Blogs in January 2020

Sambhala: The Journey Begins 26th January 2020

In a small village somewhere in rural Bangladesh an old man starts behaving in bizarre ways. Rashed, an undergraduate in Dacca, comes under police suspicion: presumed guilty of murder. A thousand-year-old book goes missing from a house in Shantinagar...

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Rickshaw Girl 26th January 2020

Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like...

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Red and Green Oil on Water 26th January 2020

Red and Green Oil on Water is the story of Bangladesh – the story of her heritage. It is the story of a nation cut from swathes of people, young and old, past and present, future…and not yet imagined....

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Lost Reunions 26th January 2020

Hot-shot 29-year-old investment banker Max Turner is handsome, wealthy and at the top of his game. But he is dogged by an overwhelming feeling of guilt and shame. What happened to the bright-eyed graduate determined to make the world...

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Swan Song 26th January 2020

To the outside world, they were the icons of high society ― the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted...

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