Humayun Kabir Jibon, IU Correspondent
A book titled ‘Bharotiya Nandantattwa’, dedicated to the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, written by a Professor of Islamic University in Kushtia has been unveiled.
Dr M Mizanur Rahman, alias Boidik Baul, a senior Professor of English department of the university penned the book and the cover of the book was unveiled in a function held at the university recently.
Published by ‘Sarobritto Prokashon’ on January, 2022, the book contains Art and life in India has been inextricably intertwined from ancient times to the present day. Art as a way of life, as ritual, as decoration and as unity with the Sublime bore testament to the socio-cultural milieu; the high level of sophistication that developed in ancient India was reflected in the arts in a holistic light.
The arts, thus, strived to hone man’s intellectual sensibilities, thus raising him to the level of the transcendental, which in India was Brahma or ultimate reality.
This book brings forth the popular theories of Indian aesthetics and Indian poetics. Bharatmuni, Abhinavgupta, Biswantah Kabiraj, Rajshekhor, Anandvardhana and a number of seers have given substantial dimensions to the concept as found in Natryashastra, Dhvanyavloka, and Abhinavbharati, among other texts. It represents primarily a compilation of commentaries and criticism of these texts, and will serve as a preliminary guide to students, beginners and researchers of Indian aesthetics and poetics.
The appendices bring together a number of papers on Indian aesthetics, while there is also an informative and comprehensive bibliography and an exhaustive glossary to provide added aid for non-Sanskrit speakers.
The book also aims to give the reader a good idea as to how these concepts were treated before and after their major practitioners.
Professor M Mizanur Rahman said that he was working on writing and translating different literary pieces. A total of five books had been published during the Covid-19 situation, he added.
