The Bangali people have a very rich tradition of freely enmeshing the cultural arts and politics. Art has often been used as a voice of protest, while the drama, music and paintings created by Bangali people habitually carry a healthy dose of political awareness. Take the establishment of the Government College of Arts and Crafts, presently Faculty of Fine Art,
A webinar was organised Saturday for the online release of the documentary "The Concert for Bangladesh: Music to Introduce Bangladesh to the World". This documentary has been produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh Independence and honour George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, and others who participated in the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, according to a
Although there are those who prefer spring, there are also those who prefer winter or summer . "Spring" expresses something temporary because it is one of the seasons of the year. Hence the use of the term "Spring" [to describe what is happening in
Professor Rehman Sobhan turns 86 today. Born in Kolkata into an illustrious family, with connections to the Nawab family of Dhaka from his mother s side and a reputed Murshidabad family from his father s side, Sobhan had no business to be a champion of the poor and the downtrodden. His father was trained at Sandhurst and held a senior post at the Police Department in Kolkata, yet in his maturity Rehman Sobhan stood firmly on the side of the oppressed.
Educated at St. Paul s at Darjeeling, where he divided his time between sports and debate excelling in both, it is hard to believe now that once he was a long-distance runner. After finishing college at the Aitchison College, Lahore, he went to Cambridge University where he studied with Joan Robinson and others on the left, who shaped his intellectual orientation. His circle of friends at Cambridge included Amartya Sen, Mahbubul Haque, and Manmohan Singh. Sobhan was elected the president of Majlish, the South Asian students associatio