Monthly Archives: March 2008

Re-visiting

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 30, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed Thirtyfive years later “Thirtyfive years? You will be meeting her after thirtyfive years?” No contact in between? Well, I would reply, we escaped from Pakistan in 1972. There were no official contacts between the two … Continue reading →

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Distances

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 25, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed WHENEVER I approach her, I feel numb. I feel speechless. I want to know who she is. But I don’t know who to ask. How to ask. This photograph has always haunted me. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Venturing Into The Impossible

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 19, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews ” Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Sir Arthur C Clarke “Oh you are going to take pictures? Let me put on my sincere smile. Don’t manage it all the time.” He chuckled, as he … Continue reading →

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Of pet dogs (and bitches)

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 17, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews rahnuma ahmed Last year, in June, she had left Dhaka and her pet dogs to take up her new assignment in Baghdad. Patricia Butenis has returned, this time on a private visit, to fetch her dogs, and … Continue reading →

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she had a dream…

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 9, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed “A lion is stronger than a man, but it does not enable him to dominate the human race. You have neglected the duty you owe to yourselves and you have lost your natural rights by … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Democracy

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 6, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed I don’t often get brainwaves. But there was something about David Miliband’s interview, shown on a private TV channel, that inspired me. I don’t often watch TV either. It was just fate, I guess. To … Continue reading →

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