Write to the editor @newagebd.com Main Page « Front Page « Metro « Business « International « Sports « National « Editorial « Op-Ed « Home « Timeout « Letters « Others Archive « Launch Supplement «   February 25-March 3, 2005   On the cover Ekushey under siege? It’s a new world out there. Closer to home, it’s a new Bangladesh back here. Remember that Orwellian nightmare in 1984? The one where you live a life that is no longer of your own making; you stand in front of the mirror, looking at that face staring back with suspicion. Well, two decades too late, in 2005, I had that eerie, recurrent feeling that I was being watched. As I leaned on the barbed-wired, metal barrier, and looked at the Shaheed Minar — our Shaheed Minar — brightly lit as a day, the red-white-green alpana adoring the steps, I was sad... Hussaini Dalan, Religion & history intertwined Old Dhaka may conjure up images of crammed humanity, narrow roads and jumbles of unplanned structures but this is also the place where traditions of the city dating back to hundreds of years have their roots. As we look at a historic structure from the Mughal period, we create a link between history and the present day ritual of Muharram... writes NS Nisha... The Shakespeare Club You would hardly think William Shakespeare to be neglected or forgotten, considering how often to be or not to be is the question, or how green with envy we can be of each other. Any shop that pertains to being a bookstore sells his plays for a few hundred bucks and though Shakespeare usually connotes to English literature of the 16th century, readers still pick up his works... Live and let live The Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted in most deaths in the shortest span of time and the after affects continued to kill more in the later years. As a surviving victim of the bomb recounts his traumatic experience, he holds out the olive branch to Abul Kalam Azad saying that peace is best... It’s not just four wheels! Whether we accept it or not, the car will always be the ultimate fascination object for men and if I may be bold enough to say, to elicit the ‘wow’ look from women. The fairer sex may denounce the power the machine on four wheels can have on them, but, one wonders about the number of women who do not experience a rush in front of a Porsche or a BMW. The funny thing is that, the society almost always looks at a person driving a nice car in a different perspective... Also Travels through arrogance country When the presidents were children Spicy extravagance! Another quickie from Maggi Pricey but worth it!   COPYRIGHT © NEW AGE 2005 Mailing address Holiday Building, 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. Phone 880-2-8114145, 8118567, 8113297 Fax 880-2-8112247 Email xtra@newagebd.com Web Designer Zahirul Islam Mamoon