Bangladesh Quotes

“সূরা বনি ইসরাইলে আল্লাহ্‌পাক বলেছেন - 'আমি প্রত্যেক মানুষের ভাগ্য তার গলায় হারের মত পরিয়ে দিয়েছি।'
আমরা সবাই গলায় অদৃশ্য হার নিয়ে ঘুরে বেড়াচ্ছি। কার হার কেমন কেউ জানে না।”
― Humayun Ahmed

“They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug”
― Monica Ali, Brick Lane

“Film is that much powerful to show any negative fact through a very positive way what blows humans mind.”
― Maria Tusar

“Film is that much powerful to show any negative fact through a very positive way.”
― Maria Tusar Filmmaker Bangladesh

“She knew well the history of which they spoke because her father had been a part of it. When the military overseers of Pakistan had refused to allow the winning party in Bangladesh—then East Pakistan—to form a government, her father had put down his textbooks, left the university, and joined the fight. Hundreds of thousands, millions of deaths later, Bangladesh had its independence. His stories had made a deep impact on on Asma as a child. She had resolved to be as brave, only to learn that as a woman she wasn't expected to be.”
― Amy Waldman, The Submission

“The years of disillusion, the long debate of who-belongs-to-who, gathered at the mighty feet of the Bangladesh Liberation War like flood waters rising, gathering thick weeds and crusty dirt and pulling it all in one direction. At times, when the body count was high and the air tasted like bloody ash, the way mass graves smell, Sariyah had wondered what progress was supposed to taste like. Often it tasted like unanswered questions, stuck in the teeth. Bangladesh had given her the true answer, though: progress at its best is home-grown. It should taste like joy – pure, unhindered joy. Like the freshest sun-ripened mango on a tree, a little sunrise in her palm.”
― Katherine Russell, Without Shame

“At the base of her ankle is a deep, ugly scar she got when a car ran over her foot when she was six years old. That was in a small town in Bangladesh. Thus, even today, she hesitates superstitiously before crossing the road, and is painfully shy of walking distances. Her fears make her laughable. The scar is printed on her skin like a radiant star.”
― Amit Chaudhuri, Afternoon Raag

“In Bangladesh, there's a saying that if you get killed by a snake, its destiny... But if you get killed by a tiger, its just bad luck.”
― Guy Delisle, Burma Chronicles

“In 35 years, 50 percent of our population will live in our cities. Most other countries will be in a similar situation. We need to start preparing now to ensure everyone has the opportunity to live meaningful lives, and our cities are places that will allow that to happen.”
― Sir Fazle Hasan Abed