Sarail Hounds

I first heard about the Sarail hound - a genuine Bangladeshi product - from Mahboob Zaman, the president of BASIS. We were driving to Sylhet in 2006 for a talk at SUST, and as we passed the road to Sarail, Mahboob Bhai mentioned "Shorail-er kukur," and we had a short discussion.

Later I met Kaiser Amin and learned that he has Sarail hounds. At the prodding of a few other people I decided to dig into it. Kaiser was very hospitable and allowed me ample time and patience with the dogs. His knowledge of the matter is encyclopedic.

Anyways, Sarail hound was the topic of my Tangents column yesterday in the Daily Star.

Here are a couple more photos that did not make it to the newspaper.








btw, if you are looking for past issues of Tangents, all the columns (55) are archived at facebook.com/tangents.ikabir

All Tangents

List of all my Tangents columns so far in the Daily Star:

Mar 19, 2011 Spring in Baldha Garden
Mar 12, 2011 Vehicle Signs
Mar 5, 2011 Larger Than Life
Feb 26, 2011 Praising Brevity
Feb 19, 2011 A Slippery Remedy
Feb 12, 2011 A Day to Remember
Feb 5, 2011 A Passion for Pigeons
Jan 29, 2011 Boi Mela 2010
Jan 22, 2011 Columns from Istanbul
Jan 15, 2011 Renewal at Nimtoli
Jan 8, 2011 Stocks, Alchemy and Sir Isaac Newton
Jan 1, 2010 A Winter's Morning
Dec 25, 2010 My Favourite Trees
Dec 11, 2010 One Morning in Victoria Park
Dec 4, 2010 The Colour of Jhal-Muri
Nov 27, 2010 Manipuri Raash Mela
Nov 20, 2010 The Pleasure of Reading
Nov 13, 2010 My Bhutti Adventure
Nov 6, 2010 Dressmaker to Royalty
Oct 30, 2010 Autumn? Really?
Oct 23, 2010 Have you been Uncle'd?
Oct 16, 2010 Malcolm Gladwell and the Deshi Mother
Oct 9, 2010 Village Rain

More Tangents

Some of my recent columns ("Tangents") in the Daily Star:

Manipuri Raash Mela

The Pleasure of Reading

My Bhutti Adventure

Dressmaker to Royalty

Autumn? Really?

Enjoy!

Two New Tangents

Two more tangents that appeared the last two Saturdays.

Have you been Uncle'd?

Malcolm Gladwell and the Deshi Mother

I hope you enjoy reading them. Feedback and comments are always welcome!

Tangents

Tangents, a weekly column of photo+text, starts on Page 2 today in the Daily Star. By yours truly. Enjoy, and of course feedback is always welcome!