Strong statements made on day 3 of protest for journalist Kajol

By Sharmin Joya
21 August 2020, 07:36 AM
UPDATED 21 August 2020, 22:17 PM
The second edition of the protest to free journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol is still going strong. On the third day, ten-year old puppet artiste, Chondrobindu Tota, performed live on the Facebook page of ‘Where is Kajol?’ With her ‘Abol Tabol’ puppet group. Tota is daughter of Rahul Ananda from the band Joler Gaan.

The second edition of the protest to free journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol is still going strong. On the third day, ten-year old puppet artiste, Chondrobindu Tota, performed live on the Facebook page of 'Where is Kajol?' With his 'Abol Tabol' puppet group. Tota is the son of Rahul Ananda from the band Joler Gaan.

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Chandrabindu Tota's beautiful performance.

The session, hosted by Maliha Mohsin, had two lovely performances -- Kana Bogir Chha and Birpurush by Tota with his puppets. They were inspired from the rhymes of same name.

Kajol's son, Monorom Polok, praised the little artiste and thanked Tota and his parents. "I did not know about Chandrabindu Tota before, he says, "the child alone gave my family so much solace; It is not possible to describe in words. He gave us hope through her performance." Polok also mentioned that when many artistes refused to come forward, little Tota put a bold statement by showing his solidarity with 'Where is Kajol?' movement.

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Illustration by Pew Draws

On fourth day (today), here will be two performances  --  'Who is Next!' by Action Theatre at 9:30 pm and Samuel Beckett's play 'Waiting for Godot' by Prachyanat at 10 pm at the movement's Facebook page. The session will be hosted by Neel Hurerzahan where Samina Luthfa Nitra and Reetu Sattar two renown faces from the theatre will participate.

As a part of the protest, works from different artists regarding the movement and freedom of speech were posted on all day, on its Facebook page.