I spotted this picture of an elderly gentleman, which had been spray painted on the temporary fence enclosing a construction site for a large building on Gulshan Avenue, this afternoon while I was stuck in traffic. (There was also another picture of a man of advanced years painted on the same section of fence, but the car moved forward before I was camera-ready). It struck me as an odd choice of adornment for the location, and I was curious.
My driver told me they were famous writers, which made me speculate about the nature of their writings. Left to itself and with nothing better to do, my imagination ran riot with various scenarios. Were they intended to send some kind of political message? Or were they an attempt to inspire patriotic pride in the citizens of the capital? Or were they simply randomly used to beautify the surroundings?
My driver could not provide me with any more details about the writer. I remained intrigued by these gentlemen and I even asked a friend later about them. She reeled off a multitude of names, but did not have any explanation regarding their present location. Sadly but not surprisingly, the names did not remain with me for very long after our conversation, and my curiousity unabated, I came home and worked out how to search for information about a picture on Google images.
I was not successful but all was not lost, as the list of similar images generated here made for entertaining viewing. Of course, I could easily go downstairs to the reception desk in my hotel and ask the staff for a name, but why ruin the fun of a mystery?
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