Abstract:
Throughout the history people have been attached to their native soil, to the traditions of their parents, and to the established territorial authorities.Great men fought for their nation and died as warriors with their true spirit and a national zeal. War,that has left people with tremendous lossleft scars on people’s mind which cannot be easily erased. There has not been any who has good memories associated with war. War in itself is an organised violence. We have a heart touching story about Rehana Haque, a young widow with her family fighting back for the nation in the wake of violence where no man could have attempted, during Bangladesh war of 1971 presented by Tahmima Anam in her war Trilogy A Golden Age. Tahmima Anam is …show more content…
Because of its dynamic vitality and its all-pervading character, nationalism is often thought to be very old and conventional; sometimes it is mistakenly regarded as a permanent factor in political behaviour. A heart touching story by Tahmima Anam who has won Commonwealth Writers’ prize for her Book A Golden Age in the year 2008 presents the characters with true spirit of nationalism, it’s an ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests. All main characters seem dedicated towards the common goal in the wake of violence where no men could have attempted. As Vivek Sharma writes in his review, “If Tahmima's first novel is an indication, her name, her characters and her writing, will be recognized by generations to come. We live in an age where such tag-lines accompany every review we read, and we hardly see serious criticism of ordinary work. To fish out a book like A Golden Age from a stack of books, all claimed to be pathbreaking and brilliant, requires a dint of luck’’(Sharma). As it is a trilogy the other books are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace, Anam shows the story by connecting it into a sequence of three books. The objective behind is to present war picture and the characters with strong will power and to emerge to be …show more content…
Maya had also joined the Communist Party by donating all her clothes to the cyclone victims and keeping herself in only white saris. The family was out for watching cricket match during that time there was a sudden motion in the air. ‘The players stared up from the pitch with their shoulders raised in confusion. Rehana looked around her, and the crowd, a moment ago a mass of cheering fans, looked restless; their eyes are angry white specks; the cricket was forgotten, the puffed rice, the panics, the drums. Someone threw a brick on to the field. Someone else threw a cracked wooden stick. Bits of torn newspaper floated down. (Anam P-46) Sohail took Mrs. Sengupta’s 1959 Skoda Octiva and wheeled along by taking Mrs. Sengupta, Rehana and Maya in the back seat while Joy and Aref crowded in the front. They then entered into the university compound, their car sped past Curzon Hall, Rokeya Hall, Iqbal Hall.’ In front of the Teacher- Student Centre they saw a wave of people in white clothes and black armbands carrying banners, making fists and chanting in circular, overlapping beats. Maya cupped her hands against the window and shouted,’Joy Bangla! Joy Sheikh Mujib!’(Anam-
Throughout the history people have been attached to their native soil, to the traditions of their parents, and to the established territorial authorities.Great men fought for their nation and died as warriors with their true spirit and a national zeal. War,that has left people with tremendous lossleft scars on people’s mind which cannot be easily erased. There has not been any who has good memories associated with war. War in itself is an organised violence. We have a heart touching story about Rehana Haque, a young widow with her family fighting back for the nation in the wake of violence where no man could have attempted, during Bangladesh war of 1971 presented by Tahmima Anam in her war Trilogy A Golden Age. Tahmima Anam is …show more content…
Because of its dynamic vitality and its all-pervading character, nationalism is often thought to be very old and conventional; sometimes it is mistakenly regarded as a permanent factor in political behaviour. A heart touching story by Tahmima Anam who has won Commonwealth Writers’ prize for her Book A Golden Age in the year 2008 presents the characters with true spirit of nationalism, it’s an ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests. All main characters seem dedicated towards the common goal in the wake of violence where no men could have attempted. As Vivek Sharma writes in his review, “If Tahmima's first novel is an indication, her name, her characters and her writing, will be recognized by generations to come. We live in an age where such tag-lines accompany every review we read, and we hardly see serious criticism of ordinary work. To fish out a book like A Golden Age from a stack of books, all claimed to be pathbreaking and brilliant, requires a dint of luck’’(Sharma). As it is a trilogy the other books are The Good Muslim and The Bones of Grace, Anam shows the story by connecting it into a sequence of three books. The objective behind is to present war picture and the characters with strong will power and to emerge to be …show more content…
Maya had also joined the Communist Party by donating all her clothes to the cyclone victims and keeping herself in only white saris. The family was out for watching cricket match during that time there was a sudden motion in the air. ‘The players stared up from the pitch with their shoulders raised in confusion. Rehana looked around her, and the crowd, a moment ago a mass of cheering fans, looked restless; their eyes are angry white specks; the cricket was forgotten, the puffed rice, the panics, the drums. Someone threw a brick on to the field. Someone else threw a cracked wooden stick. Bits of torn newspaper floated down. (Anam P-46) Sohail took Mrs. Sengupta’s 1959 Skoda Octiva and wheeled along by taking Mrs. Sengupta, Rehana and Maya in the back seat while Joy and Aref crowded in the front. They then entered into the university compound, their car sped past Curzon Hall, Rokeya Hall, Iqbal Hall.’ In front of the Teacher- Student Centre they saw a wave of people in white clothes and black armbands carrying banners, making fists and chanting in circular, overlapping beats. Maya cupped her hands against the window and shouted,’Joy Bangla! Joy Sheikh Mujib!’(Anam-