What is the wonderful truth of life? Death! To survive!
Life moves forward in the future at its own pace.
Shakil Kalam, a renowned poet from Bangladesh, shares his poem
Shakil Kalam, born in Feni district in Chittagong Division of Bangladesh, received a Master’s Degree in Governance Studies from the University of Dhaka. Having also a diploma course on IAS and IFRS from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), he is known as a Central Banker, Corporate Governance and Internal Audit Specialist, Researcher, Poet, Translator as well as Child-Litterateur. He was engaged as an Additional Director in the Central Bank of Bangladesh. His book “A Handbook of Corporate Governance in Bangladesh” is enlisted as a reference books and taught in several universities including the University of Dhaka. Shakil Kalam started writing in his boyhood. The author has personally tried to discuss various inconsistencies, inequalities, disillusion, hypocrisy, human suffering and the degradation of human moral and social values in his writings. But in recent times, new dimensions have come in his writings. In his scathing writings, politics, economics, cultural aggression, economic class discrimination, social values, scarcity of democratic values and culture, lack of democratic governance and deficiency of institutionalization of democracy are vigorously highlighted. He has been writing stories, poems, rhymes, essays, columns, and translated articles in different languages. His published book are more than thirty-nine and are the best sellers. His poems have been translated into 40 languages around the world. He has travelled to India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Dubai, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia to participate in seminars, symposiums and conferences. He received various awards, certificates and honors from different international literary groups. Recently he achieved “Order of Shakespeare Medal- 2021” and “Gujarat Sahitya Academy Award-2021” and the World Welfare Council’s prize “Global Prestigious Award-2021” on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti 2021. Moreover, he is the member Dhaka University Political Science and Master in Governance Studies Alumni Associations. He is the Executive Editor of the international bilingual literary magazine titled “Dipon” as well as member of the global English literary journal’s Advisory Board of “ENGLIT” and “Unending Quest. He is the International Ambassador for the Chamber of Writers and Artists in Spain.
On the way to the future with time
The sky where the sun rises, the sun sets
A new sun rises, dispelling the light darkness of dawn
New ideas emerge in human consciousness
Draws a vision of the future in the depths of the heart
Countless doors are opened for future decision-making
At the end of darkness comes the direction of light
A star twenty million light-years away was caught by the scientist’s giant telescope
The space was decorated by the moon’s light;
What a wonderful light!
In the light of the full moon; the fireflies don’t burn in this city.
Suddenly the crow-clouds of the eastern corner thicken in the northern sky,
In the universe of heart and soul.
I am swing in the sway of faith and disbelief;
A whirlwind, a tide rushes at the border of thought,
To snatch my hope from my life.
What is the wonderful truth of life? Death! To survive!
Life moves forward in the future at its own pace,
Some great feats, some sweet memories and the dry existence of natural beauty are left behind.
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