when evening azan brings dusk tumbling
down like playful children somersaulting
and i don t know what we re at –
if it s the end or beginning of something
too shy to twinkle in polluted air
and every now and then a super blood moon –
phrase redolent of nocturnal shoot-outs
in the wildest of wild west westerns –
appears on tv news and in astrology columns –
lucky for you to escape such sublunary concerns –
out of which you ve sent us a beguiling parcel
the postman hands over ceremoniously –
the wrapping torn off flutters away like sparrows
and i am holding in my hand a shiny ceramic brick –
‘Chobi Mela Shunno’ concludes today
PHOTO COURTESY: CHOBI MELA SHUNNO Arts & Entertainment Desk Arts & Entertainment Desk
Asia s most celebrated photography festival, Chobi Mela, concludes today. Exhibitions at the festival will run from 11 am till 8 pm. The ten-day event started on February 12, 2021.
This year, Chobi Mela has a special edition, Shunno . The festival is jointly organised by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and Drik Pictures Library at the DrikPath Bhobon. Chobi Mela Shunno features eight projects by 75 artistes from home and abroad, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Srilanka. Some of the notable works displayed at the festival are in memory of eminent architect Bashirul Haq and the first female photographer of Bangladesh Sayeeda Khanum. This year, Chobi Mela paid a special tribute to their groundbreaking works.
21st February, 2021 11:55:42
Chobi Mela, the largest photography festival of Asia concluded on Sunday. The ten-day event started on February 12. This year Chobi Mela mounts a special edition, ‘Shunno (0)’.
Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and Drik Pictures Library jointly organised the festival at the DrikPath Bhobon in the capital.
Chobi Mela ‘Shunno (0)’ featured eight projects of 75 artists of different countries, including, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Srilanka. Some of the notable works were displayed at the festival in memory of eminent architect Bashirul Haq and the first female photographer of Bangladesh Sayeeda Khanum. This year, Chobi Mela paid a special tribute to their groundbreaking works.
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"Chobi Mela Shunno", held from February 12 to 21 in DrikPath Bhobon at Panthapath, introduces a fresh perspective on different art forms to spectators and art lovers. Tanzim Wahab, the Chief Curator at Bengal Foundation and lecturer at Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, is the Festival Director of this year's "Chobi Mela". He was previously a curator of the festival at the