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Fun with Science: Fables for Children
*** PANDITER PAGLAMI: A collection of juvenile stories in Hangla by Sid ma Chowdhury. Published by the llengla Academy, Dhaka. I*rice: Taka 25.
K'-xicwedby Aasha Mehreen Amin ***
IN sons ways. "Ihuxlltcr I'ugiamt" ha* much In co mmon with "Laughing Together", a colleetlori ol »to rie*. translated Into English from various Asian languages Including Bangla, mainly for children, published some years ago by the Tokyo based Aslan Cultural Centre for UNESCO
Uke Laughing Together", the book under review will bring delight not only lo chi) dren but also to adults.
Whlk there are some Indi vidua)* who haw a natural cu rioally for all thing* mathemat teal and scientific, there arc also a few of ua who develop hive* at the very mention of terms *uch a* "law of relativity or’quanlum physics' If you are In the unfortunate latter group, chances arc that at feast one of your offspring* will haw your science phobic" gene. But this needn't be the case with the Ingenuity of writer* like Salmn Chowdhury. Her book "Pandl ter PaglamT is the perfect way lo trick youngsters Into rea ding all about *cicntlfic concept*. Written In the simplest •Bnngla with plenty of wit and fantn*y, this book Is sure to ' delight us ft Intrigues.
The book Is divided Into six stories each dealing with MMe sort of scientific phenomenon The first one, for exanipk- pro
the buoyancy. Vivid descriptions of characters and cwnts make up for what the illustration* lack. The description of Archimedes running stark naked to the kings court yelling "Eurckal Eiirekn!" 1* enough to keep the young reader in. splits white creating ah interest In physics.
In Kcttlir Karshaj!' the au thor brings In the progress of num although Darwinism is not mentioned She traces back the invention of tlx- wheel that marks the- beginning of the machine age. to changing "eating habits of caremcn. Whi Ie this may seem a trifle farfetched. the idea of adaptation ami tntcrdcpcndcrHx- certainly conies through. Hw Invention of metal pipes and cylinders I* described in funny little
Pltha DkIu Prithtvi Ma Cl >dhun describes how the world wii* horn as a result of mtlHon* of collisions and rcar Bons between heavenly bnclk-s comparing It to boiling milk Question* like how were the days of the week formed and bow to prove the existence of air are nnswv-rcd with amusing example* and • .mv e*|«fi
Hk last story deals with
>te* and DRA It to th. dtf fereiKv tn gene*, she explain*. thRi makes some people prefer MSrvt food white other* go for »altv things.
With a natural talcnl for story telling the author lakes the reader all around the world from Italy to China in trodu<-ing names *uch as Da Vinci. Raphael and Atlovon. Ha- book cleverly supplies just enough information to crcak-inl. rcsl while takin* can not
Pandlter Baglaml surcv**luliy com. » out with Ihc und. rivtog m>v*a< that science can be a
An omission in the public., lion is an Introduction of the writer. Now, sources at the ILingla Academy tell us, Salma Chowdhury is an cstabkslxd educationisL a versatile writer for newspapers and journal* and a social worker of disllnc non. Her work among women inmates In the Dhaka Central Jail has earned Ihc praise of social organisations, both for efan and focal, bawxl In Dhaka. Ms Choudhury has. hopefully, more books In mind One of them should deal with her pi onecring work tn the social Held.
Pandilcr Paglaml I* well pri.iled. welt-produced, with an lUrarttvc rover design by