Bangladesh Abroad
Muktadhara Foundation organized a 3-day long International Bangla Festival & Book Fair at the William Cullen Bryant High School of Long Island City from June 13 to 15, 2014. According to the organizer, it was their 23rd Bangla Book Fair. The fair was attended by many people, mostly of Bangladeshi origin. Some attendees were from West … Read more…
t was a very cold and windy night when Eyes on Bangladesh started their opening reception of photo exhibition of Bangladeshi Photographers yesterday in New York City. But that all felt nice and warm once I was in front of those photographs! Sometime people’s life, day-to-day events, ordinary places, mundane time do not make sense … Read more…
What is the status of the language you call your mother tongue (first/native/arterial language)? How cool is it? One of the unfortunate realities of some international languages is that success or failure is often determined by language status. Yes, languages have so-called “status”. Some languages are high status, some are low status, some are in … Read more…
In the districts of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, in north west Bangladesh, girls and boys learn to sing and play the songs and music of their ancestors. This area is a river landscape, where singing is the most powerful artistic expression. The songs concern love and separation, in both a religious and a secular sense. This … Read more…
This year, Gary J. Bass, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, wrote a book on Bangladesh’s liberation war and role if US diplomats with the US administration during that time – “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide”. This book is about how two of the world’s great democracies – … Read more…
Watched the following documentary at the Margaret Mead Film Festival last December. It was Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Contender and won 2012 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Special Mention. We got some discounted tickets. There was a QA session with the Director after the screening. It was a great film. It seems like a so-called unholy … Read more…