Works underway to honor living legends: Farooki  - The

Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said the government has taken a plan to honor and celebrate life and works of the country’s living legends. He said this in a facebook post responding to the question raised on the social media why noted writers and artistes would not be honoured during their lifetime. Regarding paying tributes to Language Movement veteran Ahmed Rafiq, the adviser said, “We were in touch with Ahmed Rafiq when he was alive. Our big plan was to honour him. But we could not do this as his physical condition didn’t permit him to attend any outdoor program.” “We have a plan to honour the legends and we will start it from local level and gradually...