Dhaka-based photographer Samsul Alam Helal remembers vividly his first encounters with the Dalit community. The men, women, and children were ignored by passersby, turned away by local tea stalls. Seeing the extent to which these individuals were affected by caste-based discrimination, the photographer says, “I remember feeling shame.” That initial pang is what led him to enter the private world of Bangladesh’s Dalits, a name that translates in English to mean “the oppressed.”
As part of our continuing coverage of Women's History Month, we spoke to Nadia Samdani, co-founder of Dhaka Art Summit biennially in Bangladesh, a country grappling with a climate emergency.
The inauguration of “The Fearless Call-II” took place at Russel Square, Dhanmondi 32, on March 17 at 10am the birthday of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The event was organised by Centre for Research and Information (CRI) with the purpose of reminiscing the history of independence and the formative years of Bangladesh, in hopes of conveying it to
Nadia Samdani MBE, the Co-founder of the Samdani Art Foundation and Dhaka Art Summit has been awarded with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture. She was honoured with the Chevalier (Knight) rank through the order yesterday, March 15, at the Residence of the French Ambassador in Gulshan. The Order of Arts and Letters is