A Story of Hope for the New Year
For the New Year, Let's Travel! brings listeners a story of hope from a place many people consider hopeless -- Bangladesh. This South Asian country is best known for its poverty and its many annual, natural calamities such as floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes and tidal bores. Now it is also home to Nandina General Hospital serving the underprivileged people in the surrounding areas of the village of Nardina near the capital of Dhaka. The founders of the hospital talk about their plans to make this facility a model for health care throughout the country. And we'll hear about the rich culture of
Bangladesh and some, as yet undiscovered, travel adventure spots.
To see more about Nandina General Hospital, click here
Guests
Shamsul Haque
Bangladesh Consul General in New York
Shamsul Haque joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1988. Before taking up his position as the Bangladesh Consul General in New York in September 2007, he served as Bangladesh Consul General in Los Angeles and Director General (MEA) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka. During his diplomatic career spanning over 19 years, Mr. Haque served at various capacities in Bangladesh Missions in Abu Dhabi, Seoul, Singapore and Moscow as well as in Bangladesh Foreign Ministry in Dhaka.
Click here to visit the official website of the Bangladesh Consulate General
Other Notable Bengalis
Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Laureate
Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker and economist, was awarded the Nobel Prize the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize along with the bank he founded Grameen Bank, "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below". Mr. Yunus was the first Bangladeshi to win the Nobel Prize. Mr. Yunus is the author of "Banker to the Poor" and a founding member of Global Elders. To read more about Muhammad click here.
Rabindranath Tagore - Nobel Laureate
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) the great Bengali poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He was the first Asian Nobel laureate. Although he is best known for his poems, he was also a visual artist, philosopher, novelist and composer. Below is an example of one of his poems. To read more about him, click here.
Live of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure, knowing that
thy living touch is upon all my limbs.
I shall ever try to keep all untruths out from my thoughts, knowing
that thou art that truth which has kindled the light of reason in my mind.
I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love
in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the in-most shrine of my heart.
And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions, knowing
it is thy power gives me strength to act.
Want to learn more about Bangladesh?
Check out http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_contents.html
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