People eagerly waiting outside Midas Centre in Dhaka's Dhanmondi ahead of an event to be attended by Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, organized by Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Dhaka TribuneAfter daylong uncertainty, the event is taking place at Midas Centre in DhanmondiAfter daylong uncertainty, the organizers of Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography are finally holding an event attended by Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy at the Midas Centre in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi. “Utmost Everything,” the author’s conversation with eminent photographer Shahidul Alam, was scheduled to be held in Krishibid Institute Auditorium at Farmgate on Tuesday afternoon. Later in the afternoon, authorities at the Midas Centre reportedly cancelled the booking too, citing “unavoidable circumstances” and requested the organizers to secure permission from “the Dhaka metropolitan authority” for the event. After several hours of confusion, it was confirmed that the event will indeed take place at the convention centre of Midas Centre and the people waiting eagerly outside the venue were allowed to enter. Chobi Mela, the first festival of photography in Asia, is one of the ventures initiated by Drik Picture Library Ltd and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 05, 2019 06:13 UTC