The Daily Star Hay Festival Dhaka-2014 Supplement
HEY, HAY! / HEY, HAY!
Hay Fever / Hay Fever
Down the back alleys of remembrance
Accompanied on stage by acclaimed writers Syed Manzoorul Islam, A Qayyum Khan and Kaiser Huq, the launching of Shahzaman Mozumder's new memorandum on 1971, “The Guerrilla”, by Daily Star Books took place in front of a brimming and absorbed crowd composed of literary enthusiasts and history buffs.
TJ Dema
TJ Dema is a Botswana based spoken word artist, writer, columnist and voice over artist. She runs a boutique size arts and performance management organization that seeks to craft new ways of approaching the business of art. She is also a longstanding member of The Live poets, The Writers Association of Botswana (WABO) for which she was Publicity Secretary (2005/07) as well as being a founding member (alumni) of the acclaimed Exodus livepoetry! collective (ELP), who have coordinated Botswana's sole annual poetry festival since 2004.
Salil Tripathi
Born in Bombay, India, SalilTripathi is a writer based in London, currently working on a novel set in Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1990s. He writes journalism on economic, political and cultural issues, and over the last 18 years, he has published nearly 1,000 articles in publications in Asia, Europe and America.
