Tag: #dhaka
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The Rising
5.26 a.m. Dhaka The beginning of a new day His Majesty is on the way Watch ye creatures still on your bed How the path’s paved red In his honour. Awaken! Witness the glory The brilliance, the blazing fury Watch him takes his seat In the firmament. Be not afraid of the heat That warms…
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Thursday Doors: Dhaka’s beautiful doors (1)
This is my first post in what I hope will be a series of posts on doors in Dhaka. People here believe in investing in doors. Doors here represent their purpose in every way – enormous in size, made of solid wood (teak and mahogany from Burma and Chittagong) or metal with security cameras and…
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Diary entry -A short trip to Dubai
1st October 2022 10.00 p.m. I’m travelling to Dubai after 4 years and two months to be precise. Dubai is the place I lived in practically all my life and yet, strangely, I am not as excited as I should be. Maybe, it’s because I know I’m going there for just ten days. The more…