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Nashid Kamal | |
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নাশিদ কামাল | |
| Born | (1958-03-15)15 March 1958 (age 67) London, England |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | PhD (medical demography) |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka Carleton University London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, writer and professor ofdemography |
| Known for | Being aNazrul exponent |
| Notable work | The Glass Bangles, The Return of Laili |
| Spouse(s) | Hossain Md Musa (19??-19?? Divorced), Anis Waiz (1993-2002 till his death) |
| Children | Armeen Musa, Aashna Musa |
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| Relatives | Abbas Uddin Ahmed (grand father) Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (uncle) Ferdausi Rahman (aunt) |
| Awards | Nazrul Award (2009), Nazrul Padak (2014) |
Nashid Kamal (born 19 March 1958) is a Bangladeshi vocalist, writer and professor ofdemography.[1] She is the eldest granddaughter ofBengali folk singerAbbasuddin Ahmed. Kamal is widely regarded as aNazrul exponent.[2][3] For her contributions to Nazrul's works, she has received awards including theNazrul Award from the Nazrul Academy in 2009 andNazrul Padak from theNazrul Institute in 2014.[4][5]
Kamal, the eldest of three children, was born in London, England to parentsMustafa Kamal andHusne Ara Kamal. Her father was a judge and served as theChief Justice of Bangladesh.[6] Her mother was a poet, philanthropist and professor. She was the Chairman of the Department of Social Welfare atDhaka University before she took her retirement.[7] She has two sisters, Naeela Sattar and Nazeefa K. Monem. Her uncle,Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, is aBangladeshi musicologist and aunt,Ferdausi Rahman, is a legendary singer . At the age of two, Nashid Kamal moved with her parents toBangladesh (erstwhileEast Pakistan), her mother country, to live permanently.
Kamal started singing at a young age. On 25 December 1964, she appeared onPakistan Television (PTV), East Pakistan Centre, which is nowBangladesh Television (BTV) as a child singer on its inauguration day.[1] Apart from studying, she started learning music from various notablegurus including Ustad P.C. Gomes, Ustad Akther Shadmani, Ustad Quader Zameeree and PanditJasraj[4] Besides learning music and singing, she became a debater and television presenter.[8] Kamal was awarded with the Best Speaker prize in 1976, when she participated in the first ever TV Debate Competition in Bangladesh calledTorko Jukti Torko.
Nashid Kamal married Dr. Anis Waiz in 1993, who served theBangladesh Army and retired as aMajor General. He died in 2002. She has two daughters,Armeen Musa and Aashna Musa from her first husband Hossain Md. Musa. Armeen, a singer-songwriter by herself, conducts the choirGhaasphoring.[9] Aashna is a lawyer/civil servant and resides in U.K.Nashid Kamal lives in Dhaka.Bangladesh.
Kamal attended theHoly Cross Girls' High School, and stood 7th in the merit list for girls in theSecondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in 1973. In 1975, she sat forHigher Secondary Examination (HSC) from theHoly Cross College, and stood 2nd in the combined merit list. She studied statistics for herBSc (Hons) degree at theUniversity of Dhaka, and passed with a first-class-first in 1980 (record marks). Subsequently, Kamal went on toCarleton University, Ottawa, Ontario in Canada to do her MSc in mathematics, and achieved the degree in 1982.[1] Kamal attended theLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) atCamden for a doctoral degree in Medical Demography, and was awarded with the PhD in 1996.[10]
Nashid Kamal's professional career as a researcher started in 1983, when she joinedICDDR.B. She worked there for three years. She had, also, been a consultant toUNFPA in Bangladesh (1999) and Sudan (2001). She has more than 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals including the widely acknowledged health journal –The Lancet.[1] Her areas of interest are fertility decline in developing countries, multilevel regression, contraceptive use, shift in garment works due to MFA, RTI of women in the urban slums in Bangladesh, HIV/ AIDS, association of education of women with their uptake of health benefits.
Kamal joined theInstitute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT) at Dhaka University in 1986. Later, she joinedIndependent University, Bangladesh (IUB) as the head of department of population-environment in 1996 and worked there until 2010, when she joinedNorth South University as a professor ofbiostatistics.[1] and BRAC Business School as adjunct professor until 2014. She is currently working as an adjunct professor at the IEDCR, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh. Nashid Kamal has been avisiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology,Penn State University (1999), Department of Sociology,Southern Illinois University (2001) and Department of Statistical Sciences,University College London (2008).[1]
Nashid Kamal has sixteen published books, 13 as a writer and three others as an editor. She writes both inBengali and English. She has written fictions (novels and short stories), poems, autobiographies, articles and essays. She, also, has translated notable Bengali literary works in English mostly fromNazrul.[1]The Return of Laili is her most talked about book series, which is a translation of Nazrul's popular songs.Chokrobak is another noteworthy translation that comprises twenty tworomantic poems of Nazrul. Her other translations includeBiography of Kazi Nazrul Islam, a biographical on Bangladesh'sNational Poet originally written by Rafiqul Islam, andMy Life in Melody, an autobiography of Abbas Uddin Ahmed.[11]Jui Phuler Verandah andRideau Nodir Dharey are Kamal's famed autobiographies that feature her life events in home and abroad. TheGlass Bangles, written in English, is a novel about a BangladeshiSylheti girl married to someone living in London.Ajibon Bosonto is one of her favourite books that is a collection of fourteenshort stories.Chiro Unnoto Momo Sheer andEi Achi Ei Nai are two books of collected articles edited by Kamal that feature her parents, Justice Mustafa Kamal and Professor Husne Ara Kamal, respectively. TheGarden of Errors is another collection of articles written by Kamal herself, and includes selected writings published in popular daily and weekly newspapers and magazines like thePeople,Holiday,Daily Star andProbe since 1972. Her latest book is published by Journeyman in 2021. It is titled 'Chasing Dreams' an autobiography of Md. Hafizur Rahman edited by Nashid Kamal (maternal grandfather).
Nashid Kamal is singing for over four decades. She is widely known for her reputation as a fine singer ofNazrul Shongeet and BengaliFolk songs.[1] She is also a classical and semi-classical music artist. Besides, she also singsUrduGhazals. Apart from singing in Bengali and Urdu, she has sung in many other foreign languages including Japanese, Chinese, Rumanian and Turkish.[4] Kamal has eleven recorded musical albums to her credit, composed of Nazrul Geeti, Ghazals and Folk songs. She has been a regular performer in variousRadio andTelevision stations in Bangladesh and India since she started singing as a child artist.[4] She has performed in many stage shows in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Japan, Turkey, Romania, the US, the UK and Canada. In 1989, as Bangladeshi delegate she performed in the inaugural session of Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India sharing the stage with Manna De, Sandhya Mukhopadhay, Lata Mungeshkar, among others. In 2009 she went as a Bangladeshi delegate to sing in the folk festival in Uzbekistan.She has performed in the 'Bongomela' in the US (2013, 2018) and Nazrul Shommelon in the US (2018).
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''Anchol Bhora Phul''(Nazrul Geeti)
''Nodir Kul Nai''(Folk songs ofAbbas Uddin Ahmed)
''Albeli Naar''(UrduGhazal)
''Biroher Gulbagey''(Nazrul Geeti)
''Elo Phul Doul''(Nazrul Geeti)
''Elo Sobe Raat''(Islamic songs)
''Kajol Bhromora''(Folk songs)
''Phulero Jalsay''(Won Channel I City Cell Music Award in Nazrul category in 2011.)
''Valobaso More Gaan''(Modern songs)
''Jao Tumi Phire''(Nazrul Geeti)
''Gaane Gaane Nazrul Jiboni''(Nazrul Geeti. 12 songs and one poem fromNazril translated in English by the singer. She also narrates the life events of Nazrul – beginning to death – in between the songs.)
