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Volume 5 Issue 02 | February 2011

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Original Forum
Editorial

Readers' Forum

The Fear of Loss
--Somnath Batabyal
A Journey through Nationalism --Shah Husain Imam
Sufi of Suburbia: Struggles of a Muslim
identity in Bangladesh

--Shahana Siddiqui
In Search of an Identity:
The Bangladeshi Diaspora
--Ziauddin Choudhury
Ekushey 1952: Charting
the course to liberty
--Syed Badrul Ahsan
Negotiating two languages and the case for
a pragmatic approach to English
--Syed Manzoorul Islam
Photo Feature:
Dreams: A mix of fantasy and reality
The Trouble with Naik --Farah Mehreen Ahmed and Jyoti Rahman
Asterix and the Big Fight --Naeem Mohaiemen
Market Crash and Derisory Impromptu
Regulatory Response

--Rashad Haque
The Struggle to Stardom --Mohammad Isam
Brand Bangladesh
--Aly Zaker
Interview with
Professor Kabir Chowdhury
The Meaning of Liberation

 

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Dreams: A mix of fantasy and reality



Photo: KAREN KNORR (PUERTO RICO)

Chobi Mela, the “International Festival of Photography”, was initiated by Drik and Pathshala -- South Asian Institute of Photography, in 2000. Last month, Chobi Mela VI showcased over 400 works of photographers from Bangladesh and around the world. This year's theme of the festival was “Dreams”, and on display were images of fantasy, reality and the forms and colours of everything in between.


Photo: DAVID DE SOUZA (INDIA)


Photo: AMIT MEHRA (INDIA)


Photo: TAMAS DEZSO (HUNGARY)


Photo: TOMAS MUNITA (CHILE)


Photo: ALI AKBAR SHIRJIAN (IRAN) <top> and MUNEM WASIF (BANGLADESH) <bottom>.


Photo: GARETH PHILLIPS (UK)


Photo: CARLOS CAZALIS (MEXICO)


Photo: FARZANA HOSSEN (BANGLADESH)


Photo: MARIAM AMURVELASHVILI (GEORGIA)


Photo: DEBASISH SHOM (BANGLADESH)


Photo: MORTEN KROGVOLD (NORWAY)

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