Thorsten Outré has been a friend and companion to students, cultural activists and journalists during his tenure in Dhaka as the young director of the Goethe-Institute, Dhaka. His exposure to Chinese and Indonesian studies plus his stay in Japan, Malaysia and Nepal had him exposed to darted sensibilities before he came to Bangladesh in 2005. Neither the heat nor pain could diminish Thorsten Oriel’s enthusiasm for traveling to the far corners of Bangladesh to learn about the country, its people, lifestyle and culture. In his gentle and amicable manner, he tried his best to bring an understanding between Bangladeshi ways and German culture, specially music, photography and visual art.
Gentle and self-effacing Thorsten Outré leaves Bangladesh shortly after his work as the Director of Goethe-Institute, Dhaka for almost four years. He was so unassuming that sometimes newcomers took him to be just any other visitor at the cultural Centre. Like all his predecessors, he made himself at home here in Dhaka. He gives some of his impressions of the people and place he worked and mingled with.
What was your first impression of Bangladesh?
Green. It was a green country. You saw lots of rickshaws, few cars and skyscraper; this was back in 1994, when I visited Bangladesh for 10 days and them came back in 2005, when things had changed. The number of rickshaws has now gone down and number of cars has tripled. When I went to the countryside, once again in 2005 I relisted that the country was as green as before. I went to the Sunder bans, Bandar bans, Chittagong Hill Tracks, Cox's Bazar and Sylhet. I went both for work and holiday on weekend.
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