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I Education System: Opportunity, Conflict & Divide I In Search of Mru I Trajectory of Women Empowerment I I Origin of North Indian Classical Music in Bamboo Flute I Mobile Penetration & The Price-War I I Milk Powder Market Nature in Bangladesh I Cement Market: Top Of Mind Vs Brand Of Choice I

EDUCATION SYSTEM: OPPORTUNITY, CONFLICT & DIVIDE (On-going)

	I Based on: Primary & Secondary Sources I I Period: September 2009 – On-going I Whereas Madrasa education is blamed as the source of extremism, the general education system, other than some exception, produces a mass - unproductive and unskilled. The capable middle class or upper class, scared of falling out in the global corporate era, promotes English Medium education, a system alien to the roots of the land and people – contributing more to the divide. This research looks at the link between opportunity divide and its cause as projected in the Education System, leaving the society vulnerable to different aspects of intolerance, conflict and unrest from present to an uncertain future.

CLIMATE CHANGE: REALITY CHECK GROUND ZERO (On-going)

	I Based on: Primary & Secondary Sources I I Period: February 2009- On-going I Seminars, symposiums, conventions, petitions, rally going around the world with the Copenhagen Summit in focus, whereas the land is merging every day in Bangladesh. Every day new faces are arriving in the cities, adding to the ever growing number of the climate refugees while world goes on mockery. This research looks into the everyday life of the climate refugees arriving in and around different towns and cities of Bangladesh, documenting their journey to create awareness for justice to the injustice of the mankind.

IN SEARCH OF MRU

		I Based on: Primary & Secondary Sources I I Period: February 2007- October 2008 I I Outcome: Used for a documentary film on the Mru community I It was said that the more the civilization approached, the more Mrus moved deeper into the woods. Rajwang, the chronicle of Arakanese Kings, confirms that during the 12th century, two Mru men helped King Da Tha, the Raja of Arakan (1153-1165) to locate the Mahamuni Statue. In the 14th century, Mrus were driven out from Arakan by the Khumis, a powerful tribe of the region at that time. Eventually, the Mru community settled in the Hill Tracts of Bandarban, on the western valley of the Sangu (Shankha) river. Legend says that the ancient Mrus sent a cow to Torai, the great spirit, to seek help when they realized that, other tribes had written language and conventions for living. Torai after setting the rules for the Mru wrote them on banana leaves and sent it with the cow. Unfortunately, the cow ate all the leaves, leaving the Mru helpless. To commemorate this event, Mru celebrates cow sacrificing festival. Solitary, free-spirited and peace-loving, Mru people value their independence above everything, with the yearning to pursue a traditional lifestyle free from domination or exploitation.

TRAJECTORY OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

		I Based on: Mostly Primary & Partly Secondary Sources I I Period: October 2007- January 2008 I I Outcome: Used for a documentary film titled STORIES OF CHANGE I Starting with a 100 pre-selected targets based on secondary sources, this research reaches into a very deeper circle of the 5 final selections, for understanding the trajectory of women empowerment in rural and sub-urban context of Bangladesh. Around the lives of these 5 women aging from 16 to 60, coming from different walks of life, of different profession, religion and regions this research tracks down how these women face life's challenges with confidence and strong belief in their dreams and themselves.

ORIGIN OF NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC IN BAMBOO FLUTE

		I Based on: Mostly Secondary & Partly Primary Sources I I Period: March - April 2006 I I Outcome: Used for website: http://www.barisiddiqui.net I Pandit Pannalal Ghosh is considered as the 'Giver of Flute' to Indian Classical Music, as he was the first to transform a tiny folk instrument to a novel bamboo flute (32 inches long with 7 holes for fingering) suitable for playing traditional Indian classical music. He regarded the "Harmonium Wizard", Khurshid Ahmad Khan, as his first guru, and was fortunate also to have had the blessings and systematic training from the legendary Ustad Allauddin Khan. Khan Sahib is the greatest icon of the North Indian Classical music from Beenkar gharana (clan), and the successor of the brilliance of Mian Tan Sen from the court of Moghul Emperor Akbar.