No ‘Zainul Mela’ Held at the Faculty of Fine Arts, ‘Zainul Award’ Not Presented
Citing political instability and lack of preparation, the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka held this year’s birth anniversary celebration of the eminent artist Zainul Abedin on a limited scale. Instead of the usual three-day event, the celebration was conducted in a single day. This year, the well-known ‘Zainul Mela’ was not organized, nor was the ‘Zainul Award’ presented.
Mousiké technē: Why Chhayanaut Matters
Audity Falguni traces the long, defiant journey of Bangladesh’s most influential cultural institution ‘Chhayanaut’ as a guardian of music, secular values, and resistance through art, from the Pakistan era to the present. Audity argues that the recent attack on Chhayanaut is not mere vandalism but a continuation of extremist assaults on music, memory, and cultural freedom echoing past violence and posing a grave threat to Bangladesh’s secular cultural heritage.
Violence Disrupts Faridpur Zilla School Reunion, James Concert Called Off
The concert of popular singer James was cancelled on the final day of the 185th anniversary celebration and reunion programme of Faridpur Zilla School due to an attack by outsiders. At least 30 people, including the convener of the organising committee, were injured after being hit by bricks and stones thrown by outsiders.
Demanding for a ‘Ladyland/Republic for Women’ and ‘A Room of One’s Own’
Begum Rokeya and Virginia Woolf, writing from different worlds yet confronting the same structures of patriarchy, imagined liberating spaces where women could think, create and lead. From Rokeya’s visionary Ladyland in Sultana’s Dream to Woolf’s reflections on intellectual freedom in A Room of One’s Own, their ideas continue to shape feminist thought. A recent screening of Sultana’s Dream renews this dialogue across time, cultures and mediums. Audity Falguni writes for BD Voice readers.
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