[Reader-list] Smell Of Burning Celluloid

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

I returned from a week out of Dhaka to sulphur at the airport.

The paan chewing customs officer who insisted my camera charger was a
"taxable computer part".

The vapors extend to the Film Development Corporation (FDC) where
filmmakers meekly gave in to the Joint Forces' drive against "obscene"
films.

Saha Alam Kiron, general secretary of BFDA, said "task force asked
them to destroy the reels of obscene films and the film producers
responded spontaneously."

Love the smell of na-pailam in the morning...

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