Ershadul Hoque
Pen Name: Milon Syed (āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āϏā§ā§āĻĻ)
Nickname: Milon
đ Date of Birth
15 September 1979 (Saturday)
As per official records: 29 September 1979
đ Place of Birth
Chikonmati, Domar, Nilphamari, Bangladesh
đ¨âđŠâđ§âđĻ Family
Father: Syed Md. Nazmul Ahsan
Mother: Aysha Ahsan
Siblings:
Sayeda Umme Nafisa Akter (Mila, b. 10 Dec 1981)
Sayed Zamsedul Haque (Mithun, b. 18 Dec 1985)
đ Marital Life
F
irst spouse: Afshari Khanam Dola (m. 12 May 2016 â d. 02 June 2017)
Second spouse: Afra Anam Keya (m. 19 August 2022 â present)
đļ Children
Son: Syed Anirban Ershad (b. 19 May 2017) with Afshari Khanam Dola
đ Education
Primary Education:
Shaheed Smrity Govt. Primary School, Domar (1985)
Later transferred to Samiran Nesa Govt. Primary School and Lal Bihari Pilot Govt. High School, Panchbibi
Secondary Education:
Domar Multi-Lateral High School
SSC (Science), Rajshahi Board, 1995 (First Division)
Higher Secondary:
Domar Govt. College, HSC (Science), Rajshahi Board (First Division)
Tertiary Education:
B.Com, National University, 2001 (Second Division)
Enrolled in Rangpur Law College for LLB (could not complete due to financial hardship)
đĨ Political & Cultural Activism
1996â2004: Joined Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Domar Upazila Branch-
Secretary of School-Students Affairs
Later Joint Convener
2002: Joined a cultural initiative led by Golam Mostofa Baula
19 Oct 2002: Co-founded Domar Shahitya O Sangskrity Parishad
2004: Moved to Dhaka, became involved with TSC-based recitation and poetry groups
2007 (26 March): Founded his own literary-culture platform KOBITASSROM (āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ)
2011 (3 August): Launched literary magazine AkaalBodhon (āĻ
āĻāĻžāϞāĻŦā§āϧāύ) as mouthpiece of KOBITASSROM. Till date, 20 printed issues published
âī¸ Literary Life
Writes poetry since childhood; involved in recitation since college. Editor & publisher of AkaalBodhon, a Bengali little magazine with the following mission:
1. Analysis of modern imperial culture (especially the Roman legacy)
2. Political-social evolution of the Indian subcontinent
3. Governance critique of Bangladesh
Published Book:
Ekti Asomapto Golpo (āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ), poetry collection (2015, Vinnochokh)
đǧ Activism in Shahbagh Movement (2013)
A. Published the first special issue of AkaalBodhon supporting the movement. Organized two major events:
1. "Hang war criminals and ban Jaamat-Shibir" with 6800 candles
2. On 21 February, "Ban Jaamat-Shibir" lit with 1952 clay lamps