Fwd: [shahidulnews] Chobi Mela approaching

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From: Shahidul Alam <shahidul@drik.net>
Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:42 PM
Subject: [shahidulnews] Chobi Mela approaching
To: "ShahidulNews shahidulnews@drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net" <shahidulnews@drik-amsterdam-01.drik.net>


It's a frenzied, chaotic and exciting time out here. The list of international visitors grows every day. The Chobi Mela secretariat has been doing a great job, keeping everything together. See you all at the grand opening on the 21st at the National Theatre of Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. Stay tuned to blog.chobimela.wordress.com for regular updates.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2011/01/8-days-to-go-hurry-and-flurry-drik/
Countdown to Chobi Mela VI by Chulie De Silva

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2011/01/chobi-mela-vi-lifetime-achievement-awards-announced/
Naib Uddin Ahmed (Bangladesh), J.D. Okhai Ojeikere (Nigeria) and Pedro Meyer (Mexico) to be given Lifetime Achievement Awards at Chobi Mela VI

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2011/01/killing-thy-neighbour/
By Rahnuma Ahmed: Felani's clothes got entangled in the barbed wire when she was crossing the Anantapur border in Kurigram. It was 6 in the morning, Friday, 7th January 2011. Felani was 15, she worked in Delhi and was returning home with her father after ten years. To get married. She screamed. The BSF shot her dead. They took away her body.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2011/01/the-killer-of-my-father/
Having just returned from Egypt where the attack on the Coptic christians had taken place, I could see the resonance with this piece, forwarded by Robin Khundkar

http://www.shahidulnews.com/rahnuma-ahmeds-updates-on-moshrefa-mishu/
Latest update on Moshrefa Mishu by Rahnuma Ahmed

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2011/01/shiv-viswanathan%E2%80%99s-letter-to-the-pm/
Shiv Viswanathan's Letter to the PM on Dr. Binayak Sen's birthday

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2011/01/wikileaks-bangladesh-ii/
By Rahnuma Ahmed: A critical analysis of WikiLeaked diplomatic cables reveal a shared interest between the two major political parties and their respective leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/12/statement-on-the-binayak-sen-judgement/
When the accusations against Dr. Sen could not be supported by evidence in court, the government brought up other trumped-up charges and falsified evidence, much of which was glaring in its absurdity.

http://www.shahidulnews.com/2010/12/blasting-war-hope-for-peace/
An inspiring soliloquy by Chris Hedges to those preparing for arrest in front of the White House protesting the continuous wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, intercut with interviews with Daniel Ellsberg and returning war veterans













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Mary Schmich

Shahidul Alam
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