The DU authorities’ action gave the Tagore sculpture its desired public attention with an added agenda of “forced disappearance.” Censorship at a public university curtails our right to be exposed to and enriched by art. Dhaka University then must come up with a detailed policy of curating images and voices.
There was always Bangla or “Banga” in references to the concept of a Bangalee’s affinity with Bangladesh. It did not matter that the name was never formally applied, prior to 1971, to the geographical entity that had been Bengal