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Biden s Inauguration: From Gaga s Outfit To Brooks Hugging, Here Are Some Lighter Moments
Even though Biden inauguration was scaled down amid COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony, however, did manage to throw some lighter moments.
Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris, the first woman vice president were inaugurated at the US Capitol on January 20. Harris was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Biden by Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. Even though the event was scaled down amid security concerns and COVID-19 pandemic, the inaugural ceremony, however, did manage to give some cheerful moments. Therefore, listed below are some of the moments which caught netizens eye:
The Jagriti Publishing House and its bookstore are Razia Rahman Jolly’s memorial to her slain husband, publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
On Bangladesh’s Buriganga River at Dhaka, October 30. Image – iStockphoto: Noor Hossain
Rahman Jolly: ‘This Period of Struggle’
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Publishing Perspectives readers are familiar with the courage and persistence of Razia Rahman Jolly. Deeply respected throughout the international publishing community, she has found the fortitude to continue the work of her Bangladeshi publisher-husband Faisal Arefin Dipan, who was hacked to death at his office, allegedly by religious extremists, in October 2015.
It will be welcome news to many that the Association of American Publishers has announced that Rahman Jolly’s Jagriti Publishing House in Bangladesh is the recipient of the AAP’s International Freedom to Publish Jeri Laber Award. Her work also features an associated bookstore, Dipanpur, referencing the name of her late husband.