Nishad

The Nishad are a Hindu caste, found in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are the traditional boatmen of North India.[1][2]

History and origin

The Nishad are a community of business man related to boat business & their own business. Their name comes from the Sanskrit word kaivarta,kaivarta means the god Vishnu. According to their tradition, they are descended from Nisad, son of the mythological king Venu. They r to be Suryavanshi Kshatriya. Their main sub-groups are the Banaphar, Dhivar, Balavarna, Chay, Sorahiya, Kairata, and Tiar. The Banaphar consider themselves to be superior to the other groups.[3] They have been granted Backward Caste status

In Uttar Pradesh

The Nishad live by the all state of India mostly they live near of the river Ganges. They are the traditional businessman. The community is involved in own business.[4]

The Nishad are found in Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Allahabad, Kanpur, and all parts of UP, and its sub caste found across the India.

Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed (pronounced: [ɦumae̯un aɦmed̪]; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter and filmmaker. Ahmed got his break-through by his debut novel Nondito Noroke in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh. Ahmed's writing style was characterized as magic realism. Ahmed's books were the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s. He won Bangla Academy Award and Ekushey Padak for his contribution to Bengali literature.

In the early 1990s, Ahmed emerged as a filmmaker. He went on to make total 8 films - all based on his own novels. He received six Bangladesh National Film Awards in different categories for the films Daruchini Dwip, Aguner Poroshmoni and Ghetuputra Komola.

Early life and background

Ahmed was born in Kutubpur, Mymensingh to Foyzur Rahman Ahmed (1921–1971) and Ayesha Foyez (née Khatun) (1930–2014). Foyzur served as a sub-divisional police officer in Pirojpur District and was killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. In 2011, politician Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was trialed for the killing but was acquitted of the charge in 2013 for lack of evidence. Humayun's brother, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, is a writer and academician. Another brother, Ahsan Habib, became a cartoonist. He had three sisters – Sufia Haider, Momtaz Shahid and Rukhsana Ahmed.