Bangladesh on way to dump anti Bongo Vongo song
VognoDuut750
Bangladeshi elites on Tagor's "Amer Sonar Bangla..."
Tuesday April 25 2006 17:36:03 PM BDT
Abid Bahar , Canada
There have been a growing debate among Bangladeshi elites on Tagor's "Amer
Sonar Bangla..." song as Bangladesh's national anthem. The song was composed
by Tagore during the anti partition movement of 1911 in which the West
Bengali elites including Tagore himself took a leading role.
The contemporary debates among Bangladeshis is that eversince the partition
movement, even Tagore changed his alliegiance from Bengal to India and he
personally recommended that Bankim's "Bande Materem..." song should be
adopted as India's national anthem. It is however true that Tagore's song is
a beautiful expression of Bengal. However, in reality it remains only an
illusion.
The reality is that since the time of Tagore many things have changed. West
Bengal joined with India, and East Bengal with Pakistan. Again during the
liberatin war of Bangladesh in 1971, India with our West Bengali brothers
secretely built the Farakka dam to deprive the Bangladeshis of the needed
water, drying up our "sonar bangla". There is no sign of West Bengal
joinining with Bangladesh.
Despite our cries, there has been no protest from West Bengali brothers
against India in the destruction of "sonar Bangla". It seems that they Like
us sing their song but don't like to hear our cries! And our singing of
Tagore's song morning and evenings, every day doesn't change their mind to
stop building further dams. Our waters have been taken away for ever.
From our brother, the West Bengali Premier Buddha Dev's one favourate word
for Bangladesh, is "a terrorist state;" the same message one would find is
parroted through Al's advisors in Dhaka. This is despite the fact that West
Bengal is terrorized by its home grown terrorists we are only bomberded with
humiliation. To put down Bangladesh internationally it kept Taslima to work
for BJP and write for Ananda Bazar Patrika. This is the brotherly gresture
we get even when we sing our brother Tagore's song on a daily basis.
The debate in favour of changing our present national anthem was also made
strong by new information that Tagore himself was known to have protested
agaist the establishment of Dhaka university. Nabab Salimullah and Nawab
Abdul Latif, were behind the establishment of the university, both were
generally despiced by the West Bengali communal elites for their
initiatives. If Tagore is found to be one of them, it will be a wise idea
that Bangladeshis change their anthem because historically Dhaka University
worked as the central institution in the renaissance of our modern
Bangladesh spirit.
Secondly, if Tagore's song was proven to be chosen not by Mujib in 1971 but
in his absence by an Indian agent working inside Bangladesh, it also
questions its credibility as something not of the people's choice.
Undoubtedly, Tagore's expresion in the song " Amar Sonar..." about Bengal is
beautiful. But the pro West Bengali/ pro-India Bangladeshis should
understand that Tagore's Bengal is not there anymore. It is shattered into
pieces.
Today West Bengalis aren't against Bangladesh's death trap Farakka and other
51 dams are drying up Tagore's "sonar Bangla." The fense built by India
dividing Bengal permantly is not opposed by West Bengal, but protected by
its Bengali joans and killing the East Bengali joans on a daily basis.
Fourthly, Tagore as a poet is indeed Bisha Kobi. But it doesn't reflect the
reality of what he once upon a time said for a united Bengal. In addition to
this, as a national anthem, there is no doubt that it is dull, and
spiritless. More importantly, it is about Bengal of the past, not of the
future.
Finally, as we begin our present journey for a future and modern Bangladesh,
we should consciously choose things good for us as a nation. Then, could it
be that Nazrul's "Chol, Chol, Chol, Uldhe Gogona Baje Madal, ..., Chol,
Chol..." is an appropriate choice for our national anthem.
If the BJP, (the communal party) government of India can change even Muslim
names of places like Ahamadabad, Mujafarabad and British named Bombay, the
later into "Mumbai" the name of a Hindu godess, Bangladesh should be able to
make a conscious choice in its national anthem.
This undoubtedly will displease Gaffor Chowdhury, Suranjit Sen and many
other communal Indians like Dada Niranjen or Biswas dr or some Bangladeshi
India-lovers. But surely, they don't represent Bangladesh or its spirit. So
as to make sure that it is going to be a people's choice, there should be a
national referendum on this. Because if progress means change in a desirable
direction, Bangladeshis's desirable direction would be for "Chol Chol, Chol,
Urdhe..."
If Bangladeshis chose Nazrul's more upbeat, lively song, "Chol, Chol,
Chol..." appropriate for our national anthem, only to please our West
Bengali brothers we should also keep Tagore's beautiful song" Sonar..." as
Bangladesh Al's exclusive party anthem.
Abid Bahar
Canada
nkdat...@bigmailbox.net
> Bangladesh on way to dump anti Bongo Vongo song
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http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/04/26/d6042601033.htm
Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
2 choppers purchased at Tk 71cr for PM's use
By Shakhawat Liton
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has purchased two choppers worth Tk 70.93
crore mainly for the use of the prime minister in tours within the
country, sources said.
Procured from Russia through local agent M/S Avn Sp Ltd, the VIP
helicopters, Mi-8MTV-1 (Mi-17-1V), were transported to Dhaka by plane
on March 4, said a airforce headquarters report placed before the
parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry on April 16.
"The choppers are expected to be commissioned by April," said the
report. But officials at the BAF headquarters said the aircraft were
already commissioned on April 2.
Earlier the airforce had purchased three MI-171 choppers for Tk 78.19
crore and commissioned those in January last year. Besides, the
airforce has made an acquisition of 16 F-7 fighters from China at a
cost of $117.9 million.
The BAF headquarters had plans to purchase more aircraft, but they had
to backtrack, as the government did not approve, sources said.
Research Director of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
Zaid Bakht on Tuesday said the government should avoid wasteful
expenditure on defence like purchasing fighter planes, and lower taxes
on fuel items to mitigate the sufferings of vulnerable groups bearing
the brunt of hike in oil prices.
Before purchasing the VIP choppers, the airforce headquarters has
enquired through Bangladesh foreign missions whether heads of state and
government in different countries use this kind of choppers.
After the government had approved the purchase in fiscal year 2004-05,
the director general of defence purchase (DGDP) invited tender for the
work. Four bids were sent to the airforce headquarters on January 8,
2005.
A committee formed by the airforce headquarters had examined the offers
and awarded the work to the lowest bidder. Finally, an agreement to
purchase the helicopters was signed on June 25, 2005.
Defence experts said for the first time the BAF has procured two VIP
choppers. But they will hardly be of benefit to the force as the VIPs,
particularly the prime minister, will use them. The president can also
fly in the choppers when the head of the government is not using them.
Many say Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has already begun touring different
districts with an eye to campaigning for the next general elections.
The newly purchased choppers will only facilitate her hectic tour
schedules in the last year of the coalition government.
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http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/02/20/d6022001022.htm
Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Monday, February 20, 2006
Biman cuts int'l flights, to lease 2 aircraft to maintain schedule
By Reaz Ahmad
Amidst schedule chaos, the Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday decided
to cut in international flights as an immediate solution and lease two
aircraft to improve upon its dwindling fleet.
The Biman management at a meeting with State Minister for Civil
Aviation Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided to float tender by
tomorrow for dry lease of two aircraft in a bid to recover from the
schedule disarray caused by grounding of its three DC-10s and one
airbus.
The Biman also made an impromptu decision to reduce flight frequencies
on three international routes, cutting one flight from Dhaka each from
the weekly two flights to New York, six to London and seven to Jeddah.
While the reduction on Dhaka-London and Dhaka-Jeddah routes comes into
effect immediately, that on the Dhaka-New York route will be made
effective from March 13 as passengers have already booked tickets up to
then.
The Biman will also review its whole flight schedule and go for further
cuts in frequencies on other international routes between February 21
and March 27. The national airlines is expecting to gear up its poor
fleet situation prior to the commencement of next summer schedule from
March 28.
Failing to arrange any aircraft, the Biman cancelled its scheduled
flight of Dhaka-Dubai-Brussels-New York route last night and feared
delay in its next flight scheduled for this afternoon.
The Biman DC-10 aircraft grounded in Brussels en route New York last
Wednesday is expected to return home by today after necessary
repairing, official sources said. However, the two other DC-10s and one
airbus still remained in hangar.
Talking to the BBC Bangla service last night, Mirza Fakhrul Islam
acknowledged failures in Biman's fleet planning and inability to
procure sufficient aircraft due to financial insolvency.
He claimed that there was no interference from his ministry into Biman
management but refrained from commenting on what had happened before he
took the office.
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salsadancer
But, we will appreciate if you sing like this:
O merey paki chodan kay sathi
Ab fir chodo humko, hum sab hain chutiya beggardeshi.
(Greetings to our Pakistani fuck buddies, please fuck us again as you
deed in 1971. We love you because we are some kinda dumb fuck stupid
beggardeshis)
Torpedo
'Chol, Chol, Chol
Urdha gagane ghand ti tol
Nimney bhutale Hindu-r mol
Chaat, chaat, chaat
Aeshya-r duare hani aaghat
Mohammad-r ghand-e maribo lath
Aamra mutibo Allah-r mukhe
Sakal, bikal, rat'
"Let's march on
To lift the butts towards the sky
On the ground there is Hindu's shit
Hooray, let's lick !
We'll bang Aeshya's door
To kick Mohammad's arse
We'll piss on Allah
Mornings, afternoons and nights."
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Eric
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u guyz enjoy.
Torpedo
Muslim ganduz fuck their daughters like the Paki masters who fucked their
mums ? Is it Islamic preaching ?
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salsadancer
No matter how much you beg, you aren't gettin any indian lund up your
ass.
Your women stink, their pussys smell like rotten fish....
Stay home, shit from a tree, lick vogno's cunt, read kuran and fuck
yourself; you stinking bitch!
nkdat...@bigmailbox.net
> Bangladesh on way to dump anti Bongo Vongo song
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http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/12/09/d51209012115.htm
Daily Star, Dhaka, bangladesh
Friday, December 9, 2005
Threat to blow up schools if assembly sings national anthem
Banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
has threatened to blow up at least five schools in Sadar upazila, if
the school authorities raise the national flag and the students sing
the national anthem at school assembly.
In the letters sent to the schools on December 7, the sender who
identified himself as JMB's sector-63 Director Maulana A Rouf warned
the authorities that JMB would blow up the schools within January 1,
2006 if they hoist the national flag or sing the national anthem.
Claiming that the national anthem is a "Hindu song", the letter also
stated that the national flag of Bangladesh belongs to the separatists.
JMB men with bombs are inside the schools and would detonate the bombs
any moment, the letter added.
The school authorities informed the local administration and the local
police after receiving the letters. The incident triggered panic among
the teachers, students and guardians.
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[in 1905, inspired by a Baul song Ami kothae pabo tarey, Tagore
composed a remarkable song that extols the splendor of our motherland.
That song, Amar shonar Bangla ami tomae bhalobashi went on to become
our national anthem. In 2005 Amar shonar Bangla completed its 100 years
of existence]
http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/02/26/d60226140192.htm
Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sunday, February 26, 2006
A fête of classics - Celebrating timeless Bangla songs of last 100
years
By Karim Waheed
Although Bangla music embarked on its journey centuries ago, the last
100 years have been particularly momentous for the medium. This epoch
saw the emergence of titanic talents such as Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi
Nazrul Islam, DL Roy, Atul Prasad, Rajnikant, Hason Raja and many more.
These immensely talented poets and musicians have enriched Bangla music
in a way that decades after, it's still considered to be a source of
pride for Bangalees. Few nations in the world can boast of an opulent
heritage in music like Bangalees can. Incidentally, in 1905, inspired
by a Baul song Ami kothae pabo tarey, Tagore composed a remarkable song
that extols the splendor of our motherland. That song, Amar shonar
Bangla ami tomae bhalobashi went on to become our national anthem. In
2005 Amar shonar Bangla completed its 100 years of existence.
To celebrate the last 100 years of Bangla music, the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) put together a musical soiree
at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference, Dhaka on February 24.
The colossal event pulled in the who's who in the social and cultural
scene. The line-up of performers was impressive. Including several
A-listed artistes to perform Bangla songs, composed over the last 100
years that have attained the status of 'classics' back to back, is no
trivial achievement. HSBC deserves kudos for that.
In his speech, corporate banking head of HSBC, Mahbub-ur-Rahman said,
"This programme is a reflection of HSBC's intention to promote local
culture and heritage as well as diversity." Steve Banner, CEO of the
bank said, "This event couldn't have been possible without involvement
of the country's noted singers, musicians and researchers." Music
exponent Dr Karunamoy Goswami and educationist Professor Abdullah Abu
Syed also spoke at the event. Dr Goswami, Professor Abu Syed and Abus
Shakur selected the songs performed at the event.
The main event started with an instrumental presentation of DL Roy's
Dhanodhanyo pushpobhora amader ei bashundhora followed by a choral
rendition of the national anthem. Artistes Shaheen Samad, Khairul Anam
Shakil, Mita Haq, Mahiuzzaman Chowdhury and others rendered the song.
The drift of nationalism among the poets and musicians during the early
1900s that made way for scores of magnificent patriotic songs was
evident in the selection of songs from that era -- Bango amar janoni
amar, Jagao pathik o shejey ghumey ocheton and more. Ekbar bidaye de
ma, ghurey ashi, a song about Khudiram, a young activist who became
iconic during the 'Quit India' movement was rendered by Samina
Chowdhury.
Chandana Majumdar presented an emotive rendition of Hason Raja's Matiro
pinjirar majhey bondi hoiyya re, Mita Haq and Mahiuzzaman Chowdhury
performed a romantic duet Sheydin dujoney dulechhinu bon-e.
Shaheen Samad rendered Nazrul's Bangla ghazals bagichaye bulbuli tui
and E kon madhur sharab diley. Ghazals originated in Farsi and were
first popularised in Bangla by Kazi Nazrul Islam. Mita Haq performed
Ami tokhono chhilem mogono gohono ghumer ghorey, a Tagore song
illustrating the state of nature as well as psyche in monsoon. This
year marks the 100th birth anniversary of SD Burman. As homage to the
brilliant musician, Khairul Anam Shakil performed Tumi je giyachho
bokul bichhano pothey, composed by Burman.
A rendition of Amar bhai-er roktey rangano ekushey February, a song
written by Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury and composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud
that attained emblematic status during the Language Movement led the
line up of songs from the '50s. Shahnaz Rahmatullah performed Shagorer
teer thekey. The seasoned crooner received a warm response from the
audience.
Apel Mahmud presented a zealous rendition of Mora ekti phoolke banchabo
boley juddho kori, a song that boosted the morale of freedom fighters
as well as the masses during the Liberation War. Farida Parveen sang Ei
Padma ei Meghna and Tomra bhuley gechho Mallikadir naam. Sabina Yasmeen
performed Keu konodin amarey tho kotha dilo na from the movie Shundori,
Agun performed Orey neel dariya from Shareng Bou.
The final segment of the event included Shobkota janala khuley dao na
by Sabina Yasmeen, Kabita porar prohor eshechhey by Samina Chowdhury
and Mon shudhu mon chhuenchhey by Nakib Khan. The programme wrapped up
with a rendition of Ami Banglae gaan gai, a song written by Pratul
Bandyopadhyay years ago, which rekindled patriotic emotions among the
listeners recently.
Till a century ago music, dance, painting, namely all art forms
received patronage from emperors, kings and nawabs. Times have changed
but the need for patronage still remains. Multinational companies have
replaced the rajas and nawabs in the roles. The programme celebrating
classic Bangla songs from the last 100 years, organised by HSBC, is a
demonstration of how organisations can play a key role in upholding
cultural practices. Music enthusiasts will look forward to more such
quality programmes.
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