Jatin Sarker - Life

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Jatin Sarker was born on August 18, 1936 in Netrokona of the-then Mymensingh district in undivided India. Netrokona is now an administrative district of Bangladesh. He was the eldest of three children, two brothers and a sister. He married in 1965 and has one son, namely, Suman Sarker and a daughter, namely, Sudipta Sarker. He has four grandchildren, namely Mishuk Sarker, Martin Sarker, Joy Tomas Sarker and Omia Sarker - they live in Slovakia.

He lives a simple life and always wears white Dhuti-Punjabi, the traditional Hindu dress that distinguishes him with elegance. He did not actively participate in politics and but was inspired by Marxist line of thinking and philosophy. He is married and has a son, living in Slovakia.

He is a member of the Committees of Concerned Citizens of Bangladesh, engineered by TIB.

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