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The Daily Star-Standard Chartered Bank Initiative

Celebrating Life inspires people in Khulna

PORIMOL PALMA, from Khulna
"That's a marvelous idea! There might be sorrows, but still we can enjoy life with motley of joyous moments, and having a positive look towards life," said Avi Das, a student, after visiting a photo exhibition at Khulna Press Club.
That is the spirit of Celebrating Life, he added.
Celebrating Life, a joint initiative of The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bank, kicked off at Khulna Press Club auditorium amid festivity yesterday.
The programme includes week-long screening of the best documentary and fiction films and exhibition of photos from the contest titled 'Celebrating Life 2008'.
Noted singer Fahmida Nabi and dance troupe Spandan performed a spectacular cultural show that held the audience spellbound at Zia Hall.
“Such a programme is very rare not only in Khulna, but also outside Dhaka,” said Avi, a student of Bangladesh Noubahini College.
Avi said he was very inspired by the theme of Celebrating Life. "I am sure others trying to understand the meaning of the theme will be inspired." he told The Daily Star.
Mehedi Hasan, a third-year student of Khulna University, said, “One can truly celebrates life if he or she can accept the realities of life either bad or good, but tries to change and never loses hope.”
Not only the youngsters, the people of mid ages were also enthusiastic about the programme.
"This is a very good initiative, because we see only such exhibitions in Dhaka. People, especially the young ones, living outside the capital must know about what is going on around, as well as their culture," said Michael Sen, an NGO worker at Sonadanga in Khulna.
According to him, the young people will learn to think about how they can get involved in such creative activities. The photos put on display contain mainly the countryside, which is a unique feature of the exhibition, he said.
Addressing the inaugural function of the exhibition, Mahfuz Anam, editor and
publisher of The Daily Star, said young people have a lot to give to the nation.
“But, you should have a positive mindset," he said, adding that though it is not the main task of the newspaper to hold such exhibitions, it is doing so with a view to helping improve the standards of lives, and will continue to do so in future.
Head of Corporate Affairs of Standard Chartered Bank
Bitopi Das Chowdhury said, “You have to be positive and patient in dealing things. Only such attitude can bring change that we need."
Rafi Hossain, coordinator of 'Celebrating Life', said one of the objectives of the programme is to create opportunities for those who cannot display their talents due to lackofscopes.