Category Archives: South Asia

Bangladesh’s new admirer

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 6, 2012

Daily Sun Monday the 7th February 2012 No matter how poorly the countrymen mark Bangladesh’s sports, it has an admirer in Emily Dimozantos, an Australian freelance sports photographer who is in Dhaka now thanks to an exchange programme. Although the … Continue reading →

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Bird show at NID campus

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 5, 2012

I don’t get distracted easily, but the spectacular air show in the skies above the football field at the NID campus in Ahmedabad, India, made portfolio reviews difficult. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this clip on full screen.

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Journeying with Mahasveta Devi

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 3, 2012

This is a sequel to an earlier film ‘Journeying with Mahasveta Devi’, and the second in the trilogy being made on the Magsasay Award winning writer-activist made by Drik India. The viewed and the viewer, the act and the response, … Continue reading →

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WB finds graft rampant in govt, NGOs

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 3, 2012

By David Bergman The New Age Thursday, 2 February, 2012 Five non-governmental organisations have admitted to the World Bank that they made corrupt payments to Bangladesh government officials to receive contracts under a bank-funded project. The admissions are contained in … Continue reading →

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Drik to represent World Association of Newspapers

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 2, 2012

Chennai, 1 February 2012 For immediate release WAN-IFRA Appoints Representative in Bangladesh To take WAN-IFRA services closer to publishers in the country The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has appointed Drik Picture Library Ltd., the leading picture … Continue reading →

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Win for Jashim Salam

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 28, 2012

Jashim Salam wins Honourable Mention at FCCT Photo Contest: Jashim Salam is a Chittagong, Bangladesh-based photographer working for DrikNEWS, an international news photo agency, since 2008. He is also studying photojournalism in The South Asian Media Academy and Institute of … Continue reading →

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Homai Vyarawalla: India’s First Woman Photo Journalist

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 19, 2012

Biographer Sabeena Gadihoke’s book on Homai Vyarawalla tells the story of India’s first woman photojournalist who passed away on January 15 2012. First published in Parsiana, April 21, 2006.  Getting the three of them together for a photograph was a task. … Continue reading →

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Not for art’s sake

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 9, 2012

Abstract of keynote presentation given at National University of Taiwan 8th January 2012. Taipei Subscribe to ShahidulNews One of the videos presented. A compilation from several videos on major protests in 2011 Long before CSR had become a buzzword and … Continue reading →

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American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 2, 2012

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Podcast Play in New Window | Download Forty years ago this month, the country of Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. Then-President Richard Nixon supported Pakistan during the war because he wanted to prove the US would stand … Continue reading →

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