To celebrate 35 Years of Bangladeshi Independence, Human Rights Organisation Drishtipat are hosting an evening of festivities including a reading by acclaimed new author Tahmima Anam from her book A Golden Age and musical performance by the exciting folk and blues band Parapar next week.

A Golden Age, a novel by Tahmima Anam, tells the story of Rehana Haque, who awakes one March morning, preparing to throw a party, but none of the guests at Rehana’s party can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow in East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war.

Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1975 and grew up in Paris, Bangkok, and New York City and comes from a family of writers. Her grandfather was a famous political satirist whose books are part of the national school curriculum in Bangladesh; her father, Mahfuz Anam, edits Bangladesh’s largest English-language daily newspaper.

Parapar is a band with members in Kolkata and London. Their music is built around the voice of singer-songwriter Moushumi Bhowmik and draws its repertoire both from Moushumi’s own compositions and the rich folk heritage of Bengal.
23rd of March at 5.45pm at the Brady Centre, Hanbury Street, London, E1.