WATERCOLOR !!
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Posted:Nov 20, 2014 5:47 am
Last Updated:Jan 6, 2023 12:40 am 6473 Views
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I wonder how could an Artist (painter) start a world war which caused so many deaths and destruction throughout the world !!!! Hope to read the views of my readers on the subject since posted here.
A 1914 watercolour by Adolf Hitler to be auctioned on Saturday could fetch up to 50,000 euros ($62,685) given strong global interest, a German auction house chief said on Tuesday.
Auctioneer Kathrin Weidler said the painting entitled "Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen" (Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of Munich) is one of about 2,000 works Hitler painted from about 1905 to 1920 as a struggling young artist.
Asked about criticism that it is tasteless to auction the Nazi dictator's works, generally considered to be of limited artistic merit, she said complaints should be addressed to the sellers - an unidentified pair of German sisters in their 70s.
"Those who want to get worked up about this should just go ahead and get worked up about it," Weidler told Reuters at her Weidler Auction House in Nuremberg, where Hitler held mass Nazi party rallies from 1933 to 1938.
"They should take it up with the city of Nuremberg or with those who preserved it. It's an historical document."
Hitler wrote in his autobiography "Mein Kampf" that his hopes as a young man of becoming an artist were dashed by his repeated rejection by Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts.
"We've had inquiries so far from four continents and the interest in this particular painting appears to be quite high," Weidler said. "The interest has been high from America, Japan and across Asia. I don't know if all these bidders will actually come to the showroom in person. It's possible but the last time we had a painting from this artist, that didn't happen
Five other Hitler paintings previously auctioned fetched as much as 80,000 euros while others went for just 5,000.
"It's impossible to say how much it'll go for - anything from a few thousand to something around 50,000 euros," she said. The minimum bid has been set at 4,500 euros and 10 percent of the earnings are to be donated to charity.
Weidler said the original handwritten bill dated Sept. 25, 1916 came with the painting and was a rarity for Hitler's art ( see the uploaded picture of the handwritten bill said to be original).
But that has raised doubt among critics about the painting's provenance. They recall how hoaxer Konrad Kujau used supposed certifications of authenticity to trick some historians when he marketed what proved to be bogus "Hitler's Diaries" in 1983.
Published: 12:01 am Thursday, November 20, 2014 . The Daily Star.
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Images Of Religious Festivities-Christians And Muslims
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Posted:Nov 14, 2014 1:39 am
Last Updated:Nov 20, 2014 1:59 am 6222 Views
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Festivals always play a significant role in our lives These are the parts and parcels of our ( Bangladeshi ) culture and tradition . It is said that We have13 festivals in 12 months. But actually the number of festivals are much more than that. ! have posted some images of Buddhists and Hindu Religious Festivals earlier. The images of important Christian and Muslim Festivals are posted below for your viewing . Hope, the pictures will be liked by the viewers. Needless to mention here that this is an Informative blog like many others posted by me in the past. I have also taken the opportunity here to post two pictures of river transporters and trains showing travelers bound for home from the capital city Dhaka during Eid holidays. The 10th picture shows a band plays on the street of Dhaka on an Eid day !!
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Other Festival Pictures.---- First Day Of Spring And Bengali New Year Day.
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Posted:Nov 12, 2014 5:09 am
Last Updated:Nov 24, 2014 3:03 am 6405 Views
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"The Culture of Bangladesh refers to the way of life of the people of Bangladesh. The land, the rivers, and the lives of the Bengali people formed a rich heritage with marked differences from neighbouring regions. It has evolved over the centuries and encompasses the cultural diversity of several social groups of Bangladesh. The Bengal Renaissance of the 19th and early 20th centuries, noted Bengali writers, saints, authors, scientists, researchers, thinkers, music composers, painters, and film-makers have played a significant role in the development of Bengali culture. The Bengal Renaissance contained the seeds of a nascent political Indian nationalism and was the precursor in many ways to modern Indian artistic and cultural expression. The culture of Bangladesh is composite and over the centuries has assimilated influences of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. It is manifested in various forms, including music, dance, and drama; art and craft; folklore and folktale; languages and literature; philosophy and religion; festivals and celebrations; as well as in a distinct cuisine and culinary tradition."
source:Wikipedia
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Festival Pictures. Buddhist and Hindu
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Posted:Nov 11, 2014 1:26 am
Last Updated:Feb 8, 2017 2:50 am 6295 Views
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Bangladesh Is a secular country though Islam is the official religion in Bangladesh and is practiced by some 87 percent of the country's inhabitants. Other religions that are active in Bangladesh include Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Animism and Tribal belief systems.
The Islamic religion in Bangladesh plays a large role in everyday life of the people as is evidenced in the celebration of festivals such as Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-e-Miladunnabi, Muharram and others.
Followers of the Hindu religion in Bangladesh amount to around 11% of the country's population. Hindu temples can be found scattered throughout the country. Making up 0,5 to 1% of the population are followers of the Theravada school of Buddhism, most of whom reside in the Chittagong Hills. Christians make up another 1% of Bangladesh's population. The majority are part of the Roman Catholic Church. Another prominent church is the Church of Bangladesh, a united church formed by several protestant churches. Tribes in the Chittagong Hills have formed their own religion, a blending of Buddhism and tribal rituals.
Religious tolerance is promoted in the laws of Bangladesh. People practicing faiths different than Islam, could celebrate festivals as permissible according to their religions. The Muslims gladly participate in such festivals.
Today, some pictures of Hindu and Buddhist religious festivals can be viewed on this blog page of mine. The pictures of Christian and Muslim religious festivals will follow soon.
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Congratulations, Wasfia Nazreen !!
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Posted:Nov 8, 2014 1:35 am
Last Updated:Dec 19, 2014 9:38 am 5536 Views
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The National Geographic, a Washington based Magazine. has named Wasfia Nazreen an adventurer of the year 2014-15.
Congratulations, Wasfia Nazreen. We feel proud of you.
Simultaneously, we feel sorry for those liars, specially a self styled so called researcher and reportedly a melon grower, who has since been trying to spread lies on this great site, for reasons best known to him, about our country mentioning how we treat our women here ! Hope, he would now feel like reading more about this country and its people in stead of indulging in calling someone names on this great site in a most indecent manner!!
A total of 10 people in as many categories have been named in the list with Wasfia earning the prestige in the activist category.
In her profile, the magazine hailed her commitment to empowering women and girls in Bangladesh
She is the second Bangladeshi woman to conquer the Mount Everest. She set foot atop the world's highest peak on May 26, 2012.
She was the first Bangladeshi to summit Aconcagua, South America's highest peak; Denali, North America's highest peak; Mt Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain; and Vinson Massif, Antarctica's highest point.
In 2011, Wasfia, also a social-worker and writer, had taken up the challenge of scaling the highest mountains of each of the seven continents in celebration of 40 years of independence of Bangladesh and women progress. She has successfully completed the mission in six continents
She now plans to summit the seventh -- Oceania's Carstensz Pyramid -- late this month, according to the magazine.
She has recently launched the Ösel Foundation, aimed at educating marginalized young women and getting them into the outdoors.
Source: The Daily Star.
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INSPIRING WORDS
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Posted:Nov 6, 2014 3:14 am
Last Updated:Nov 7, 2014 9:09 pm 5344 Views
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I wish us to be thoughtful and brave like the little bird pictured sitting on the twig !! And like the bird I wish we could believe always in ourselves!
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You Made Me Cry
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Posted:Nov 3, 2014 11:22 pm
Last Updated:Nov 8, 2014 8:32 pm 5332 Views
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Fimour,
You made me cry
With unbearable touch of your love
Intense agony of my doting heart
Stirs up my emotion.
You made me cry.
To meet you beloved
I will go where no one has gone before
To meet you beloved
The rocky trail leading to your place
Will hurt my bare feet.
You made me cry.
My soul is filled with adoring melody
Tears are rolling down from my eyes
Sweetness of tormenting passion
Left me mystified
I know my dear, you will rob all of me
Yet you won't let me free
I am bonded with your love
I am enslaved in your charm
You made me cry.
Original written in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore. titled as ; "Kadale Tumi Moray' Link www.youtube.com/user/sharfulanam
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Some More River Scenes !!
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Posted:Oct 27, 2014 8:40 am
Last Updated:Oct 29, 2014 9:21 pm 5403 Views
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Photo: Abir Tanmoy, Shovon Basak Moon, Mohammad Sarfaraz Hyder, Nazmus Saquib. Kazi Rashid Abdullah, John Stanlake, Md. Mahbub Alam, MD. Naser Shayem. Sohel Ahmed, Mohammad Anamul Haque
Source : The Daily Star
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Beautiful and Mighty Rivers of Bangladesh
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Posted:Oct 23, 2014 4:09 am
Last Updated:Mar 13, 2022 10:39 pm 5173 Views
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My homeland, . Bangladesh is a land of enormous beauty. It is a riverine country, known as a land of rivers. About 700 hundred rivers (including tributaries) flow through this beautiful country The three most important and mighty rivers, the Meghna, the Padma and the Brahmaputra form the Ganges Delta----- the largest on the earth fanning out to the Bay of Bengal.
It is believed that the breathtaking pictures of some of the rivers of Bangladesh posted hereunder would surely enchant the viewers!!
Details of each picture and name of the person who has shot it is also mentioned in sequence!
Free Flight Over the River Naf. . Photo by: Mehedi Hossain Onik
A small jetty on the Shankha River at Thansi, Bandarban. Photo by: Arnab Debnath Nipun
Waiting for passengers to ferry across the Lalkhal River,Sylhet. Photo by :Lutfor Rahman Suman
The Mighty Meghna River at Chandpur. Photo by :Syed Ismail Hossain
A scene of a river flowing through the Hill Tracts. Photo by : Phan Chakma
Working with father at mighty Padma. Photo by : Mofassirul Islam
Beauty of the Padma River. Photo by:: Md. Enamul Kabir. Rony
Crossing the River Someswary by boat at Netrokona.. Photo by: Malku Martin Sangma.
On the Bank of Gorai River.: Photo by Remon Mehedi
Sunset at mighty River Padma. Photo by: Md Enamul Kabir Rony
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