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“I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.”

Ifs Wells Looks Littles Young Poet Circles Magazines Banned Calcutta Edited Bangladesh

Author:Taslima Nasrin

“What happened in Pakistan was that people were told: You're all Muslim, so now you're a country. As we saw in 1971 with the Bangladesh secession, the answer to that was: 'Oh no, we're not.'”

People Country Answers Saws Happened Pakistan Bangladesh Secession

Author:Salman Rushdie

“When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.”

Way Care Opportunity India Including Gender Practicals Obsession My Way Health Care Awards Literacy Equity Nobel Bangladesh

Author:Amartya Sen

“I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and India. You learn a whole range of things about how other people are living and try to connect with them to gain an understanding of where they're coming from.”

People World Trying Country Whole Used Understanding Poor Gains India Range Korea Organisation Philippines Bangladesh Poor Countries World Health

Author:Robert Winston

“I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.”

People Ideas Given Poor Money Involved Circumstances No Idea Poor People Get Involved Lending Bangladesh Lending Money

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences.”

America Differences Issues Latin Latin America Cultural Differences Bangladesh Cultural Issues

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“What we are trying to do is to create a social business in Bangladesh, a joint venture to create restaurants for common people. Good, healthy food at affordable prices so that people don't have to opt for food that is unhealthy and unhygienic.”

People Trying Social Common Healthy Restaurants Venture Joints Affordable Unhealthy Bangladesh Healthy Food Social Business Joint Ventures

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“Klaus Wulfenbach: Was my son upset? Bangladesh DuPree: Oh, him? Yeah! He's all set to be a hero and rescue her--and then he finds out he'd need fireplace tongs to get her undressed? Yeah, upset is the word.”

Needs Son Hero Yeah Upset My Son Rescue Bangladesh Fireplaces

Author:Phil Foglio

“Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich”

Rich Blue Skinny Whales Bangladesh Stay Cool

Book:An Abundance of Katherines

Source: An Abundance of Katherines

“We have done some of these in Bangladesh. Whenever I see a problem, I immediately go and create a company. That's what I did all my life.”

Done Problem Company Poverty Bangladesh

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned.”

Should Science Dies Energy Results Environment Office Climate Change Executives Flood Airline Bangladesh

Author:George Monbiot

“Investors want to know how exposed a business is to climate change. The physical risks to Tesco are clear, but could be far-reaching. Freak weather in the past few months has disrupted our supply lines in Hungary, Bangladesh and Korea. Any responsible board of directors should be planning ahead, thinking through these risks, and presenting them in a clear, transparent way”

“I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.”

Fighting Three Five Rights India Threat Bangladesh

Author:Taslima Nasrin

“I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to look only at the good things in life ... As for what lost the most money, probably Virgin Cola. It is still No 1 in Bangladesh though.”

Thinking Looks Stills Lost Difficult Business Mistake Good Things Things In Life Virgins Bangladesh Good Things In Life

Author:Richard Branson

“It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.”

I Can Home Delight Closest Engaging Collaborators Bangladesh Closest Friends

Author:Amartya Sen

“You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got a civilised life to lead? People want economic development first and foremost. The leaders may talk something else. You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.”

“In America time was gold; in Bangladesh, corrugated tin.”

America Gold Tin Bangladesh

Book:The Submission: A Novel

Source: The Submission: A Novel

“Since the start of the Ashes I have had a hectic workload. I've played almost every game, but I'm thinking that after South Africa and the Bangladesh series I can clock off for two or three months. It's like Friday afternoon for a guy who goes to work all week.”

Thinking I Can Two Guy Three Games Week Months Series South Clock Afternoon South Africa Ashes Friday Three Months Bangladesh Hectic Workload Friday Afternoon

Author:Brett Lee

“Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or 4°C. There will be serious risks and increasing pressures for coastal protection in South East Asia (Bangladesh and Vietnam), small islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and large coastal cities, such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Calcutta, Karachi, Buenos Aires, St. Petersburg, New York, Miami and London.”

“I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in 1962. My father is a qualified physician; my mother is a housewife. I have two elder brothers and one younger sister. All of them received a liberal education in schools and colleges.”

Two School Mother Father Born Class Middle College Brother Towns Middle Class Physicians Small Town Elders Qualified Housewife Bangladesh Liberal Education Younger Sister Muslim Family

Author:Taslima Nasrin