Literature

Online watercolour exhibition ‘Touches of Color’ begins

Shawdesh desk: International Watercolor Society Bangladesh has organised its 1st National Online Watercolor Exhibition 2020 ‘Touches of Color’. The two-day long exhibition began on Monday on the Facebook Page of

Miniature Art Project DOOB begins Thursday

Shawdesh desk: A nine-day online Miniature Art Project DOOB (Immersion) will begin on Thursday. Young Bangladeshi artist Azizee Fawmi Khan is the initiator of this project which is her very

Museum to remove Roosevelt statue decried as white supremacy

The authorities of American Museum of Natural History will remove a statue of Theodore Roosevelt from its entrance after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination,

8th Liberation Docfest Bangladesh-2020 begins connecting global minds virtually

Shawdesh Desk: The 8th annual Liberation Docfest Bangladesh-2020, the first of its kind in South Asia, began on Tuesday virtually connecting global film producers and audiences demonstrating that coronavirus pandemic

I Wish-I Was A Cloud

-Dr. Mustafa Kamal I wish I was a cloud, floating wild in the wind, High above the world, laden with rain, so kind. Dance with the stars, I would,

Two Little Rabbits

-Dr. Mustafa Kamal Two little rabbits, they are, sleek and grey, Running around they do, although they look fray. My garden is their favorite place, they rest and

Rare letter of Van Gogh and Gauguin’s could sell for $282K at auction

Shawdesh Desk: The only known letter to have been jointly written by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, in which the former details the pair’s visits to French brothels, is

SALUTE TO LIFE-I MUST RETURN

-Dr. Mustafa Kamal Friends I have near and more, memories fade in distant shore, From Desh to Bidesh, East and West, I can’t count anymore. Many from School,