A few detail Biography:
SULTAN MUHAMMAD RAZZAK (PROF. Ph.D., Litt.D )is born in 1959 in Pabna of Bangladesh. He was inclined to cultural activism at the age of 11. He is a successful cultural Think Tank and advocates for introducing cultural conventions in Bangladesh and active voice in the contemporary cultural movement of the world. Sultan Muhammad Razzak obtained a Master’s in Bengali Literature from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh). Among his achievements are also two Academic Doctorate degrees –in Development through Mass Media. Several Doctor of Honuoriz causa, and Doctor of Honoris Causa in Literature for lifelong contributions to cultural development and literary work. He completed a professional degree “UNESCO Expert Leader (d’ Animador UNESCO)” from UNESCO Eskola, Spain, and completed a course on ICT in Education from UNESCO Thailand. He is the pioneer to introduce the online newsletter KRISHTI KATHA (Talking about Culture) in 1997, and subsequently with VOLUNTEER in the year 2000 – reaching more than 10,000 addresses worldwide. He also produced 18 video documents for different international and national organizations. He has conducted more than 40 research, one of the most remarkable among them was on observing the culture and tribal lifestyle of Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) which is one of 52 tribal communities in Bangladesh. He also conducted an observing study case on sexual and cultural behavior on both sides of the cross-border regions of Bangladesh and India. He faced an open audience during a 141 questions session on Cultural investment issues in the World Cultural Forum – Barcelona (2004).
He founded Forum for Culture and Human Development (1994), was Founder President and Vice-Chancellor of International Culture University (2009-2016), and Founder Member of Graam Theater (1981-1994), and Bangladesh Group Theater Federation (1981). He was involved as a member of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), a Steering Committee member of INCD, and an Advisor of World Culture Open (WCO) along with several organizations in Bangladesh.
He is a playwright, director, poet, lyricist, actor, storyteller, contemporary academician, and translator. As a researcher, he presented papers in different eminent conferences and Universities. * Publications: Plays: Behula, Goigeramer pala, Plolonath Company, Afer, Manikjor, Shironamhin, Kalapani, Lilibanur Shongshar, Sobar upore manush shatya, Jonogoner pala, Fossil, and Baut. * Poems: Rubayat e Sultan (7 volumes containing 3000 quatrains), Bidarshan, Manabi ebong bikeli ful, Alik Bidarshan, Swapno kalpadrum *
Translations: Poems of Edger Elan PoE(1809-1849), Samuel Coleridge((1772-1834), Percy Bysshe Shelly(1792-1822), George Gordon Byron(1788-1824), Joanna Baillie(1762-1851), Felicia Hermans(1793-1835), Hannah More(1745-1833), Mary Robinson(1757-1800), Charlotte Tumer Smith(1749-1806) Rubayat of Omar Khayam by Edward FitzGerald, AIDS Questions and Answers, Convention of Child Rights, Cultural Diversity Conventions (2005), Gajal of Mirza Galib, Bahdur Shah Zafar. Joint venture eBook: Dual Melody (Poetry collections of Eden S Trinidad and Sultan Muhammad Razzak) *He translated contemporary literature especially poems of Florentina Loredana Dalian, Lore Hernández Alejandro, Jossie Tequilla, Eva Lianou Petropoulou, Mirta Ramirez, Isilda Nunes, Poul Lynggaard Damgaard, Natasa Butinar, Mira Murgul, Bharati Nayak, Hussein Habasch, Hong Ngoc Chau, Zlatan Demirovic. Jeanette Eureka Tiburcio, Aziz Mountassir, Akhmad Cahyo Setio, Cen Hsu-Chen, Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak, Taghrid Bou Merhi, Jorge Palma, Tanja Ajtic, Hussein Habasch, Abdulloh Abdumominov, Álvaro Maio, Lăcrimioara Iva, Dimitris P. Kraniotis. He has been awarded nationally and internationally as a playwright, academician, organizer, and poet. Awarded title Shayer E Gulisthan (Poet of Garden).
cherished lie
I often
I see to my past
That is the way through I came here!
Rural path, laying bricks, black pitch or concrete
Or raft, boat, or ship
The memory of flying a kite
I didn’t know I have flown myself
Far away with that!
I am a total failure as a farmer
I have planted roses several times all my life
Not a single flower bloomed.
Yet over time
Many branches like a dream tree
Sprouted from my mind-
I often
I see to my past
That is the way through I came here!
on the way
Storm, tide, lightning
Darkness and fierce fire
How many memories are still lying around?
The blocked way
There is no way to back!
But everyone cherished a lying in heart
You too—and you too my friends—
Oh, if I could go back!
Living together
Wherever do I look?
Everyone says I am like you
Traveler on a wrong way.
Trees, desert moon or night
River or crop field
And forests
They say so are we?
An aimless traveler like you.
Our suffering
Along the ways drop seeds, trees or children
That is our problem,
And you forgot to be together.
And the moon stars
Those who have been there for a long time
They say,
Don’t you see?
Age is written on the bark of tree
And so the soil also has layers
And on the mountains
And your body
Experience is also accumulated there.
And look at the five fingers of the right and left hand
The thumb says I am you
And all the neighbors
Index, middle, ring and little fingers
The index finger is as many animals around you
Middle finger as many leaves around you
Ring finger as many rivers, seas and clouds around you
Little finger is mountains, sky and clouds
We are passengers together
And our motto
Save everyone to save yourself
Called survival
Living together
What you call humanity.
Comparison
When I asked you,
Say something about psychology of
Humans and other animals,
You smiled and replied,
During the lifetime of all animals
Gained so many experiences!
I response what is new then?
You said nothing is new
All are old!
Humen forget compassion and love-
And
They are in memory,
Arranges in layers,
Disappointment, pride, dissatisfaction and hatred!
And others creatures,
Keeps only compassion and love –
And Forget disappointment, pride, dissatisfaction and hatred!
You said again
People lost happiness long long ago
And a strange psychological disorder
Nested in their mind
Its name
Yes you can say it
A disease of forgetting happiness!
Avatar
In ancient Greece, during the Hellenic period-
I was born in a remote village.
That time, to the great Zeus,
And to the god Apollo,
I prayed every day;
Oh god,
Please grant me powerful muscles to break stones.
I was born on Saturday,
How many times have I been to Saturn’s temple-
I prayed there with offerings,
oh god,
Grant me the boon of a great warrior,
So that the reputation of former great warriors-
I can leave beyond.
And at the temple of Zeus,
I asked for a boon by praying with cash coins!
I saw in the night sky then,
Moving stars in the night sky,
My ancestors told me-
look at those,
Floating temples in the sky like temples on earth-
Where the gods live!
I used to pray,
I am a human, Oh my gods,
I don’t have wings like angels-
How could I take the offerings to the sky-
In your sky temple?
In the Trojan War,
I became killed!
I got no boon in that life,
A god in my muscles,
Didn’t get the strength to break stones,
No god blessed me,
As a great warrior,
I didn’t get cleverness and courage.
I feel,
I took many more births,
In the past.
I don’t remember how many times.
Where was I born in this birth?
I don’t want to mention it..
Now I am Astronaut by profession,
I work in a space station in the sky!
I live in the sky,
Didn’t find any God’s temple,
Zeus nor Apollo,
No others else!
But I pray,
I do not know- to whom!
Telling myself- oh my soul…
The infinite emptiness of the sky,
Let it be a field of various crops and peace for humanity…
And all dead people
Let them be born as Avatar again!
Soliloquy
I look at myself,
I say to myself!
How much did you burn yourself in the past few days?
How much fragrance did you breathe in the days behind?
How many steps did you imprint on the earth?
How many times you took bath in the rain?
Did you ever think about the humans and other creatures around you?
Did you think about the mountains?
You learned determination for life from those.
And rivers taught me about the speed of life.
And the clouds?
You have learned sympathy from them.
And you,
From the very beginning of the fetus till to your end,
Consuming everything,
The air, the light, and the crops and the creatures-
And every cell of your body debt to them.
Did you express your thanks and gratitude to them?
Those are developing you from animal to human.
Oh, my soul, I remind you, did you forget?
All around you are kind and great.
Do you feel?