Unknown bird
Drifting in cage and out again Hark unknown bird does fly Shackles of my mind If my arms could entwine With them I would thee bind Rooms it had eight And doors it had nine Windows betwixt you find Up … Continue reading
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Not for art’s sake
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
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Coal, Crossfire, culture, Democracy, Energy, environment, exploitation, Film, Gas, Governance, Human rights, Killings, Law, mining, Oil, politics, Resistance, Shahidul Alam, South Asia
Tagged activism, culture, documentation, long march, music, Oil and Gas, performance, RAB, Shahidul Alam, street theatre, video
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Lokkhi Terra Concert at Drik
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Drik, Droom Café and friends of Lokkhi Terra have pleasure in inviting you to an evening of Cuban classics, Afro-beat, samba and funky world fusion music by Lokkhi Terra Jazz Quartet Kishon Khan – piano; Jimmy Martinez … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, culture, Music, World
Tagged Afro-beat, cuba, culture, Drik, entertainment, Fusion, lokkhi-terra, music, samba
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Tedx Ramallah
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Given the recent deaths of film makers Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier, this powerful affirmation of the power of film can be an inspiration to us all And hip hop used as never before: Believe me this … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, literature, Music, politics, Resistance, Terrorism
Tagged Film, Israel, music, non-violent resistance, Occupation, Palestine, story telling, tedx ramallah
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DHAKA WORLD MUSIC FEST’ 2011
Subscribe to ShahidulNews The end of the international photography exhibition Chobi Mela leads onto a two day Dhaka World Music festival – 4th and 5th February, 2011. TIME : Friday 4th 3:pm – 11PM Saturday 5th 3pm-11pm Sultana Kamal Mohila … Continue reading
River and Life
Subscribe to ShahidulNews They meander and glide. They unfurl with the rage of monsoon fury. Quietly they flow in the misty winter morn. Rivers thread the fabric of our land. Embroider patches of fertile delta. They are the nakshi kantha … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, culture, Photography, Photojournalism, South Asia, Water
Tagged Bangladesh, Environment, Kabir Hossain, lifestyle, livelihood, music, River, Shahidul Alam, trade, transport, Water
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Dancing amidst the Baobabs
Subscribe to ShahidulNews They called her Yatounde, the one who returned. Like her priestess grandmother Aloopho, who knew the secrets of the dance, Yatounde had dance in her blood. Her father had disobeyed his mother the priestess, by withholding the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Drik's Network Partners, People, Photography, Photojournalism, Shahidul Alam, World
Tagged Africa, Baobab, Dance, Ecole des Sable, Germaine, music, Photography, Senegal, Shahidul Alam
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Monsoon Rains
Bonna sang beautifully last night at the launch of the new UNESCO office. “megher pore megh jomeche”. A haunting song by Tagore. The lilt in her voice and its delicate quiver, like the changing light in the wet leaves in … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, culture, Photography, Photojournalism, Shahidul Alam, Water
Tagged land prices, monsoon, music, rain, Shahidul Alam
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