A very good day to you, Bristi! Hope you are keeping well. Thank you so much for taking some time off from your busy schedule to answer a few questions about your journey!
Overcoming the Odds is a blog series brought to you by volunteer writer Nafisa Islam from IYAP Bangladesh. This series aims at exploring and sharing the inspiring stories of famous personalities in Bangladesh, who have overcome several mental health related struggles in their early life and emerged successful after walking along the path of their […]
Sohel Arman is a Bangladeshi film director, a script writer and a producer. This is a motivational moment with him.
Overcoming the Odds is a blog series brought to you by volunteer writer Nafisa Islam from IYAP Bangladesh. This series aims at exploring and sharing the inspiring stories of famous personalities in Bangladesh, who have overcome several mental health related struggles in their early life and emerged successful after walking along the path of their passions and dreams with courage and determination.
Farhana Khan is an IT business analyst at eGeneration, a freelance recruiter and a founder of Farhana’s Brainstation. She is also engaged with a lot of volunteer work. Farhana has just completed her BSc in Computer Science from Southeast University, Bangladesh. From an early age this girl was interested in volunteer work. She is a modern thinker but also believes in good values given by our ancestors. This incredible girl enjoys team work, tries to have a positive outlook of life, and takes everything that comes her way as an opportunity to become a better person.
My name is Manisha Akhter. I am currently studying music at Dhaka University of Dhaka .Besides, I am an entrepreneur, working on sarees and grocery items. Everyone wants to be self-reliant, but people from middle-class families seem to desire financial independence at an earlier age. So I always wanted to do something out of the desire to be self-reliant. I used to notice that the seniors from my university operating small businesses on their own and that’s when me and my roommate dreamt of setting up such a business
Mazeda Yasmin is a housewife. She got married at the age of 15. So this woman didn’t get enough chances to get higher studies. Mazeda gave all her time to her family for 20 years. Her sister-in-law, Tanzila is also a housewife.
I have been a feminist for longer than my memories go. I was born and raised in a brown family; perhaps a son being born in a middle-class brown family is equivalent to winning a lottery in itself. The journey started when I began to question why.
Tasnuva Anan Shishir has become the first successful transgender news anchor in Bangladesh. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Shishir was seen presenting a regular news bulletin for the first time at a private satellite television channel Boishakhi Television
Farhana Khan is an IT business analyst at eGeneration, a freelance recruiter and a founder of Farhana’s Brainstation. She is also engaged with a lot of volunteer work. Farhana has just completed her BSc in Computer Science from Southeast University, Bangladesh. From an early age this girl was interested in volunteer work. She is a modern thinker but also believes in good values given by our ancestors. This incredible girl enjoys team work, tries to have a positive outlook of life, and takes everything that comes her way as an opportunity to become a better person.
A very good day to you, Bristi! Hope you are keeping well. Thank you so much for taking some time off from your busy schedule to answer a few questions about your journey!
Nafisa Islam
Feb 22, 2022
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