Entertainment Report :
The 10th edition of Chobi Mela, the most prestigious photography festival in Asia is scheduled to be launched on February 28.
This was announced at a press conference yesterday held at Drik’s new gallery in the capital’s Panthapath area where the organisers updated the media on upcoming festival programme. The festival will continue with many happenings till March 9.
At the press conference, Festival Director Shahidul Alam presented an overview of the upcoming festival and introduced the newly formed Chobi Mela advisory board members.
Members include prominent Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Khondokar Ibrahim Khaled, human rights activist Khushi Kabir, Nepali publisher, writer and editor Kunda Dixit, Indian photographer Raghu Rai, economist Rehman Sobhan, literary critic, activist and historian Prof Serajul Islam Choudhury and human rights activist and former advisor to the Caretaker government Sultana Kamal. Shahidul Alam also shared that eminent writer Arundhati Roy from India will be visiting upcoming Chobi Mela to give an artist talk.
The 10th edition of Chobi Mela, the most prestigious photography festival in Asia is scheduled to be launched on February 28.
This was announced at a press conference yesterday held at Drik’s new gallery in the capital’s Panthapath area where the organisers updated the media on upcoming festival programme. The festival will continue with many happenings till March 9.
At the press conference, Festival Director Shahidul Alam presented an overview of the upcoming festival and introduced the newly formed Chobi Mela advisory board members.
Members include prominent Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Khondokar Ibrahim Khaled, human rights activist Khushi Kabir, Nepali publisher, writer and editor Kunda Dixit, Indian photographer Raghu Rai, economist Rehman Sobhan, literary critic, activist and historian Prof Serajul Islam Choudhury and human rights activist and former advisor to the Caretaker government Sultana Kamal. Shahidul Alam also shared that eminent writer Arundhati Roy from India will be visiting upcoming Chobi Mela to give an artist talk.
