Director Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, amidst the news of Dhaka's rickshaws and rickshaw images being recognised on Unesco’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, expressed his desire to present his movie "Rickshaw Girl" to the audience of Bangladesh next year.
‘The pluralism, diversity, and syncretism through in the works, with force and creativity, but without melodrama,’ writes poet Sadaf Saaz in the Foreword.
As the guests arrived, the room brightened up and a conversation began that would eventually go on to deeply invest in exploring the nature of power and of defiantly opposing the status quo.
Ekushey Boi Mela: Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.