Kee Khobor Stories
Kee Khobor will feature blogs, poems, vlogs and podcasts. The reflections will be shared publicly throughout the year, with our official launch on 26th March 2021.
The various identities of the Bengali community in the UK will be explored and celebrated. We will facilitate an open exchange of ideas and give voice to views, some of which may otherwise not be heard.
The project will leave a legacy that provides stewardship for future generations to not only have pride in their identity but to own it and derive strength from it, and give younger people who may be struggling the confidence and opportunity to belong to something wider.
The reflections will provide an opportunity to look ahead to the future development of the community and not only stay relevant as a community within a changing society but be inspirational to the development of wider British society.
Rabindranath Tagore - The World Poet
For Prabhashi Bangalis like me, that the influence of Rabindranath Tagore will be strong. But what about the next generation?
Remembering 1971: Bangladesh’s Year Of Tragedy And Triumph
Aminul Hoque’s story.
1971 acts as an emotional, cultural and political reminder to both older and younger generations of British-Bangladeshis of a motherland that exists both in memory, but also culturally and physically.
How The War of Independence Forged A Culture Of Resistance Among British Bangladeshis
Halima Begum’s story.
In Dad, it lit a fire in his soul; a determination to fight for social progress and challenge injustice wherever he found it – a stubborn trait of character he may feasibly have passed down to his children.
50 Years Ago
Roger Gwynn, formerly with the International Voluntary Service UK (IVS), visited occupied Bangladesh with Granada TV in 1971
“FIFTY YEARS AGO... I had just arrived in Dhaka and would soon be documenting the carnage and destruction caused by the Pakistan army in the interior of East Bengal, and witnessing the brave resistance put up by the Bengali people, people whose cause lay close to my heart.”