One crazy day in Dhaka.

Sorry Lea I can't help you this time! Let's hope your aunt won't be to strict with you for the statue storie... Paul says hello too.

"sacrificed artists and intellectuals"
(Bonjour! Vous etes francaise? Je suis bangladais, et j'aime votre blog :) ) So nice to see that you enjoyed your transit in Dhaka, and made the most of it by going for a tour of the city! Just to give you some more details of the circumstances of the "sacrificed artists and intellectuals".... Just a historical overview: Bangladesh was part of British India (as the province of "East Bengal") upto 1947, and was a part of Pakistan (as the province of "East Pakistan") from 1947 to 1971. Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in 1971 after a nine-month civil war (we Bangladeshis call it "Liberation War"). A few days before the war ended in December 1971, when Pakistan saw that it was losing the war, the Pakistanis and their local collaborators captured many Bengali artists, intellectuals, professors, engineers, and other prominent Bengali citizens, transported them to different locations, executed them and buried them in mass graves. This was a blow that the Pakistanis dealt to the intellectual community of Bangladesh. We commemorate December 14th of each year as "Martyred Intellecuals Day" to remember the intellecuals who were taken away from us in 1971. The statues that you saw also commemorate the martyred intellectuals.