Nijer Shonge Nijer Jiboner Modhu
| Author | Humayun Azad |
|---|---|
| Language | Bengali |
| Subject | Bengal's rural life, boyhood, adolescence, juvenile sexuality |
| Genre | Novel |
| Set in | 1960s decades's East Pakistan's Bikrampur |
| Publisher | Agamee Prakashani |
Publication date | February 2000 |
| Publication place | Bangladesh |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 160 (3rd print, 2006) |
| ISBN | 978-984-04-1697-4 |
| OCLC | 45790727 |
Nijer Shonge Nijer Jiboner Modhu (Bengali: নিজের সঙ্গে নিজের জীবনের মধু, lit. 'The honey of one's life with himself') is a Bengali novel written by Bangladeshi author Humayun Azad. It was first published in February 2000 in Ekushey Book Fair by Agamee Prakashani. The novel tells the story of a boy's rural life of Bikrampur of 1960s decade and believed to be inspired by author's own childhood life as Azad was also born and brought up in Bikrampur which is now known as Munshiganj District, however the fictitious character Jalkador, who is the main protagonist of the novel, belongs to a farmer-family.
The main subject of the novel is about life-leading of a boy named Jalkador in Rarhikhal village of Bikrampur (the village is now in Sreenagar Upazila of Munshiganj District) in 1960s decade when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan. The novel tells the story of his journey as a rural Bengali boy from boyhood to adolescence.
Author Humayun Azad dedicated this novel to his childhood's rural friends and compared the novel to Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel Pather Panchali.