OSCH

Sender:  Md. Mahadi Hasan Jony Senders Location:  Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver:  Zidan Imtiaz Receiver Location:  Glasgow, UK Translation: Dear Zidane Imtiaz First, take a lot of love. Hope you are doing very well. In the new year, you are moving forward by arranging everything anew. What I will share with you today is the experience of a long trip on my bicycle a few days ago. In winter, when I get a break between studies, going somewhere on a bicycle is like an addiction to me. Since my varsity life will end this year, I thought I could go somewhere far away for the last time this winter. Then I and a friend of mine decided to go on a long bike tour from Rajshahi to Kushtia. On January 9, 2023. We set out on a foggy morning. We started the journey with a thrilling feeling. Goal Kushtia. We have 100+ kilometers to cover, which is more than any of our previous bike tours. That's why both doubt and enthusiasm were working in my mind. Can I reach there at all? This su...

Sender:  Minhazul Islam Senders Location: Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver:  Nahian Iftekhar Receiver Location: Glasgow, UK Translation:  Dear Nahiyan, I feel like writing to you today so here I’m with a pen and paper. When I’m writing this letter, a river which was my childhood love, is dying in front of me without any care. This is the river that painted my childhood with colors.  It's hard to match that river now with the one in front of my eyes today. When I was in the second grade, I went to an aunt’s place with my grandpa. After a while when we passed a kilometer or two, I found the sky is just white in front of us; not blue anymore. Looking into the skyline, my curious mind was wondering; isn’t there a tree or anything in front of us? The three-wheeler rickshaw was moving forward, and I felt that I am coming closer to that barren skyline. All of a sudden a banyan tree surrounded by a group of people appeared in front of us. The rickshaw bell rang, and I not...

Sender:  Nabil Hasan Senders Location:  Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver:  Rehaan Syed Receiver Location:  Glasgow, UK Translation:  Dear Friend,                I am Nabil Hasan, living in Rajshahi. Rajshahi is a district in the Northern part of the country. It's a very neat and clean city. It is quite cold in the winter, and some serious heatwaves can be felt in the Summer. Even though I was excited about writing this letter for the past few days, I couldn't do it as my final examinations are going on. So, here I am writing the letter as I found a break in the exams.       Though I am a student of Civil Engineering, I find comfort in working with different types of people. And that feeling has led me to join the “OSCH'' project. A tempting promise of knowing and understanding historical architectural establishments, figuring out how we got to today’s world through change, development, and refinement, and ...

                                                                                   Sender:  Maesha Marium Senders Location:  Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver:  Tazra Khan Receiver Location:  Glasgow, UK Translation: 21.02.2023 Rajshahi Dear Pen-friend, I've been planning to write to you as a part of the 'letter-writing' activity of the OSCH project for a while now, but I just couldn't find the time. I wanted to write to you about an archeological site in my hometown, Rajshahi. But I couldn't visit the place due to being extremely busy with my studies and music. So I thought, why not tell you about one of my favorite events since childhood? It also happens to be a cultural heritage of this city. It's Rother Mela, which loosel...

    Sender:  Ali Hase Al-Amin (Mahi) Senders Location:  Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver:  Aryan Kamal Receiver Location:  Glasgow, UK Translation:  Dear Ariyan, How are you? Hope you are well. Today I am writing to you for the first time. I am Al-Amin Mahi. I am from Rajshahi, Bangladesh. I am studying here at a private University. According to reports Rajshahi is the cleanest city in our country. Numerous historical sites in our city illustrate its evolution. Today I will write you about one such place. "Borokuthi" is the oldest erection in the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh. I am writing this letter right next to it. The construction period of this building can not be determined precisely, but according to various sources it's believed to be the first half of the 18 th century. It was initially a trading center for the Dutch. In the early 19 th century the Dutch decided to wind down their activities in India and in 1814 signed an agreement with the Br...

    Sender:  Sarifa islam satu Senders Location:  Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver:  Sadiya Taher Receiver Location:  Glasgow, UK Satu wrote this letter to Sadiya sometime during February of 2023 sharing her experience of  visiting "Shat Gombuj Mashjid" in Bagerhat, Bangladesh Translation:  Dear Friend, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Sarifa Islam Satu. Recently I graduated from the University of Rajshahi. I am originally from Khulna but currently living in Rajshahi for the last six years. Today, I wish to share a memorable experience I had at the Shat Gombuj Masjid (Sixty Dome Mosque) in 2010. Although I had visited the mosque several times before, this particular visit stands out in my memory. My youngest uncle from my mother's side was visiting us and expressed a desire to see the mosque. My father thought it would be a perfect opportunity to make it a family trip since we had none for a while. So, our whole family set off for Bager...

Sender: Samsad Jahan Senders Location: Rajshahi, Bangladesh Receiver: Suad Khan Receiver Location: Glasgow, UK  Translation:  Dear,   Hope you are well. When I was a child and just started to write one or two words, my mother used to send my writing of broken words as letters to my maternal grandfather and grandmother. Mother used to mention in the letter, “Father, Jahan has learned to write. I am sending you her handwriting.” I heard these from my father. I never actually wrote a letter before or never felt the need as you may say. Today I am writing to you. I went to Sirajganj a few days ago. I will write about the experience of that journey. It will not do justice if I call it a mere experience of a journey. Rather it is a walk down memory lane, visiting the change of the place where I spent days of my childhood, where I grew up.   Sirajganj highway is frequently used for commuting. But I have never stopped there in the past 13 years. I got the chance to live ...