Tributes to Editor Enayetullah Khan
manik
of New Age;
(Reprinted from the daily New Age, Nov. 11, 2005)
Enayetullah Khan's death
I have no language to express my deep sorrow at the news of Enayetullah
Khan's death. I was a regular reader of his columns.
My sincere condolence to the family and staff of New Age and Weekly
Holiday.
The nation has lost an intellectual, brave journalist and a
politician of vision at this crucial time of divided politics and
self-motivated journalism.
We pray for the eternal peace of the departed soul. He will live
long in the hearts of millions for his value based journalism.
Nurul Amin
Dhaka
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The news of Enayetullah Khan's passing away is indeed very
shocking news. We have lost a great son of the soil.
I pray for the departed soul.
Tanzim
On e-mail
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This is indeed very shocking news. He was in fact one of the most
prominent and enterprising editors of Bangladesh and pioneer in
promoting English journalism.
Although I did not know him personally, I had the privilege of
talking to him and attending seminars where he was often a key speaker.
I always found his out-of-the-box views about contemporary and common
matters very interesting. His honest feedbacks on different issues are
very rare among his contemporaries.
Our country will miss a true gem like him.
Faisal Khair Chowdhury
Eskaton Garden, Dhaka
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NEW AGE, Nov. 12, 12, 2005
Enayetullah Khan's death
Enayetullah Khan's death is a mortal blow to Bangladesh's fledgling
journalism. True we have a free press in this country. It is also true
that we have a large community of journalists. But then Enayetullah
Khan was not only a journalist; he was a colossus that bestrode the
world of journalism in Bangladesh.
As editor of Holiday, Enayetullah Khan single-handedly played a role
against all governments of Bangladesh which promised to live for the
people but ended up betraying them. Against such governments,
Enayetullah dominated the political scene of Bangladesh without fear or
favour. To me, Enayetullah Khan did more for upholding the voice of the
downtrodden people of Bangladesh than the thousands of political
leaders whom we have over the years elected to parliament. In that
sense, if you ask me, I would have no hesitation in naming him as a
person who by the force of his pen played a role for the people that
most of these parliamentarians put together have not been able to match
by a long stretch.
The most admiring thing about Enayetullah Khan was like many of his
fellow journalists, he was never available for a price. He has not
spared even those in politics who perhaps felt that his pen would spare
them.
I have been reading his writings for long now. I liked some of the
phrases he coined that have now become part of English journalism in
Bangladesh. At this moment of sadness, I remember Enayetullah Khan for
all those fearless pieces of journalism he wrote. But most of all, I
will always admire him for one piece that he wrote in Holiday soon
after our Liberation War entitled '65 Million Collaborators?'.
During the days after our Liberation War, when Dhaka was under the
siege of those called the 16th Division; when those who fled Bangladesh
leaving us in peril were claiming to be our liberators, Enayetullah
Khan wrote this famous piece that should make him immortal in
Bangladesh's world of journalism. That piece was '65 Million
Collaborators?'
Enayetullah Khan's passing away will leave a void that our world
of journalism will find extremely difficult, if not impossible, to
overcome. May Allah bless him with eternal peace.
Shahjahan Ahmed
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
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In a country where freedom of press has to be fought for and
jealously guarded, New Age has distinguished itself as a bastion of
expression, comment and wit. This is only possible because of the
editor, and the loyal team around him.
Enayetullah Khan stood for press freedom in a political environment
all too ready to deny us the basic rights of expression of opinion. New
Age is a breath of fresh air amidst other journals toeing the party
line.
The best tribute we can all pay to Enayetullah Khan is to continue
to air our views freely and with vigour.
May his soul rest in peace.
Richard Murphy
England
Brave journalist that he was
I am deeply shocked to hear the news of the sad demise of our beloved
Enayetullah Khan. With his death the country has lost a journalist of
international repute. Fearless and brave as he was, he was liked by all
in the press community as well as in civil society. He never faltered
in taking a bold stand during all national crises. A patriot with all
the love and commitment for the country, for freedom, for democracy,
for social justice and for the oppressed he has shown his courage in
ventilating the feelings and grievances of all concerned. Himself a
freedom fighter, he became immortal for his article titled '65
Million Collaborators?' published in Holiday to defend those who
could not cross over to India during the Liberation War and were being
labelled as collaborators.
I am personally grateful to him for his article titled 'The crime
of an engineer' - this was written by Khan in defence of an
engineer (Resident Engineer of PDB at Khulna), a friend of mine, who
was put behind bars for not acceding to the unfair request of an
influential member of the then ruling party. Such instances of his
siding with the oppressed and victimised are innumerable.
I condole his death and pray for the salvation of his soul.
M Hafizuddin Khan
Ex-Comptroller& Auditor General of Bangladesh
He did it his way
I first met Enayetullah Khan when he had just passed out of Dhaka
University and had begun his long career in journalism. I was only a
school kid then, but I remember the day, because I have seldom seen as
handsome a man, who was as exceptionally articulate, and had his unique
style, which comes from full self-confidence, but some might mistake as
brashness or arrogance.
Forty years later when the BBC declared the names of the greatest
Bengalis of all time, as found in its controversial opinion poll, I
watched Enayetullah Khan on a TV show challenging it in the same
fashion and with the same passion, which, I knew, was not due to his
political leaning, but because he truly believed that there were no
supermen; everybody had his faults and it was the responsibility of a
good journalist to speak out the truth with no fear or favour.
I am sure Enayetullah Khan also had his shortcomings, and he would
have admitted them himself. If he was not as commercially successful as
some people who came into journalism much later, I think it is because
he never thought it was right to go with the wind to be popular. He
stood tall and alone and fought all the way, and his departure will
leave a long living trail.
Bazlur Rahman
Basabari Lane, Dhaka
End of an era
I am deeply saddened and shocked by the news of the death of
Enayetullah Khan, editor of New Age. I pray for the salvation of the
departed soul and hope that God will grant his near and dear ones the
solace and fortitude to face the irreparable loss with courage and
equanimity.
Enayetullah Khan was an accomplished journalist and easily the
pioneer in weekly English news journalism in the form of Holiday. He
launched this weekly paper in the 1960s against all odds as a
single-minded unwavering venture. His articles were always insightful
and full of vigour and bite. His death truly signifies the end of an
era of proud, honest, unrelenting and uncompromising journalism.
Omar Khasru
Dhaka
Maverick of our time
Enayetullah Khan has been the true maverick of our time. For well over
four decades of journalism in our part of the world, his readers have
found in him a relentless crusader against communalism, autocracy,
hypocrisy and corrupt social and political practices. It would be
difficult to find another BRAND BANGLADESHI in the real sense and
practice. In a society, which enjoyed suicidal hedonism by boycotting
English during the post-liberation era, Enayetullah Khan served as the
tutor of the nation by the publication of Holiday in spite of various
obstacles, which simultaneously nurtured English 'writership' and
'readership' in Bangladesh.
Such was his command over his thoughts and, of course, his language
that we would make sure that we sat with a bilingual
dictionary, before we would began reading
his column, for which we would wait quite eagerly.
The nation will surely miss its gifted son, but can move on with his
dreams of building a true democratic Bangladesh, with its people having
enormous confidence and self-respect.
May Allah bestow His mercy upon our beloved Enayet Bhai..Ameen.
Rizwan Ul Alam
London
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It has been a long time since I have known Enayetullah Khan by his
name and by his columns. Holiday, the weekly, has been in progressive
thinking what Chitrali in those days signified in the entertainment
world. He has played a significant role in the building up of a
Bangladeshi national psyche among the educated class. Throughout the
rough journey from the liberation of Bangladesh till now and in the
face of many odds he did not lose his sense of direction. He was always
firm in his convictions and maintained his integrity like an anchor,
like a lighthouse in keeping progressive, patriotic and positive
thinking alive in Bangladesh. In the days when I came to know him
personally and he became 'Mintu Bhai' to me and even 'mejda' to
some of my friends, I found him a dignified and towering personality
and also a friendly and likable person.
I hope the trend he set in the pages of Holiday and New Age will
flourish for generations. Bangladesh has lost one of its best sons in
the death of Enayetullah Khan. May he rest in peace.
Akhtar Ahmed, BP
Khulna
A cut above the usual
I am deeply shocked. I had been aware of how serious Khan's illness
was, as a physician I know too well how cancer can and does kill.
Still, his death took me by surprise, made me pensive with profound
sadness. No death can truly be unexpected for as humans we are all
mortal. But then the human heart cannot help feel shock and surprise;
and moved with grief when a dear and loved one is no more.
All separations are painful. However, in certain ways each is unique
by the way it is perceived. This one is no exception. And there are
those whose departure touch a more resonant and more tender chord and
bring a deeper pain. Enayetullah Khan (Mintu Bhai to many) had been one
whose departure evokes something mere words fail to tell. Khan was not
just brilliant; he was brave and outspoken on issues that cried out to
be addressed without fear or squeamishness.
Khan was a cut above the ordinary, his personality and performance
extending well beyond the usual norm of his calling as a famed
journalist. Having known him for some years, and having had informally
met him as a diplomat too (Yangon and Beijing) I recall that engaging
warmth and the easy and flowing personal charm he exuded. The gracious
and generous hospitality he extended without of course any obligation
to do so was remarkable. These are attributes that may come by careful
cultivation; but when these come spontaneously without effort, the
impression remains indelible. So it has been.
Death levels all. But many were the things that set him apart from
the mundane and ordinary. Indeed, Enayetullah Khan will be missed and
mourned, and deeply by many. But for those who love and live by
intellect and the arts, his death is and will remain a loss hard to
bear, a void difficult to fill. Yet bear that grief we all must. Those
who came closer to him must bear it most.
Dr Zakir Husain Dhaka
Tribute to the editor
Ten years ago when I wrote my first essay about Islam, other newspapers
in Bangladesh refused to print it. Presumably, they thought religion
was too sensitive a topic to even discuss. However, an uncle of mine
gave a copy to Enayetullah Khan, and he agreed to publish it in
Holiday.
It seems to me that the real problem with Bangladeshi journalism is
nothing to do with lack of training or professionalism. Rather, it's
just a question of guts, and one either has them or does not have them.
Zeeshan Hasan
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
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It was a shock of great magnitude, which made me speechless, as I
opened the first page of New Age casually this late afternoon in New
York City, only to realise that our beloved Enayetullah Khan has passed
away. Frankly, the news came quite unexpectedly, because I had grown
accustomed to reading his EditorSpeak written from Toronto and began to
expect his full recovery. Well, that appears not to have been the case.
My sincere condolences to his family members and staff and his
colleagues at New Age.
Since my high school days, I grew up reading his articles, and in
the process, became aware of the wider world as much as was amused by
his elegance of his prose in English. Thus, the extent of loss is
beyond the personal. For, the late Khan remained a giant in the land of
pygmies, as he raised and upheld a high standard for journalism in
Bangladesh. In days to come, his uncompromising stand for the freedom
of the press and his unabashed defence of national integrity will
certainly mark him out as one of the greatest sons of the soil. May the
Almighty bless his soul.
Shibly Azad
New York City, USA
* * *
We have been reading about Enayetullah Khan's illness for few
months now. After undergoing a successful surgery in Toronto he
remained there for further medical treatment. But recently I have been
thinking (whenever reading his Editorspeak column) that he should be
returning home any time soon because I thought he had recovered.
Our condolences to his family and prayers for the departed soul.
Azad Miah
Oldham, UK
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We never know when our time in this world will be up. Some people
are lucky enough to have the opportunity to do something useful with
the time that is loaned to them. Enayetullah Khan, by virtue of
representing the media, the closest thing to accountability we have in
Bangladesh, the most corrupt country in the world 5th time running, has
served his society well. God bless his departed soul.
Shabbir A Bashar
California, USA
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I knew late Enayetullah Khan through informal contacts at Gulshan
Club functions off and on, and on a few occasions for a chat at his
office. I respect him for his straightforward and lucid expression. It
was he who encouraged me to write, a hobby of mine with no pretence to
linguistic capability. I treasure his valued advice.
His sad demise is the loss of a free and frank exponent of thought,
of the kind who are becoming a rarity in Bangladesh's society. May
Allah rest his soul in peace.
SA Mansoor
Gulshan, Dhaka
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We are fast losing the remnants of our glory and resistance without
any sign of replacement. The sad demise of Enayetullah Khan is a loss
to the nation desperately in need of a mighty pen of his stature. We
will remember him with reverence. May his departed soul rest in eternal
peace.
SM Shahidullah
Dhaka University
A pillar has collapsed
It is hard to believe that Enayetullah Khan is no more on this earth.
It is a big blow for us who love to see Bangladesh as a strong
sovereign country. The country and the nation have lost a great scholar
and will not recover from the shock soon. In our days of crisis we will
not see Enayetullah Khan giving us directives through the print and TV
media.
Although I come from the same village under Babuganj upazila I never
had the opportunity to meet him. But he was my nearest role model of
thinking in politics. He bore no passion for any particular political
party if it was not in agreement with his model of solving national
crises. He was a man without greed and preferred to carry on the task
of running a press with two newspapers without involving himself in
active politics. If we can imagine the importance of pillars in the
basement that keep buildings erect, we will see how this land has given
birth to some great scholars and we lost them one after another. After
AK Fazlul Huq, Abul Monsur Ahmed and Manik Mia, we have finally lost
Enayetullah Khan. We are not sure how long we have to wait for another
philosopher like him. If we really possess any respect for him we will
carry his vision forward. My homage to Enayetullah Khan. May his soul
rest in peace.
Mahbubul Hoque
On e-mail
Sad demise of an editor
My condolences to his bereaved family and New Age. The news of
Enayetullah Khan's passing away is indeed very shocking. I hope New
Age will maintain the trait of journalism late Enayetullah Khan has set
forth. We pray to the Almighty for the salvation of his departed soul.
Amen.
Kazi Saifuddin Hossain
Dhaka
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With the demise of Enayetullah Khan, the country has lost a
luminary, especially in the print media. It will take a long time to
fill the vacuum created in intellectual circles because of his death.
The people of the country will remember him with love and respect. We
all pray to the Almighty. May his soul rest in eternal peace and may
the Almighty give his bereaved family the strength to bear this great
loss.
Commodore AMA Alam (Retd.) BN
New DOHS, Dhaka
* * *
Hearing of the death of Enayetullah Khan brought tears to my eyes.
I have been following his treatment and always wished his early
recovery. Many like me will miss him not because we will miss his
objective writings but because he was an example of what 'many of us
still can provide and offer something to this nation'. Success and
achievement always belittle death. He will remain among many of us as a
patriot until we receive our call.
M M Haque
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Losing a genius
Enayetullah Khan is no more today. It is hard to believe that because
ever since he went under treatment he did not even make us understand
that he was fighting with death. His contribution to our society and
culture is unfathomable and his valuable and thought provoking writings
proved his commitment until his last breath.
I am indeed very sorry about the loss of a genius and such a
prolific journalist as Khan. Till his last days, he worked for our
society with ardour and energy. I had heard of his illness for some
months now but kept seeing him in various contexts in the media,
especially in Holiday.
Words fail me in expressing my sympathies to his bereaved family and
to all others at the demise of such a great soul. May peace be upon
him.
Md Harisur Rahman
JU
As I knew him
It was in the 1960s that I saw him in his office at Naya Paltan. At
that time he was very precious to us for his principled views on
contemporary issues. He was a fearless journalist who defied the
Pakistani politics of oppression and denial. We, as young students at
the time, used to read the weekly Holiday to educate ourselves on many
issues related to that time. Enayetullah Khan was a man of very clear
ideology, remained straightforward in his views and generated much
needed guidance to the distressed intelligentsia.
A few months earlier in Toronto he came to my house for a dinner.
His daughter cautioned me about his diet and we prepared accordingly.
At the dinner table he asked my wife if she was hiding any other dishes
from him. My wife looked at his daughter and she gave in. My wife
brought in various kinds of spicy food, including duck masala, and lots
of sweets. He started eating happily and we did not stop him knowing
that he might not live among us for a very long time. He was a very
brave man who despite his critical illness did not lose his passion for
life and remained focused on many of his life long goals. He wrote his
name by himself in the annals of time and he will be remembered and
missed by us for a long time to come.
Akbar Hussain
Toronto, Canada
On his death
Now that we cannot hear from Mintu Bhai any more, I realise how big he
was and how big my loss is! I have been his regular reader all through.
To me, he was a huge personality of the South Asian subcontinent
shaping our thinking in our growing-up decades. I mourn the untimely
loss. May Allah bless his departed soul.
Amanat Ullah Khan
Dhaka
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I do not remember how long I have known Mintu Bhai. Perhaps from
the day I first read Holiday. A fine gentleman, an understanding and
encouraging soul having a thrust to learn about all issues of life and
government. To his contributors, he only put a limit on the number of
words they could use and never on ideas. A great editor and a concerned
thinker has departed and left a vacuum in our hearts.
Imtiyaz Husain
Dhaka
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I am shocked and am extremely sorry to hear of the death of
Enayetullah Khan. He was an institution and showed us how to criticise
the establishment from within the establishment. He was an institution
and demonstrated how a journalist should be free from partisan outlook
and devoted to the people and the soil. The loss is immense and I am
doubtful if it could be healed.
A reader
On e-mail
* * *
I have learnt with great shock of the sudden death of Mintu Bhai. I
knew Mintu Bhai as a friend whose informal way of life and relating to
people of all strata of life could never make anyone feel that he was
an icon in the realm of journalism.
He kept on writing his commentaries till the end from his death bed
in far away Toronto.
Mintu Bhai has shown his passion for journalism and on many
occasions he has proved that the pen is mightier than the sword.
I will always cherish the little I knew of him and the great impact
he made on me at my short meetings with him. May his soul rest in
peace.
Ziauddin Ahmed London, UK
Farewell to Mintu Bhai
I am terribly shocked to hear the news of the death of our beloved
Mintu Bhai (Enayetullah Khan). He will not only remain as an icon of
courageous and objective journalism in Bangladesh, but will also remain
in the hearts of thousands of his fans as a very loving brother and a
senior journalist. May Allah rest his departed soul in the peace of
heaven.
On behalf of Weekly Blitz, I would like to express my deepest
sympathy to the New Age and Holiday family. May they get the strength
to turn their shock into courage.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Editor & Publisher, Weekly Blitz
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(Reprinted from the daily New Age, Nov. 13, 2005)
Tributes to Enayetullah Khan
I have learned with deep sorrow that Enayetullah Khan, an icon of
Bangladeshi journalism, has passed away. He has been someone I admired
for as long as I can remember. I remember how he expressed himself
until he physically couldn't any longer, how writing didn't stop
him from dying, but helped keep him alive until he died.
I was on my way to get closer, when Enayetullah Khan left. After
thirty years I had an opportunity to meet my most respected journalist
at Toronto, Canada. To me it is an incredible instance in my life,
meeting Khan, a journalist, newspaper editor, former ambassador and
minister, and a democratic activist who was awarded the Ekushey Padak
for excellence in journalism.
Words cannot express my sadness over the loss of a great man. He is
gone but not forgotten. He lives on through his deeds. Let's remember
him in all our prayers
and may his memory never fade. God
bless his family and strengthen them in their loss.
Momtaz Ahmed
Toronto, Canada
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We are saddened by the news of Enayatullah Khan's demise. May
Allah offer him a place in heaven.
Our sincere condolence go out to the members of his bereaved family
and his friends and colleagues.
He demonstrated tremendous courage in the 1970s when because of his
courage and political conviction he was imprisoned. May Allah help the
bereaved members of his family to accept Allah's verdict with
calmness and patience because all of us came from Allah, and unto Him
will we return.
Muhammad Abul Hayat Jalal-Abadi,
Editor, Al-Hilal, London
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(Reprinted from the daily New Age, Nov. 14, 2005)
Tributes to Enayetullah Khan
Indeed I am shocked and aggrieved to learn about the sad demise of
Enayetullah Khan, editor of New Age. The nation has lost a person whose
invaluable contribution to the country will remain for ages to come.
May the Almighty give everyone the strength to stand together while we
pray for the departed soul.
Tulip Chowdhury
Dhaka
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I am very sorry to hear that Enayetullah Khan has passed away. The
nation has lost one of its most talented journalists. I hope his
associates will continue publishing Holiday and New Age and maintain
the same standards to keep his memory alive.
My sincerest condolences to the members of his family.
Waheed Nabi
Sheffield, England
* * *
Dear New Age and Weekly Holiday member-journalists, I express my
profound grief at the demise of Enayetullah Khan. May his soul rest in
peace.
Nava Thakuria
Guwahati, Assam.
* * *
I am deeply saddened to hear about the death of Enayetullah whom I
knew as a youngster in Mymensingh in 1949/50. May Allah give him
paradise. My condolences to his family.
Shafi Ahmed
London
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(NEW AGE, Nov. 16, 2005)
More tributes to Enayetullah Khan
In an intellectual sense, I grew up with the journalism of Enayatullah
Khan. As a teenager in Dhaka, I was given a subscription to Holiday by
my parents. Here in the United States, as a thirty some year old
professional, I was glued to the internet editions of that journal and
its sister New Age. It is no exaggeration to say that my perspective on
Bangladeshi politics and society has been immensely influenced and
moulded by the standards set by Khan: the uncompromising intellect, the
unapologetic defence of our War of Independence, and a fierce
opposition to autocracies of all stripes. A freedom fighter, a patriot,
a journalist, a businessman, a diplomat: indeed, about this kind of
person, as Shakespeare said, history itself will stand up and say
'Nay, this was a man indeed.'
Esam Sohail
USA
* * *
I received the shocking news from a TV channel. I read the last
article he wrote for Holiday. It was conspicuously small in size and
length. I felt as though he was in great pain.
I knew this enigmatic man since 1978, when I was a college student.
I wrote for Holiday occasionally. It was a warm summer morning of July
1978. I walked into the office of Holiday at Naya Paltan. I found him
seated on an old chair sporting a printed shirt, stooped over a small
type writer machine and working on his latest write-up. A long
cigarette hanging from his lips. That was the first meeting.
I was impressed. He was handsome, impressive, with a thick voice and
a bright complexion. He smiled at me and wanted to know who I was.
After I introduced myself, I mentioned the article which had been
printed the previous week. It was about the jail incident in Khulna
(1978) in which a few students of BL College, Khulna, had died. He
quickly recalled and appreciated my writing and asked me to continue
writing when I found time.
That was the beginning with the Holiday and Enayetullah Khan, later
Mintu Bhai.
I was a regular reader of Holiday only because I found the write-ups
a little hard to comprehend. It took me a little more time to
understand the meanings of the articles written by him, it took me many
months before I could come to terms with his writing. His English was
an alternative route to an understanding of the language.
Later, when I took to journalism during the early eighties (I worked
with two English weeklies in Dhaka), I met him quite often at his
office and kept on writing a few pieces for the weekly. I felt
privileged when I found my articles were published. I believe many
would agree with me that writing for Holiday was great fun and an
adventure for people like us who were young learners.
My professional life began in the mid eighties when I joined the
German Cultural Institute as Program Officer. I read and wrote for
Holiday. I started growing with Holiday and Mintu Bhai's writing. I
enjoyed his expressions and coining of words. His challenging columns
would enthuse me to the full and at one stage I decided to become a
journalist and also an editor of English weekly.
This man had once told me that journalism was the best profession in
the world. This was a bold claim. A bold declaration indeed. He was a
journalist in the true sense of the term.
His chequered career is illuminated with many a credit. Nothing
could lead him away from the world of journalism, which he worshipped
till his last day.
His early life (or his entire life) had been a struggle owing to his
bold writing, be it anti or pro establishment.
Enayaullah Khan passed away in a distant land. I have to say that he
died standing tall. He went on writing while under severe pain. His pen
stopped writing only when his heart stopped beating.
I salute this man whom I admired the most. Bangladesh journalism
will not find the likes of him.
Mohammed Ali Sattar
ED, Peace and Democracy Institute
Editor,INN
Dhaka Bangladesh
* * *
The death of the veteran journalist Enayetullah Khan is a great loss
for the nation. Especially in this time of political confrontation and
rise of militant fundamentalism, the nation would have been highly
benefited if he could continue his mission through journalism.
Personally, I used to read his thought provoking, well-argued pieces
in New Age and weekly Holiday. I had also the opportunities to meet him
and listen to his stylistic speeches in occasions. The last one was
probably a year back at a UNDP sponsored conference on the prospects of
a national human rights commission.
The Editor of The Daily Star has rightly noted that 'He was by far
the best among us; courageous, articulate, clear thinking, highly
political and refreshingly outspoken. His was a life totally dedicated
to journalism. Unabashedly opinionated and unreservedly expressive
about his views, he was an icon for us who took up journalism as a
profession.'
Now, it is a great responsibility for the New Age family to uphold
his ideology and spirit. May God bless the departed soul.
Udatta Bikash
Dhaka