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Fervent Plea : India Urges Bangladesh Not To Demolish Iconic Filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s Ancestral Home
Describing the move to demolish the ‘landmark’ building in Mymensingh as a matter of ‘profound regret’, New Delhi also urged Dhaka to convert it into a museum symbolising shared culture of the two countries and pledged to extend cooperation for it.
India has called on Bangladesh to reconsider its decision to demolish the ancestral property of noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray and offered help to preserve the iconic building as it symbolises Bangla cultural ‘renaissance’.
According to PTI, Describing the move to demolish the ‘landmark’ building in Mymensingh as a matter of ‘profound regret’, New Delhi also urged Dhaka to convert it into a museum symbolising shared culture of the two countries and pledged to extend cooperation for it.
The iconic building belonged to the filmmakers’s grandfather, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury, who was also a renowned litterateur.
The reaction by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came following reports that the building is set to be demolished by Bangladeshi authorities.
‘We note with profound regret that the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, belonging to his grandfather and eminent litterateur, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury, is being demolished,’ the MEA said.
It said the property, presently owned by the Bangladesh government, is in a state of ‘disrepair’.