Cultura Adviser

Farooki welcomes move to honour Lalon, calls for wider cultural recognition

Filmmaker and Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has praised the government’s decision to elevate Lalon Shah’s death anniversary to a “Category A” national day, calling it the first step towards dismantling a long history of intellectual colonisation.

August 28, 2025
August 28, 2025

Farooki welcomes move to honour Lalon, calls for wider cultural recognition

Filmmaker and Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has praised the government’s decision to elevate Lalon Shah’s death anniversary to a “Category A” national day, calling it the first step towards dismantling a long history of intellectual colonisation.