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'Observe Ekushey worldwide like May Day’

By Staff Correspondent
The former chief adviser of the Caretaker Government has called for observing February 21 worldwide with the same importance as the May Day.
"February 21 is a day to respect mother tongues of all nations and the day deserves to be given the same importance as the May Day." he said.
Justice Habibur Rahman was speaking as the chief guest al the inaugural session of the Fifth South Asia Dialogue on Cultural Co-operation at the BRAC Centre at Rajendrapur yesterday. The three-day Dialogue. which ends tomorrow, has been organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
"The possibility of our independence was embedded within our language movement. There are very few countries in the world to tie known by their languages," said Justice Rahman adding that as a nation. Bangladesh has been a sanctuary for many people of the world and its respect for humanity has always existed. 'Tagore was not born here but we nave adopted a Tagore song as our national anthem." he said.
Eminent artists from home and abroad including India. Nepal. Pakistan and Sri Lanka
are attending the dialogue.
More than twenty artists from these countries are taking part. They include Shabana Azmi, an eminent film star, human rights activist and Sonal Mansingh, India's leading exponent of Bharat Natyam.
The dialogue with themes on social justice and human rights, women in society, fundamentalism and communal-ism. is examining how the creative imagination expressed in literature, drama, plastic arts, music and dance, within the countries in South Asia view these important social issues.
Presenting a paper on social justice and human rights, Sar-wat Ali, a participant from Pakistan said. Pakistan was facing both political and social prejudices in the realm of performing art. There are censorships tor films as well as theaters.
"To avoid censorship, the producers in our country submit drama scripts without any meat in them and obtain the permission to perform. On the stage, the drama becomes an actors' theatre as the artists create situations on their own and thus the audience is entertained." Sarwat Ali said adding the performers' Act of 1846 was still in force in Pakistan.
Prof Kabir Chowdhury, the Principal of Theatre School, said Bangladeshi writers, poets, novelists, short story writers, and dramatists have been waging a war against the oppressors from different perspectives employing such diverse literary techniques as the realistic, the symbolic, the existentialist and the absurd.
The others who presented their papers yesterday included. UR Anantha Murthy. President
Aradcnoy, India, Ani suzzaman. Department of Bengali. University of Dhaka. Syed Jahangir, a world renowned Bangladeshi painter, MMK Disanayka of Sri Lanka and Yadev Kharel of Nepal.
Professor Rehman Sobhan of the CPD and Dr Mubashir Hassan, the Pakistani team leader, acted as moderators.