Vintage Newspapers

One of my fascination is old newspapers. The older the better. Of course the bangla newspapers (or any english ones published from greater india). Recently came across a fantastic website that collected and listed out a lot of newspapers from 1940s to 2000s! That's just a goldmine for someone like me.

So obviously the first thing I did was look for newspapers from my,my sisters and fiances birthday. The frustrating thing is that the bangladeshi headlines are quite often very depressing. Political clashes or murder stares at you right out from the first page. So the idea of collecting the newspaper from your loved ones birthday, is not as fulfilling as it sounds(at least in Bangladesh).

For reference some headlines from the first page of Ittefaq(ইত্তেফাক) from my birthday(11/12/1995) :

হরতালের দ্বিতীয় দিনে বোমাবাজি ভাংচুর ট্রেন চলাচল ব্যাহত 

চট্টগ্রাম মেডিকেলে ছাত্রলীগ-শিবির তুমুল সংঘর্ষ । আহত ৫০। গ্রেফতার ৯২

২০শে ডিসেম্বরের মধ্যে বেআইনী অস্ত্র  ও বিস্ফোরক জমাদান অন্যথায় কঠোর ব্যবস্থা।

Some headlines from the first page of Ittefaq from my fiances birthday:

সংকট ঘনীভূত :  বিরোধী দল সংসদ অধিবেশনে যোগদান হইতে বিরত 

সড়ক দুর্ঘটনায় ৯ জন নিহত। নারায়ণগঞ্জে ট্রাকে আগুন।

Yeah no inspiration or positive vibes anywhere. just chaos and increasing entropy. Vibrant bangladeshi democracy! Anyway I wish I had enough patience to breakdown or research into the exisitng politican landscape during my infancy. Come to think of it, It would be incredible if i could!





Location: RCHC+J4F, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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