Rabindranath Tagore is polarising in new Bangladesh—for his Hinduness, sanskritised Bangla
Dhaka: Retired Major General Syed Shafayetul Islam’s expansive study room in his bungalow in Dhaka’s upscale Baridhara neighbourhood is stacked with books. The former Military Secretary to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that books have been his constant companion through war and peace. And occupying a place of pride on his bookshelf are the collected works of…