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Biplobider Kotha Prokashona

Tells about revolutions, revolutionaries

Staff Correspondent
Among the new stalls in the capital's Amar Ekushey Granthamela 2014, Biplobider Kotha Prokashona has cut out its own niche, publishing biographies and histories of local and foreign revolutionaries and revolutions.
Opening it in 2012, the aim of the publisher and proprietor, Sheikh Rafiq, is to inform the new generation about the lesser known histories of Bangalee revolutionaries who sacrificed their lives to change society.
The publishing house churned out 30 books so far, including the recent additions "Surjyo Sen er Songlap"
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(essays, letters, statements etc of Surya Sen) and "Shoto Nari Biplobi” (a collection of the lives of 100 female revolutionaries).
Of them, "Pritilatar Atyakotha" (Pritilata Waddedar's thoughts and those on her), "Khudiramer Jobanbondi" (Khudiram Bose's trial and final moments) and "Neta theke Netaji" (Subhash Chandra Bose's rise from an activist to a national leader) are high in demand, said Rafiq.
"I initially thought that only leftists would buy these books but young people aged between 16 and 35 have shown immense interest," he told Ute Daily Star yesterday.
He informed that sales on February 21 stood at Tk 30,000 and he expects to make an average ofTk 15,000 every day from now on. Most are in paperback priced between Tk 80 to Tk 150, with a few exceptions.
The realisation that academic books do not impart full information on a country's history or change-makers of society came to
Rafiq while studying political science in Jagannath University.
"Even the mainstream media hardly print or air programmes on these rebels. They are mostly remembered on special occasions," he said, citing the example of the armed struggle of Benoy Krishna Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta against British rule.
Aiming to impart knowledge, Rafiq first brought out a monthly bulletin in October 2009 targeting students from class VII to university.
"Through left organisations, I used to sell those bulletins to students of schools and colleges even at district levels,” he said, adding that the circulation has increased almost threefold, at present selling almost 8,000 copies.
In 2010, he launched www.biplobiderkotha.com which serves as an encyclopaedia on revolutions.
Meanwhile, 82 new books arrived at the fair and publication ceremonies of 13 were held.