WORLD SPACE WEEK-2005 CELEBRATED AT ENAYETPUR

The biggest Show of the World Space Week-2005 was held at Enayetpur a tiny village under Sirajganj district about 80 miles northwest of Dhaka. on the morning of October 6, over the embankment built over the river Jamuna extending about half a kilometer from the village. It was an ideal place where sunny weather and gentle breeze blowing from the vast sparse of the river kept the audience happy. It was participated by 19 Schools and 1 College situated in the villages, viz : 1. Enayetpur High School, Enayetpur. 2. Meherunnessa Girls School, Enayetpur. 3. Kisholoy Kindergarten, Enayetpur 4. ICL School, Enayetpur 5. Maizgram Primary School, Enayetpur 6. Kabatunnessa Kindergarten, Enayetpur 7. Enayetpur Primary School, Enayetpur 8. Mohanpur Primary School, Khokshabari 9. Dhuliabari Primary School, Gopalpur 10. Gopalpur Primary School, Gopalpur 11. New Life Model School, Gopalpur 12. Betil Primary School, Khamargaon 13. Imperial Pre-Cadet School, Goprekhi 14. Azugara High School, Azugara 15. Khukni Multipurpose High School, Khukni 16. Adarsha Shishu Academy, Rupnai 17. Sthal Pakrashi High School, Rupshi 18. Ahsannagar Primary School, Gopalpur 19. Gaberpara Primary School, Khokshabari 20. Khamargaon College, Khamargaon The Meeting was scheduled to start at 10 am. Being the first day of Ramadan, the organizers of WSW-2005 anticipated scanty attendance of the audience in this event but within 9.30 am the entire area was packed up with students, teachers and Space enthusiasts and more groups of students and people were converging into the meeting place. It was a deluge of space enthusiasts beyond the comprehension of the organizers so they had to declare the Meeting closed within 30 minutes with apprehension that the such a huge gathering of crowd might create stampede risking the lives of the young children attending to it. During the short span of Meeting, among those who had delivered their lectures were Mr. Abdul Matin, Assistant Head Master, Enayetpur High School, Mr. Badal Chandra Roy, Head Master Meherunnessa Girls School, Mr. Ahmed Mustafa Khan, Chairman, Kisholoya Kindergarten School, Mr. F. R. Sarker, General Secretary, Bangladesh Astronomical Society and National Coordinator for World Space Week in Bangladesh, Mr. Saidul Islam, Mr. Wahiduzzaman Wahid, Mosharraf Khan, Members of the Society. After the Meeting, a big colourful Rally marched past the main roads of the village where thousands of students and ordinary people had participated. The function ended peacefully and the people of the entire village found it as an unusual event but enjoyed with great joys and spontaneous gaiety. Lots of people who were still on the way moving towards the meeting place were shocked for failing to attend this unique and unprecedented event in this remote corner of the country. However, the organizers are tempted and encouraged by the deluge of the enthusiasts attending their event and they are now preparing to arrange a " Space Fair " at Enayetpur in near future to show to the world community that there are some crazy people around this remote corner of the globe who love Space from the core of their hearts.