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Thursday Doors : Gulshan’s beautiful gates (2)
With enormous gates and a lot of security at buildings and homes in Gulshan, this is as far as I’ll be able to go in the area. Therefore, I’ve decided to name the series as ‘Gulshan’s gates’ rather than ‘ Dhaka doors’. Gulshan is a planned model town that was founded in 1961. The Gulshan…
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Dhaka diaries: In search of a ‘temple’
On Friday, we went in search of a temple for our new home. Unaware of where to find one and with the lack of Amazon in the country, we asked the priest who had come a few days earlier, on the 27th of October, to perform the housewarming puja. This is a prayer done by…