ঘোড়সওয়ার তাসমিনার ভাগ্য বদলের অবিশ্বাস্য গল্প || Tasmina The Horse Racer

A documentary was shown in the programme on young girl Tasmina Aktar, a horse racer, who lives in a remote village of Naogaon district. The documentary focused on her life, struggle, and contributions to women empowerment. Her horse riding scene appears to be a movie shot -- an 11-year old girl is riding a speeding horse, flying hair, and passing fields. Horse riding has brought her much popularity not only in the northern part of the country, but among the Mymensingh and Gazipur people. The documentary shows her horse runs past all the contenders, and moves forward. Naogaon, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Pabna are among the districts which arrange horse race in the winter. Tasmina took part in the races for last three years in a row. Nowadays, she wins over her male contenders. Ironically, the prizes she wins do not go to her house, rather to the owner of the horse. Tasmina rides horses of other people in the race, since she has no horse of her own. The documentary on Tasmina was made by Tanha Zafreen. Tasmina and her father Obaidul Mandal were present at the programme. Eminent writer and associate editor of Prothom Alo Anisul Hoque anchored the programme. He recalled Begum Rokeya saying that not only her diction was perfect, her writings also were of versatile topics with world view. Nahid Mahtab, Taslima Akhtar, Maleka Begum, Tanha Zafreen, Obaidul Mandal, Tasmina Aktar and Munira Morshed pose for photograph during the premier of ‘Horse Racer’ in Dhaka on Friday