Journalists and cultural activists observe National Mourning Day in London
Published: 20 August 2024, 7:19:55
- Ansar Ahmed Ullah
Journalists and cultural activists living in the UK initiated the commemoration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s National Mourning Day.
On 15 August, the speakers at the event organised at the Kabi Nazrul Center in East London said that no one can erase or erase history. Every time they try to erase it, history returns with its glory. At the event, brave freedom fighters, progressive journalists, and cultural activists remembered Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bengali of all time and the father of the nation, in songs, poems, and discussions. Many people present at the mourning gathering were moved to tears when talking about the burning of Bangabandhu’s 32 Dhanmondi house, the memorial of the long independence movement of the Bengali nation.
Abu Musa Hasan, a freedom fighter living in the UK and freedom fighter Dewan Gous Sultan, spoke at the event. Former BBC and Voice of America journalist Shamim Chowdhury, veteran journalist Hamid Mohammad, former student leader and journalist Sujat Mansoor, Shottobani editor Syed Anas Pasha, news editor Nilufa Yasmin, journalist Ahad Chowdhury Babu, Saleh Ahmed, cultural activist Shahab Ahmed Bachchu, Jasmine Chowdhury, Rumy Haque, Nazneen Sultana Shikha, Suman Debnath and journalist Mizanur Rahman Meeru remembered Bangabandhu in speeches and poems.
Speakers of the commemoration ceremony said that Bengalis are such an unfortunate nation whose father of the nation is repeatedly tried to be erased from history. They said that those who try to erase Bangabandhu from history with the opportunity of political change why do not want to understand that history can never be erased; history is kept in its bosom by the makers of history for their own needs. Sheikh Mujib is a name from which the world’s downtrodden people gather energy to become sparks of gunpowder.
The speakers said, we have to find out through introspection why the spirit of liberation war is hurt again and again, why there are repeated attempts to erase Bangabandhu from history.
Renowned singer Himanshu Goswami of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra remembered Bangabandhu in songs. Journalist and cultural activist Urmi Mazhar recited a poem dedicated to Bangabandhu at the beginning of the program.
One minute of silence was observed at the beginning of the mourning gathering organised by journalist Jewel Raj, journalist Sayem Chowdhury and cultural activist Amina Ali.
