The Agatya Explained

The Agatya
Type:Monthly magazine
Founder:Mahbub Jamal Zahedi
Fazle Lohani
Chiefeditor:Mahbub Jamal Zahedi
Language:English
Headquarters:Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Agatya (also transliterated as The Agattya) was a Bangladeshi monthly periodical which began publishing in 1949.[1] Its main focus was on literature and culture in Bangladesh,[2] and it was considered very popular before the advent of newer publications.[3] It remains a signature periodical in the history of Bangladesh's socio-cultural movement.[4]

It was founded in part by veteran journalist Mahbub Jamal Zahedi[4] and was initially published by a popular Bangladesh Television host of the time, Fazle Lohani.[2] The journalists who ventured to bring out The Agatya confronted great odds of the day.

The Agatya had a significant role in vocalising the cause of the Bengali people.[4] It is credited by Hayat Saif as having "A role in setting the trend and standards of progressive literary and social thinking in the Dhaka of the early 1950s."[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mirza Shamim. Tribute to an iconic TV personality. 4 September 2016. Daily Sun. 30 October 2015.
  2. Book: Hayat, Anupam. 2012. Lohani, Fazle. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lohani,_Fazle. Islam. Sirajul. Sirajul Islam. Jamal . Ahmed A.. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. http://hayatsaif.com/InSearch.html Hayat Saif: The Situation in the Poetry of Bangladesh
  4. News: Agattya, mosquitoes and more . The Daily Star . 10 September 2010.