Archive for October, 2008
Radioactive in Dhaka
So here I am, on a Thursday night (the start of the weekend in Bangladesh) sitting in the Cuppa Coffee Club sipping a mango yoghurt. Why am I here when I could be in the executive lounge at the Westin gulping free wine during the two-hour happy hour? A very good question and the answer [...]
Diwali in Dhaka
I listened to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day this morning and was greatly struck by what Akhandadhi Das had to say as he prepared for Diwali:
“Diwali is usually described as the celebration of good triumphing over evil and that is certainly one of the themes of the Ramayan, the Hindu text [...]
Vijaya Dashami
I arrived back in Dhaka after the Eid holidays just in time for the celebration of Durgha Puja. For Bengali Hindus, this is the main religious event of the year, even bigger than Diwali so, with just a brief pause for a shower and a spot of breakfast after my flight, I ventured out to [...]
