Great Expectations from Modi’s Upcoming Bangladesh Tour
Jayanta Ghosal
15th March, 2021 02:00:58
At the outset of evolution of a civilisation, there always remains tales of a river. It may be the civilisation of the Nile River or the Maya civilisation. So is the case of Sindh civilisation. Ptolemy has created history through a map in 150 B.C. This famous Greek scholar was a resident of Alexandria, a Roman province of Egypt. He has created a map titled Geographia, where India was spotted on the background of earth. There, it was seen how has the Ganges River fallen into the Bay of Bengal. Actually, the history of the earth tells about evolution of human civilisation through fetching river water. Ultimately, house, market place, society and state have been created.
10-day state programme: Itinerary of foreign heads of states, governments
Five heads of state and government are set to arrive for the celebrations Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photos: Wikipedia/ File Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Bangladesh is all set to welcome a host of foreign heads of states and governments as the country gears up for a 10-day state programme celebrating its golden jubilee of independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Pigeon power: In appreciation of our feathered friends
In awe of our winged workers.
March 14, 2021
The rats of the sky. Useless vectors of disease. That dieting friend that guiltily stares at you for hours while you eat your sandwich, desperate for a morsel. Fee-skippers ‘unknowingly’ waddling onto City Circle trains maskless. We sneer as their grey bodies glide gracefully over us. Pigeon persecution is societally encouraged as we aggressively shoo them away. If dog is man’s best friend, then the pigeon is his sworn enemy. But this is a complete dismissal of this bird’s loyal service to man for many millennia.
MY PARENTS were brought up in India, a country and culture where the majority of women are not respected or valued by men. It’s predominantly a man’s world.
The man is seen as a superhero with power, and that has been clearly evident during the farmers’ protest in the way that the Indian government has reacted to the prominent women who have spoken up to support the protest.
Even though my parents migrated to Britain from India in the late 1960s, and have adapted somewhat, they came over with customs and cultures, and passed most of those generational beliefs and traditions on to me.
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