Global Experiences

Sharing for better understanding By Shahjahan Siraj/ Machizo

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Tazia and Ashura


The Ashura have been observed with highest dignity by the Bangladeshi Muslim along with another Muslim countries. This national holiday, the Muslim community in Dhaka, particularly in the old Dhaka and Muhammedpur observed with huge gathering in sad rally, known as Tazia. 10 Muharram, the first month of the Hijri calendar is the anniversary of the death of Imam Husain, the Prophet's grandson, at Karbala.

Saturday, September 01, 2007

UnnayanTV has been launched


UnnayanTV - an Educational and Development Web TV, is the Bangladesh first online video channel which will publish regularly video contents on development, human rights and educational issues of Bangladesh. It is an alternative initiative against the commercial gaint media. The Bangla word "Unnayan" is stand for "Development" ie. "Development of human life and civilization"

However UnnayanTV will profoundly produce and feature video contents on grassroots reality, cultural spirit, environment, marginalised community, development success story, indigenous ways, human rights, alternative initiatives and promising leadership.

Multimedia local content producing, advocacy to peoples rights and promoting majority peoples stories with innovative journalistic approach are the main mission of UnnayanTV. It will focus to feature the unreported Bangladesh and will create space for marginalized community particularly grassroots poor to express their voice, experience and stories. UnnyanTV’s vision to make Bangladeshi grassroots people as "internet hero`.

UnnayanTV is open for making partnership and collaboration with national and international development organisations and creative individuals who are committed to develop the present scenarios.

UnnayanTV a non for profit project of Machizo, social entrepreneur multimedia and communication organisation in Bangladesh. The ideas was started from UnnayanNews initiative, a Panos funded initiative.

Saturday, January 13, 2007

King of people


I am impressed to see the love of peoples to the Thai King. People respect him and his ministry without question. He also invested his all effort centering on people and become the longest ruling monarch in the world. On the eve of King Bhumibol Adulyadej 60th birth day places with heart as like as a god. His Majesty has truly won the heart of his people! I saw in billboard, gate, traffic island, avenues event in the personal room king portrait. I was Thailand from 06-11 January, 2007; I saw the great mode of Royal Kingship both in city terrific and meditative rural life.

More info at: http://www.bangkokpost.net/60yrsthrone/

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

One Jabani

Coronet is my son, was born in Japan. As he is by born Japanese but living and growing in Bangladesh. I and my wife say him “ Jabani”, not Japani nor Bangladeshi. His always smiling face, and wants to use computer. Even though he can not seek word < just sound> but dance with Bangla song. CDROM player is favorite tools more than key board. When keyboard can not control the CDROM, he become angry and change continuously the CD/DVD. We are very worried as, my destroy official CDs. Two months before he destroyed one laptop by his too much beating as that could not control the CDROM . His web log address is http://corophoto.seesaa.net/

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Hospitality mind

My wife is a Japanese nationality, sent me a guideline to be an "Ideal Personality". After receive this mail, I am impressed and read for practice. I don't know this guideline whole life I could follow or not, but touched my life mission:

「HOSPITALITY MIND」is:

「H」:Hearty       誠心誠意である
「O」:Original      創造性がある
「S」:Self-controllable  セルフコントロールが出来る
「P」:Polite       丁寧である
「I」:Identical      仲間として受け入れられる
「T」:Thoughtful     思いやりがある
「A」:Attractive     魅力的である
「L」:Liberal       自由な発想が出来る
「I」:Impressive     感動を与えることが出来る
「T」:Thankful      感謝の気持ちを表すことが出来る
「Y」:Youthful      気持ちがハツラツとしている

「M」:Mannerly      作法をわきまえている
「I」:Interested     好奇心がある
「N」:Neutral       中庸である
「D」:Delightful     相手を愉快にすることが出来る

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

ICT justice in Japan

Japan is the highest cellphone user country of the world. Japanese women don’t passocon ( local terminology of laptop ) but almost cent percents have own car and cellphone which becomes the alternative of computer. All modes’ mobile has SMS, e.mail, browsing, download and accounting essential facilities. Use of local content, emicon and decorated fashion particularly by young girl with different cartoon characters are the specialty of Nippon’s mobile culture. By empowering the information here women are equal, and some case active more than men in democratic participation, business, innovations social activities along with the family works.

In rural Japan still now telephone, TV is the powerful ICTs. Radio generally used to enjoy song in car. Beyond the entertainment nature, TV regularly provides every citizen life information with issues based programs which produced with step by step presentation combine with designed text, graphics, animation and video. There is no gender gap; women drive, cultivate and work whole day as like as men. In bank, post office, library and government offices interactive touch screen technology is popular for online services. There is no difference in rights and reality between men and women. This development success is the resultant of women’s access to information and social participation.

Monday, July 11, 2005

NHK Multimedia

As I know the NHK TV network is the most successful multimedia initiatives in the world. It regularly broadcasts every life, problems and news combine with video, audio, animation, text, graphics and characters to make easier the complex information and matters to nationwide general problem by local language. How effectively the old ICT , TV network can play important role – I have understand this time in Japan by my six months practical experiences. Even though I can not understand the Japanese all but whole matters I understand from NHK’s multimedia presentation. I have checked in villagers also, they know update information about essential matters < terrorists’ attack in London also >. When I asked, from where you learn; they say NHK terivi. My Japanese sensei ( teacher ) say, “I have learned vast things from NHK more than my university. It gives me all latest information from Iraq war to stomach problems, cooking to space knowledge…”. NHK is a great example to give the ownership of modern information and technology to the majority people beyond uni-nature ICT, TV’s entertainment and shallow approaches. The photographs has taken from the NHK program about skin and bloods vessels problems and prevention.

More info at http://www.nhk.or.jp ; http://www.nhk.or.jp/english