Serajul Islam Choudhury (b. 1936) has been guided by two passions?writing and teaching. He has written in English and Bengali on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from literature to politics and has more than fifty books to his credit. Dr. Choudhury was educated at Calcutta, Dhaka, Leeds and Leicester. Having taught English literature at Dhaka University for over four decades, he has retired this year (2001). He has edited a number of literary and cultural journals, and written in national dailies.