INTERVIEWS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
INTERVIEWS
(interviews given to Malaysian newspapers)
“The Professor and the Visionary.” The Edge (Malaysia), 5 September 2011
“Mixed Flavours.” The Edge (Malaysia), 4 August
2003: 19
“A Citizen of Our Literature.” New Straits Times,
Life and Times (Malaysia), 3 August 2001: 5
“Giving Due Credit.” The Star (Second Section),
17 July 2001: 11
“Moulding a Reader in the Classroom.” Sunday Star
(Malaysia), 25 July 1999: 3
“Feast of Literature at UPM.” Sunday Star
(Malaysia), 16 August 1998: 15
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES
“Glimpses into the Making of a National Titan.” The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 16 February
2013
“Begum Rokeya: Tale of a Visionary.” The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 8 December
2012
“Nobel Laureate for Peace, Prof. Muhammad Yunus, to
Give a Talk at IIUM.” New Straits Times
(Malaysia), 16 August 2007: 29
“Playwright with a Plural Consciousness.” Rev. of Kuo
Pao Kun’s Images at the Margins: A Collection of Plays. New
Straits Times, Life and Times (Malaysia), 3 January 2001: 5
“Love Triangle Reinvented.” Rev. of Claire Tham’s Skimming.
New Straits Times, Life and Times (Malaysia), 23 August 2000: 5
“Tales in ‘Real’ Language.” Rev. of Chong Sheau
Ching’s Stories for My Mother. New Straits Times, Life and
Times (Malaysia), 5 April 2000: 6
“Five Hundred Years of English Literature.” Tribun
Putra, UPM, 20 October 1998: 7
“Touched by a Divine Afflatus: The Life, Works and
Ideology of Rabindranath Tagore.” Tribun Putra, UPM, 5 September 1998: 7‑8
“The PM’s Visit to UPM: Personal Reflections.” Forum:
Suara Persatuan Pegawai Akademik UPM, May 1997: 3
“The Painter.” Trans. of Rabindranath Tagore’s
“Chitrakar.” The Daily Star (Bangladesh), February 8, 1996: 11, 12
“Number One.” Trans. of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Pahela
Number.” The Daily Star (Bangladesh), February 1, 1996: 12, 14
“Straddling Two Continents: Searching for Roots.” Rev.
of Adib Khan’s Seasonal Adjustments. The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Jan.
5, 1996: 17
“Robert Frost: The Philosophy of Nature.” The
Bangladesh Observer, 1981: 21
“Merging with Mankind: The Poetry of Walt Whitman.” The
Bangladesh Times, 1979: 19
“Shakespeare as a Poet of the Common Man.” The
Bangladesh Times, 1979: 17, 18, 19
