ANOUNCING A NEW BLOG
My former classmate Arief (a.k.a. Dr. Billi), who is currently residing in Sydney with family finally starts a blog "LIVE AND LET LIVE".
I know that if he writes regularly, I will devote most of my time reading his blog. He is a passionate and reasonable individu...
May 30, 2004
LONG LIVE TOKAIITokaii is a cartoon character created by Rananbi (Rafikunnabi). "With a bald head, thin limbs and swollen belly, he is a street urchin of about eight. Clad in a short chequered lungi, he lives on the footpaths or in the big unused construction pipes strewn about this city of Dhaka. He lives on left-overs of others or food thrown away in dustbins. Despite the apparent destitute status, however, the boy is always cheerful making fun...
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Let's say it's 6:15 pm and you're driving home alone after an unusually busy day. You're really tired, and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel...
May 29, 2004
Solitude vs. communal life
Solitude is the state or quality of being alone or remote from others resorting to a lonely or secluded place. It is an act or process of withdrawing, especially from something hazardous. In ancient Indian myths, people used to go to solitude in the woods. Buddha went to solitude leaving all personal belongings including family. But as a communal being, why do we need solitude? As poet Jibanananda Das said;
"Not money, not tiredness, not recognition, not love,
another depressed sensation plays in our blood,
Making us...
May 28, 2004
Rich-poor gap still widening
Bangladesh is a country of great diversities. In Dhaka, you will find a million dollar home standing next to a slum. You will see Mercedes Benz among the city traffic besides a shabby minivan carrying loads of people. This is due to the improper distribution of wealth among the educated & non-educated strata of population. As the primary sector is agriculture, a large number of population works in the agriculture sector, where education is not a key imperative and unplanned and weak work culture do not suit the...
May 27, 2004
FRUITS OF BANGLADESH
I have been pretty busy lately and finally I could spare some time at home to write something for this blog. As I type now I am enjoying a ripe fresh mango cut and served. This was grown in one of the mango trees we have in our compound. The taste is very good. Actually summer is the time when a large variety of vibrant tropical and sub-tropical fruits are available in Bangladesh. Our national fruit is Jackfruit. There are plenty of Jackfruit trees all over the countryside. The other most widely cultivated fruits in summer...
May 25, 2004
QUOTES OF THE DAY
* Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
- Aeschylus BC 525-456, Greek Dramatist
* Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
- Kahlil Gibran 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
* The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
- William Hazlitt 1778-1830, British Essayist
* There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
- Carl Jung 1875-1961, Swiss Psychiatrist...
BLOG NOTES
* Laura was shocked to find that her 13-year-old daughter is cutting herself. These things really haunt parents and leave everyone guessing whose fault is it. Is it the negligence, is it the music, is it the bad company or bad institution? Laura had no idea that she was hurting.
* Dave writes on how the subject of Marriage is dividing Americans as never before.
* Sukanya, famous for her notes from France has come back to Delhi, India. Hope that she continues to post her notes from Delh...
May 22, 2004
PLUNGING FURTHER INTO ANARCHY AND LAWLESSNESS
In one of my previous posts I was proud to write about a Bangladesh born British becoming the British high commissioner to Bangladesh. But what happened yesterday was beyond sane people's imagination. A Bomb was hurled at him leaving him and about 70 people injured and 2 people dead. He was visiting his birth place Sylhet and coming out of the 700 years old Hazrat Shahjalal's Shrine after the Friday prayer. Read this for details.
I am glad that he only suffered minor leg injuries but his body guard,...
May 19, 2004
LEARNING LESSONS
I have been forwarded this email message today for mass campaigning:
Two instances from our neighboring country and we Bangladeshis /our leaders have a lot to learn.
* Sonia Gandhi, heir to India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, has tearfully given up her chance to become prime minister to protect her new Congress government from damaging attacks over her Italian birth. "I must humbly decline this post," she told a chaotic party meeting in parliament's timber-paneled central hall, lined with life-sized portraits of former prime ministers,...
May 18, 2004
Bangladeshi British appointed British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Welcome Mr. Anwar Choudhury. We hope that he will be more appropriate and successful in maintaining relations with UK as he is accustomed to local cultures and people. Being a large provider of development assistance in Bangladesh (�100 million a year) UK can work together in building a peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh....
E-Vote for Bangladesh
Encouraged by the success of e-voting in Indian general election, Saifur Rahman, the finance minister of Bangladesh has rightly said that all political parties and civil society members should unite in favor of introducing electronic voting system in Bangladesh. It will ensure a smooth, sharp and reliable electoral system.
He points out to a burning truth:
"Our politicians maintain a culture that indulges raising indiscriminate allegations of rigging when defeated in the poll"
I hope that the government gets itself equipped...
HEATWAVE CONTINUES
The heatwave in Bangladesh continues to disrupt normal life. At times the heat becomes really unbearable. The temperature hits around 40 degree Celsius in day time which is the maximum in last five years. Some occasional drizzles brought some respite but we need some prolonged showers.
Bangladesh's government has told farmers to install fans in poultry houses so their chickens can keep their cool during the heatwave.
Rifat has a hypothesis to tackle this heat. However severe the heat or cold is, he always thinks that there...
May 15, 2004
VIRTUAL PAINTING EXHIBITION
Dhaka's Graphic Arts Institute is renowned as a breeding ground for many eminent artists of Bangladesh. One of its students Nazia Andaleeb Preema has embraced the digital era hosting a virtual exhibition in her website (www.preema.net).
Her works include Oil Painting, Pastel painting, water color & digital paintin...
NEW FEATURES OF BLOGGER
I have been trying some of the new features of blogger and the post via email is great! You can't tell really distinguish them. However, I am finding one problem, I have to type in the full url http://www.rezwanul.blogspot.com instead of http://rezwanul. blogspot.com to see the updated posts after May 13th. I wonder why. Any body has any idea?
Update: The problem seems to be fix...
Salute to Democracy
SALUTE TO DEMOCRACY
There has been a complete turnaround of public faith on Congress & its
allies in the recently concluded Indian Election 2004. The ruling BJP has
generously conceded defeat and prime minister Vajpayee has resigned.
The largest democracy on earth is massive in every scale. There were more
than 700,000 polling stations across the 2,973,190 sq km landmass and
ofcourse millions of voters among total population of 1,065,070,607 (2004
est.). It's amazing that India has managed the election well and with the
introduction...
May 13, 2004
FIGHTING FOR A VOICE IN THE LAND OF FREE
After the 9/11 incident, activities of the homeland security left many South Asian immigrants (specially those are muslims) feeling that they are a second class American citizens. There are over 2 million South Asian in the United States, and all of them felt some impact from the post-9/11 backlash.
Tanzila Ahmed, a Bangladeshi American has established a non profit organization called 'South Asian American Voting Youth' (SAAVY) to raise a voice against these abuses. She graduated from the University of...
BACK TO WHERE THEY BELONG
Bangladesh's main opposition Awami League finally returned to Parliament ending a 71-day boycott of the House after about a year.
The Parliament's main business was marked by the mourning of the assassinated Awami League MP Ahsan Ullah Master, that has shocked the country. The prime minister Begum Zia asserted that his killers will be brought to justice and be tried under the speedy trial act. She called for a wholehearted cooperation from the AL.
AL sources, however, said the party may not continue its presence in...
BANGLADESH WIN TOUR OPENER
After the recent one-day win in Zimbabwe, Bangladesh cricket team is more confident than before. We are anxiously following Bangladesh's current tour in West Indies.
The fact that the team has won the warm up match against the West Indies Cricket Board XI, has inspired many that Bangladesh can clinch one or more victory among the one-dayers starting from 15th of May. It seems that spin bowling will be the main strength of Bangladesh team against the experienced but inconsistent Windies team. Their master batsman Lara...
May 09, 2004
May 08, 2004
SCARE
Shit really happens. I was really scared when I had discovered that half of the template of my blog was deleted as I was merely updating a post. I could not see any post including the archives. It took sometime to overcome the panic and fortunately I was saved by a recent backup of the current template. Thanks god nothing happened with my posts as I reinstated everything by republishing the entire site.
So if you are a new blogger user better save a copy of your template somewhere. You never know when you are going to be needing this. And...
MORE ANARCHY AND VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH
This & this are barbaric acts.
What is really happening in Bangladesh? Who are behind all this? It seems the lethargy in the judicial system and political influence on trials are making the country a heaven for hooligans. You can get away with almost everything (specially when the acts are politically motivated). The fault of the slain opposition (AL) Member of Parliament was that he was an honest & very popular leader in his constituency. He achieved a landslide victory in the last election when...
May 06, 2004
BANGA BAZAAR STRETCHES TO CALCUTTA STREETS
If you are a resident of Dhaka, then you definitely know what Banga Bazaar is. It is a wallet friendly apparels market which sells the factory rejects. The fact is that Bangladesh's main export earning (almost 60%) is from readymade garments export. The buyers are renowned labels like Levis, GAP, C&A, Wall Mart etc. They have stringent quality control requirements. So it usually happens that a portion of garments with smallest of defects, which you can never discover (Like stiching wrong size label,...
ASIA WEBLOG AWARDS 2004
Another year, another round of awards. This time it is hosted by MISOHONI Forums. The creator of Misohoni is Giles Dawe, a Web Site Design Freelancer who started Misohoni to promote his two favorite subjects - Art and Soccer.
I am already nominated in the best Bangladesh weblog category. This year there are many Bangladeshi bloggers who can be in the forefront and deserve more recognition than me. So I would request the...
May 03, 2004
May 02, 2004
GMAIL and proliferation of blogs
The word is out that the blogspot users are getting invitation for GMAIL beta version (I have got one too). Its not open for all yet. Its features include:
* 1000 MB of free email space
* You can use google search to search through your mail
* You dont need to delete your mails, you just archieve it, and you can search for the mail you want through google search. 100MB is hell lota space.
* The only web based email client with keyboard shortcuts.
Now that news should induce more and more people to use blogspot...
May 01, 2004
BANGLADESHI BLOGS
Here is an updated list of Blogs maintained by persons of Bangladesh Origin:
* Close your eyes & try to see- Bangladesh
* I look I see -Bangladesh
* Bongo Vongo -UK
* Man Machine: Diary of an Android -Congo
* Feerozac -My Blog -UK
* Gene Expression (Group Blog including Razib) -USA
* Tarfia -USA
* Electric Blues -USA
* The Desh in Me -USA
* Glittergirl -Singapore
* Blu3crash v 8.0 -USA
* Ullah.net -Canada
* Ish's Random Thoughts -Australia
* Lungis.com - Modern Lungis for modern deshi man -USA
* Kabir's Blog -USA
* LiveJournal...
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