When my literature professor heard I had been delving into Bangla literature and cultural media in pursuit of a self-undertaken project to finally learn Bangla, she suggested I see the 1970 film Jibon Thekey Neya.

Bangladesh today proudly steps into its 53rd year of independence.

With an aim to create substantial social change, Dhaka Memory and Mongol Deep Foundation organised ‘Letters to the city’, an exhibition combining art, architecture, and gender politics.

This is the story of my father who was a civil servant assigned as the treasury officer of Dhaka in 1971.

As we step into our 46th year of independence and celebrate our freedom, we bow our heads to all the freedom fighters known and unknown...

March 23, 1971 was an extraordinary day. It had always been observed as Pakistan's Republic Day. And yet this time in 1971, something different happened. Instead of the green and white flags with a crescent and a star of Pakistan, green flags with a red disc with the map of East Pakistan in golden colour superimposed, fluttered atop all buildings in Dhaka.