Remembering Bangladesh

It’s the school’s Spring Break for Jayden. He has a whopping 3 weeks of holidays this year! 2 weeks of Spring Break, followed by the Eid Al Fitr holidays. We’re not going anywhere this year, unfortunately, ahem… Gotta save some money for the summer holidays. What to do?


Jatiyo Sriti Soudho (National Martyr’s Memorial), Bangladesh

This time of the year, last year, we were in our India home. At the same time a tragic incident happened in neighbouring Bangladesh. One of Anu’s nephews in Bangladesh whom we just got to know the year before, met with an accident and sadly passed away. We hope his family has healed. God, continue to make the family strong, to strive on as before, to continue to have hope in your kindness and your strength.

To all the Christians out there, have a blessed Good Friday and Easter!


Anu’s rediscovered family in Bangladesh, Hob Nob Café, Banani, Dhaka, Jul 2022 - Hriday, may God bless his soul, is the tall chap in blue on the left. His mother and sister are standing in front of him. Swapan, one of Anu’s long-lost cousins is on the extreme right. Beside him, is his daughter. Swapan’s wife is in the middle standing behind Anu’s aunt. Swapan’s young son is the boy on the extreme left of the photo




More photos of the girls!


And here’re the boys! (No, the aunt doesn’t count)


Jackfruit, the national fruit of Bangladesh! The family brought a whole jackfruit, plus more, for us, to bring away. We politely declined, but we had a jackfruit feast in Dhaka!


Now, how else can you end a meal, if not with paan?! Thank God the Bangladeshis are just as hooked on paan as the people from North-East India (Anu included)

Ending the post with a few random pictures of our short 1 day stay in Bangladesh (thanks to the likes of Al Jazeera Airways and SalamAir – see my post, The Long Way Home Part 1).


The swimming pool of our Dhaka hotel, the Raintree Dhaka






And finally, more of Bangladesh’s National Martyr’s Memorial