Tiasha Idrak

The Jagannath Hall Union organised a cultural programme to celebrate Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion that marks the arrival of Goddess Durga. Titled “Anandamoyir Agomomone”, the event was held at the Prayer Hall of Jagannath Hall, University of Dhaka. This was the second time such a programme took place, the first having been held shortly after the July Uprising last year.

Drik Picture Library observed its 36th founding anniversary with the Golam Kasem Daddy Lecture titled “Media Genocide in Gaza”. The event was held at DrikPath Bhobon last Friday.

Li’l Del is walking all alone Li’l Del wants to find her way home.

Let us talk about death. Let us talk about funerals.

“Ek dofa, ek dabi”, “Bloody July in Bangladesh”, and “Shob Shabhabik”— each poster boldly bearing these statements against the fascist regime, painted exclusively in red, yellow, and black — were the striking artworks by Debashish Chakrabarty during the height of the July Uprising.

Resistance takes many shapes and forms, from taking up arms, to facing police batons, to picking up a pen

With their thought-provoking and experimental production “Praay Tin/Chaar Jon”, Prochondo Collective offers a stark portrayal of the harsh realities faced by ordinary people under authoritarian regimes. The play examines how lives are lived and disrupted by the constant threat of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, state-enforced brutality, and the overall subjugation of the human spirit, which is surveilled and extinguished at will.

Let me tell you about Qahr.  A word not in my mother tongue,