The 84th birthday of the Independence Award-winning artist Hashem Khan was observed on Thursday.
To mark the day, Bangladesh Shishu Academy organised an event at its Rokonuzzaman Khan Dadabhai Hall in the capital.
The academy鈥檚 director general Anjir Liton delivered welcome speech while its chairman Lucky Enam presided over the event.聽聽聽聽聽
Writer Sujan Barua, artist Zahid Mustafa, artist
Abhijit Chowdhury, poet Aslam Sani, among others, spoke on Hashem Khan at the event.
The artist also delivered a solo lecture titled Rongtulite Bangladesh on the day.
Children accept new ideas and inventions. Due to lack of inspiration, children in our country do not feel interested in practicing cultural activities, said Hashem Khan, who has drawn the monogram and designed many books of the academy.
Mentioning that arts is not only an entertainment tool but also of protest and struggle, the artist said, 鈥業 enjoy drawing for textbooks because children love to see the landscape.鈥櫬�
Hashem Khan also took part a question-answer session. Child artists of the academy asked him questions about the arts, artists and the history of Bangladeshi arts practice at the event.