The library on the third floor of Dak Bhaban, the headquarters of Bangladesh Postal Directorate in Agargaon, Dhaka, is home to excellent books and magazines, including Postalpedia, Dak Probaho, writings of Bimal Kar, Satyajit Ray and Abanindranath Tagore. It also has a kids' corner, Bangabandhu corner, Sheikh Hasina corner and an Independence corner. But clearly the most
Revisiting works of late Mrinal Mukherjee ‘It’s not the work we do that is our legacy, but the way that work impacts others, the lives it touches, the memories it forms. That is my father’s legacy’
I won’t be around forever, but my work will live on…”
My father would occasionally drop these profound pearls of wisdom on us. Seldom would they be as ill- timed as they were on this occasion. On the very day that his immunotherapy had begun, he was acting rather adamant about going for a shoot. We, his family, protested. His doctors advised against it, but dad had made his mind up. As frustrating as it felt to see him prioritise his work over his health work that he gave his heart, his soul and the best years of his life to those words stayed with me, even though it took me years since the day to fully grasp what he had meant.