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After Class

Heritage Walk through Old Dhaka

Mozammel Hossain

It is not hidden from the common knowledge that the Dhaka city began at the banks of the Buriganga River. One can see all the glorious architecture of the city centering this river. Today these buildings are dwarfed by the modern skyscrapers; being forgotten by the civilised world gradually. To remind people of these structures' magnificent history, Canvas Club of North South University (NSU) organised a tour along the Buriganga on December 9, 2011.

courtesy: NSU Canvas Club

The journey started at the Bahadur Shah Park with about 75 students of NSU, teachers and local residents. The first stop was Ruplaal house. Standing on the court yard of the house, everyone was awed by the beauty; many did not even know that such place existed in Dhaka. Then we moved on to another vestige of our history, Lal kuthi.

For lunch, we came back to Bahadur Shah Park and had the famous Hajji's Biriyani. With fully loaded stomach, we continued our journey to satisfy our craving for history and cultural heritage. Thus we went to Shakhari Bazaar to see one of the dying craft of making Shakha.

 
 
Courtesy: NSU Canvas Club

After a short break for prayer, we met at the Ahsan Manjil, where a very well-informed guide showed us around. We learnt many new things about our own history from him. Following the guided tour, we naturally had to have two of the snacks most associated with old Dhaka, Jilapi and Bakhorkhani.

Enjoying the cool breeze of Dhaka winter, we had a pleasant boat ride to Choto Katra. Sadly Choto Katra was one of those unfortunate places which could not hold on to its previous grandeur. Being reminded of the importance of historic preservation by the poor state of Choto Katra, we went to Boro Katra. After roaming around the Madrasa in Boro Katra we decided to end our journey with the relishing Kebabs of Chawk Bazaar.

We believe this was not an end of the tour; it was merely the beginning of many such journeys that we are determined to take in the future.

(The writer is the president of NSU Canvas Club)


DID YOU KNOW?

Jon Bon Jovi

Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor and Philanthropist, Jon Bon Jovi was born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.As a child, John attended St. Joseph High School, in Metuchen, New Jersey, during his freshman and sophomore years. John spent most of his adolescence skipping school to opt for music activities instead, and ended up playing in local bands with friends and his cousin Tony Bongiovi, who owned the then famous New York recording studio, The Power Station. As a result, his academic records displayed poor grades. By the time he was 16, John Bongiovi was playing clubs. It was not long before he joined up with keyboardist David Bryan (real name: David Bryan Rashbaum), who played with him in a ten-piece rhythm and blues band called Atlantic City Expressway. John also performed with bands called The Rest, The Lechers and John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones. When he was 17, John was working sweeping floors at his cousin Tony Bongiovi's recording studio. In 1980, when Meco was there recording Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album, Bongiovi recommended Bon Jovi for the song "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas." This became his first professional recording (credited as John Bongiovi). Bon Jovi, then, recorded a song, 'Runaway', one of a few songs John wrote during his bus travels from Sayreville to The Power Station. Runaway became a local hit on the charts. Along the way, Mercury gave Bon Jovi a recording contract in 1983, and to promote 'Runaway'. Bon Jovi called up Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such and formed a band. After Bon Jovi claimed he wanted a group name (and rejecting "Johnny Lightning"), one of the group suggested "Bon Jovi", slightly changing the spelling of Jon's last name!

Information source: Internet

 

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