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History rewritten

22 August 2004, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Wali, On e-mail
22 August 2004, 18:00 PM
. PHOTO: Syed Zakir Hossain
A couple of years back someone published an interview that s/he had with Professor Sirajul Islam Choudhury of DU where the latter reportedly claimed that when he came first to the city, as a young boy following the establishment of Pakistan, there was no tap water, no train, no electricity, no newspaper, no paved road etc in this historical city. This statement was completely wrong. All these services were very much there from the time, long before the British left the country in 1947. This author wrote a rejoinder and it was subsequently published in the DS.

Today's Star City ( DS August 18) carries an article of Ms. Sabrina Karim Murshed where she tells us the saddening news that Modhumita, our old time most favourite place of attraction, is on the verge of extinction. Who can undo the adage "Old time changeth yielding place to new." While appreciating the informative piece of Ms. Murshed, we take this opportunity to put on record that her statement that it is (Modhumita) "one of the oldest cinema halls in the city , established on December 1, 1967." is not true at all. The oldest ones are the Lion Cinema Hall at Islampur, Mukul Cinema Hall, opposite to the Dhaka District Court, now adorning a new name, there is one at the Wise Ghat, near Sadarghat, another at the English Road, still in operation.

Whoever writes something about the past of this city may get access to the excellent collections of books on Dhaka's history at the Asiatic Society, The National Museum Library, The National Public Library and the Dhaka Centre at Farashganj.

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