The Agatya

The Agatya
Type Monthly magazine
Founder(s) Mahbub Jamal Zahedi
Fazle Lohani
Editor-in-chief Mahbub Jamal Zahedi
Founded 1949 (1949)
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.[4]

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 50's."[3]

References

  1. Mirza Shamim (30 October 2015). "Tribute to an iconic TV personality". Daily Sun. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hayat, Anupam (2012). "Lohani, Fazle". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. 1 2 Hayat Saif: The Situation in the Poetry of Bangladesh, Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Daily Star: Agattya, mosquitoes and more, Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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