The Casualties
“’India’s BSF’ kills four more Bangladeshis. Four Bangladeshis have been killed allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in …” – Prothom Alo “BSF kills 4 Bangladeshis in Noagaon, Jashore. India’s Border [...]
Month: January 2020
A Ripple Caused By A Boy
A boy throws a stone into a pond. He caused a ripple. It would dance, away from the centre to the edgesWhere it falls off, back to time, to memory. I remember when my father [...]
The Freedom of an Animal Kingdom
On animals, On their borders, On ours.
The Weight of A Thousand Eyes
This is my first visit to Bangladesh. What I didn’t give much thought to is what extent it would be the first time for so many Bangladeshi people to encounter someone like me. Throughout our [...]
Halfway
I feel better emotionally and physically this morning. Yesterday was a full day of headache and lots of tension. Nerves also. We are 9 artists making a road trip along the borders of Bangladesh, [...]
Let’s Try On New Clothes
1. The day after we arrive, in a gallery inside the Drik office on the 7th floor of Union Heights, Panthapath, Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War is on display. They are poignant prints from hundreds [...]
On Intimacy (1)
On this journey, I am thinking of intimacy. Perhaps, better to say that I am in search of it. Looking out for where my energy, my body – imbued with its own memory and [...]
The Unbelievable Square
According to article 1.14 of the Land Boundary Agreement signed between Bangladesh and India in 1974, “(…) India will lease in perpetuity to Bangladesh an area of 178 by 85 metres near ‘Tin Bigha’ [...]
