Banyan – A Silent Witness
Known as the home of tea, Srimangal has witnessed a chilling history dating back to the Liberation War of Bangladesh back in 1971. A centenary banyan tree can be found in a corner of ‘Badhyabhoomi 71’ next to the present rent-raised tea garden. The tree has a bloody history since the liberation war. About 47 […]
The Mother of Migration
Saad is one of the Iraqi Kurdish immigrants from Baghdad who were forcibly sent to the borders of Iran during Saddam’s time, these people had Iranian roots and should have returned to their homeland. did not accept with Iranian nationality. And as war-torn Iraqi immigrants, they gave permission to stay in Iran. After this incident, […]
The Scrap
The cargo ship MV Iqram was used during the 1971 war to supply essential goods of the Pakistani occupying forces. In October 1971, the ship was anchoring at Londanghat on the Dakatia River in Chandpur, loaded with supplies for the Pakistani invaders, awaiting release. On 30 October, a group of Bangladesh Liberation Army naval commandos […]
The Country & Co.
This is a fearful prediction that most of the local people of 9 Unions of Rupganj, a Thana under Narayanganj, could be displaced completely in the next 5-10 years. Almost 90% of arable and marshy lands have been encroached and already been filled with sands by several housing companies. Besides, the ongoing ‘Purbachal New City […]
Taxibol
Driving around the streets of Cuba, Lav Diaz – the famous Filipino director – and Gustavo Flecha – a talkative Cuban taxi driver – find themselves discussing about politics, migration, social conditions and love; touching many personal stories and experiences, they create an historical affresco of the conditions of their own countries.