BECOME: A Cityzen of DHAKA and….
SMELL: Ginger, onion and garlic fried with fresh water fish and black mustard seeds
TOUCH: Hand woven Jamdani saris from New Market
SHOP: At Aarong in Gulshan for fine artisan products
VISIT: The National Parliament House surrounded by lake designed by the famous architect, Louis Kahn
TASTE: Morgo-polao, a special chicken and rice dish at Nanna Biriani
APPRECIATE: The modernist architecture of Muzharul Islam at The Institute of Arts and Crafts
HEAR: Songs by Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1913.
REST: At the peaceful Armenian Church in the midst of the Old Dhaka
DRINK: A borhani, served at special ceremonies and weddings
READ: Bengali ghazals by the “Rebel Poet” Kazi Nazrul Islam
RIDE: A rickshaw in the maze of narrow laneways of Old Dhaka
SEE: The Lalbag Fort, where the first battle for independence from the British took place in 1857
WATCH: Tareque Masud’s Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) which has won a number of international awards
TAKE: Jute woven baskets or terracotta products from Aarong in Dhanmondi
GIVE: To the Social Development Foundation charity
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