published in the Brunei Times. 'War crimes and criminals'
• Eve-teasing in Bangladesh: Crime and punishment-an article published in the African Herald Express. "Eve-teasing in Bangladesh: Crime and punishment",
• Psychological torture on women and the legal cure-an article published in the African Herald Express. "Psychological torture on women and the legal cure",
• Population explosion and the fate of mankind-an article published in the African Herald Express. "Population explosion and the fate of mankind",
• Bangladesh's conquest of the sea: a daunting prospect-an article published in the African Herald Express. "conquest of the sea: a daunting prospect"
• Future of literature: Global Art-Malady and its Consequences-an article published in the Lit Search, Volume 1, Number 1, and December 2011: ISSN: 2277-6990(Print). "Future of literature: Global Art-Malady and its Consequences"
• 'Historic 21 February and the birth of a nation' an article published in the African Herald Express. http://africanheraldexpress.com/blog7/2013/02/17/historic-21st-february-and-the-birth-of-nation-by-rashid-askari/
• The biggest industrial disaster in Bangladesh-an article published in the African Herald Express. 'The biggest industrial disaster in Bangladesh'

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