Born in the pandemic, these libraries in Bengal run with meagre resources but get people reading
One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books. A class in progress at the Ashina Gramin Library.
The distance between the posh neighbourhood of Patuli in Kolkata and the dusty meandering roads of Ashina village is over 50 kilometres. The villagers of Ashina most likely have never seen the towering housing complexes near the Satyajit Ray Park in Patuli. Similarly, most of the residents of Patuli may have never set foot near Ashina.
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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, wanted to divide Bengal on communal lines like the British had done in 1905.
At her four rallies in South 24-Parganas and Hooghly and road show in Howrah, Mamata repeatedly asked the people to keep alive the tradition of communal harmony in Bengal.
She quoted Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, narrated an anecdote about Swami Vivekananda and invoked Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa to make her point.
“The BJP wants to divide Bengal in two. Can you recall the Banga Bhanga Movement (against the 1905 partition of Bengal)?” she said at her rally in Tarakeswar, Hooghly.
Lux Channel i Superstar star Azmeri Haque Badhon will be seen in a musical film for the song
Joy Hok Joy Hok, written by Kazi Nazrul Islam. The song will be sung by Sushmita Anis, while the music composition is being done by Arnob. For the video, Mohsina Akhter was behind costume design and Piplu R Khan directed it. The video will be released on celebration of the day of Independence. Badhon said, This song was written so long ago by Kazi Nazrul Islam, but it still feels relevant to this day. This song is very inspirational and makes me want to stand up against any oppressive powers. This is the first musical film that I have appeared in.
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