Comments on: French Disconnection in Bangladesh http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Inspector Clouseau in Dhaka at imperfect | world | 2007 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-82799 Inspector Clouseau in Dhaka at imperfect | world | 2007 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:38:26 +0000 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-82799 [...] Ah yes the bumbling and incompetent Inspector Clouseau must  have been in charge of the precious bits and pieces at Zia Airport the other day when the nation’s heritage was under the care of Air France. Two priceless pieces have gone walkies. And the rest have been returned to the national museum as the powers that be finally resolved to not send the stuff to the Guimet in Paris. As I said in an earlier post, this  whole thing  at the Guimet  lacked process even apparently the final decision to send them according to the New Nation. [...] […] Ah yes the bumbling and incompetent Inspector Clouseau must  have been in charge of the precious bits and pieces at Zia Airport the other day when the nation’s heritage was under the care of Air France. Two priceless pieces have gone walkies. And the rest have been returned to the national museum as the powers that be finally resolved to not send the stuff to the Guimet in Paris. As I said in an earlier post, this  whole thing  at the Guimet  lacked process even apparently the final decision to send them according to the New Nation. […]

]]> By: Bhudevi http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-75016 Bhudevi Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:19:45 +0000 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-75016 For my comments, go to http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/10/01/museum.-statues-denied-travel/ For my comments, go to
http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/10/01/museum.-statues-denied-travel/

]]> By: sr http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74886 sr Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:45:33 +0000 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74886 That Yuri is clearly a nut. I never bought into his fanciful ideas as several people here will testify! And my response to you above. But process...I am all for! That Yuri is clearly a nut. I never bought into his fanciful ideas as several people here will testify! And my response to you above. But process…I am all for!

]]> By: Asif http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74842 Asif Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:12:52 +0000 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74842 " ‘Our primary concern is the security of such a large entourage,’ says M A Kamal Yuree, the coordinator of Jatiya Pratnasampad Raksha Parishad. ‘France is the capital of arts and in case these artefacts are copied over there and we are sent back the replicas, we will never be able to tell the difference.’ ... ‘Our government should not allow this to happen,’ he adds. ‘Would the French ever allow the Mona Lisa outside the country?’ he asks. " Is this the best Yuree Shaheb could do? You got to be kidding me! Even you got bought into this? How many countries Mona Lisa travelled? Someone who does not have that much knowledge on how exhibition agreement work between different museums is our head honcho in a so called national committee? read this piece by bonbibi http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/10/01/museum-statues-denied-travel/ Indeed, this is one of those cringing moments that she describes. What a waste of an opportunity! ” ‘Our primary concern is the security of such a large entourage,’ says M A Kamal Yuree, the coordinator of Jatiya Pratnasampad Raksha Parishad. ‘France is the capital of arts and in case these artefacts are copied over there and we are sent back the replicas, we will never be able to tell the difference.’
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‘Our government should not allow this to happen,’ he adds. ‘Would the French ever allow the Mona Lisa outside the country?’ he asks.
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Is this the best Yuree Shaheb could do? You got to be kidding me! Even you got bought into this? How many countries Mona Lisa travelled? Someone who does not have that much knowledge on how exhibition agreement work between different museums is our head honcho in a so called national committee?

read this piece by bonbibi

http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/10/01/museum-statues-denied-travel/

Indeed, this is one of those cringing moments that she describes. What a waste of an opportunity!

]]> By: sr http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74840 sr Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:42:27 +0000 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74840 Asif, seems there a lot of hot heads jumping up and down on this issue. And a lot of suspect characters on both sides. It seems a bloody awful shame if these things cant be shown in Paris. There have been press conferences held by both sides, and it seems you and I have mates on both sides of this thing. Read this thing for a bit of the flavour http://www.newagebd.com/2007/sep/07/sep07/xtra_cover.html Asif, seems there a lot of hot heads jumping up and down on this issue. And a lot of suspect characters on both sides. It seems a bloody awful shame if these things cant be shown in Paris.

There have been press conferences held by both sides, and it seems you and I have mates on both sides of this thing.

Read this thing for a bit of the flavour

http://www.newagebd.com/2007/sep/07/sep07/xtra_cover.html

]]> By: Asif http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74839 Asif Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:47:21 +0000 http://shafiur.i-edit.net/?p=718#comment-74839 <i> Various Bangladeshi cultural activists and intellectuals were alerted to the lack of process and procedure in the shipment of these objects, lack of accountability, and deficiency in the sums insured. They took the matter to court and there is now a 2 month stay order on these objects (scheduled to be shown in Paris in less than a month)! </i> Can you please highlight what were the irregularities?
Various Bangladeshi cultural activists and intellectuals were alerted to the lack of process and procedure in the shipment of these objects, lack of accountability, and deficiency in the sums insured. They took the matter to court and there is now a 2 month stay order on these objects (scheduled to be shown in Paris in less than a month)!

Can you please highlight what were the irregularities?

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