''Dolu Nadir Hawa O Annanya Galpo'' is a Bengali
short story collection written by
Shahidul Zahir
Shahidul Zahir ( bn, শহীদুল জহির; born as Mohammad Shaheedul Haque, 11 September 1953 – 23 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer and government bureaucrat. He is known for his unique practice of magical ...
. This is Zahir's third collection of short stories published by Mowla Brothers on 1 January 2004 in Bangladesh. It compiled seven stories, written between 1999 and 2003. In the background of the stories, there are various contexts and curiosities related to the people from Bhuter Goli (Bhajahari Saha Street) at
Puran Dhaka and villagers, and the love, dreams and dream-breaking of the people.
The title of the book taken from the river Dolu, which flows through
Lohagara through the eastern hilly region of
Bandarban
Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of ...
and
Satkania in
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
district of Bangladesh. Zaheer lived in Satkania for some time before his secondary examination and studied at Satkania Adarsh High School.
The book won Kagaz Sahitya Puraskar in 2004.
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2004 short story collections
Bengali-language literature
Short stories set in Bangladesh