It will be a rare person who can claim immunity to the pains and pleasures that poetry can bring, be that in the form of lyrics or poems, sung or orated. Words are what we as people can use to express ourselves, in sadness, in love, and in mourning.
Though the day of Ashura, the 10th of Muharram and the first month of the Islamic calendar, is related to many events of historical significance...
Abul Hasnat, an aristocrat, was a generous host. For example, when he invited Ahmed Hasan Dani - historian and curator at Dhaka Museum (now Bangladesh National Museum) - he treated him with a lavish meal extravagant enough to match those of the culinary antiquities of the Nawabs of Dhaka.
Imambara (a.k.a. imambargah, hussainia or ashurkhana) basically means 'house of imam', referring to the imams of Islam who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of our religion. Essentially, an imambara is a house of mourning for those imams.
It will be a rare person who can claim immunity to the pains and pleasures that poetry can bring, be that in the form of lyrics or poems, sung or orated. Words are what we as people can use to express ourselves, in sadness, in love, and in mourning.
Though the day of Ashura, the 10th of Muharram and the first month of the Islamic calendar, is related to many events of historical significance...
Abul Hasnat, an aristocrat, was a generous host. For example, when he invited Ahmed Hasan Dani - historian and curator at Dhaka Museum (now Bangladesh National Museum) - he treated him with a lavish meal extravagant enough to match those of the culinary antiquities of the Nawabs of Dhaka.
Imambara (a.k.a. imambargah, hussainia or ashurkhana) basically means 'house of imam', referring to the imams of Islam who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of our religion. Essentially, an imambara is a house of mourning for those imams.
