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[About the author: Dr. Humayun Azad is a living legend in the field of
comparative literature. Besides authoring numerous Bangla poetry, novels,
articles, comparative literature books, he is a staunch feminist and a fearless
critic on HR violation issues. He is a rule-breaking freethinking author, poet,
critic, column writer and head of Dhaka University Bangla department. At
the request from one of our Moderators, he sent this above article
"Dharmanubhutir Upakatha" (A tale of religious sensitivity), exclusively for
Mukto-mona, a forum he follows closely.
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