Last week was the week of Discourse!
Most of the Discourse members worked heart and soul for the development of http://www.muzharulislam.com and the physical archive of Muzharul Islam.

Muzharulislam.com is the official website of the Muzharul Islam Archive, which is physically hosted by the University of Asia Pacific and sponsored by Tanya Karim NR Khan & Associates.

These are merely official talks! Actually development of muzharulislam.com is really a big story to tell. The contribution from lots of students from different architecture schools (UAP, BUET and BRACK), contribution from respected senior architects were overwhelming. Someone did the basic design, few dedicated students worked day and night to compile the real size scanning of the drawings by Muzharul Islam, few people were busy with writing the texts. It was something like a huge workshop where people from different institutions and of different age groups worked together just to keep a single motto in mind “we are working for Muzharul Islam”.
And the unbelievable organizational ability of NR Khan made our efforts coming to a real achievement.

One incident may express the level of our dedication and enthusiasm: Arch. Naushad Ehsanul Haque was assigned to write the English translation of the interview of Muzharul Islam taken by Shamsul Wares. He tried to send us the translation by email. But just before the day of inauguration of muzharulislam.com and the archive (24.12.2005) he was looking for a cyber café from where he could send us the email. But he didn’t get any, when it was 10 at the very night. I told him, ok sir, leave this for tomorrow morning, early in the morning I’ll take that from you and upload it before the inauguration program starts. That night we all were working in Tanya Karim NR Khan’s office ( the Discourse Secretariat ). Naushad Ehsanul Haque and Farhana Sharmin Emu came to the office at around 2 am on the night, to deliver us the work! Few months ago they had their first baby. They left their baby at home on the night and came to give us the writing!

On the 25th muzharulislam.com and the Muzharul Islam Archive was inaugurated by Arch. Muzharul Islam himself at 11am at the Archive premises in the department of Architecture of UAP.
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Have you people really read something on Corbusier from the last 3/4 weeks? If we have not, then start right now and sink inside those papers, if anyone has not those papers, which were provided during, last 3 discourses you may collect all those papers (by paying the Xerox cost!) tomorrow from the discourse table. And thanks to all the members or participants who were in the last week’s discourse. We are willing to see you again this week.

However, Discourse is being held today (15.12.2005).

On: Works of Muzharul Islam, and the working demonstration of www.muzharulislam.com ( The official website on Muzharul Islam’s life and his works, which is going to be launched on 25th December, on the birthday of the honorable person.)

When: everyone is requested to gather at 17:00

Where: Tania Karim -NR Khan and Associates, (Discourse Secretariat), H#35, Apt# C1 (1st floor), R#28 (old), 15 (new), Dhanmondi, Dhaka. (The last building on the left, on the way of Nazrul Institute).

Discourse is being held tomorrow (08.12.2005, Thursday).
It will continue the discussion on Le Corbusier’s work and his life and a slide show of some rare images.

Everyone is invited to attend in the Discourse to experience an enjoyable event of thought and knowledge sharing.

When?
Come within 17:00 to 17:30
Where?
Tania Karim -NR Khan and Associates, (Discourse Secretariat), H#35, Apt# C1 (1st floor), R#28 (old), 15 (new), Dhanmondi, Dhaka. (The last building on the left, on the way of Nazrul Institute).

If there’s no hazard on the coming Thursday (08.12.2005), then discourse will be held this week.
So snatch some hours form your Thursday schedule to attend the ultimate gathering of knowledge sharing.
When?
Come within 17:00 to 17:30
Where?
Tania Karim -NR Khan and Associates, (Discourse Secretariat), H#35, Apt# C1 (1st floor), R#28 (old), 15 (new), Dhanmondi, Dhaka. (The last building on the left, on the way of Nazrul Institute).

(Detail of this discourse or any other update may appear successively… keep looking for latest updates)