Noor Hossain, with the words "Down with Autocracy" ("hWF17 vM';

however, thc Bangla spelling for is - the misspelling underscoring

raw spontaneity of such expressions) boldly painted in bright white on his bare

chest. was photographed by Dinu Alam on 10 November. 1987. during a

prodemocracy protest in Dhaka. Shortly after, he was shot and killed by

Bangladesh Police.

In recent times, graffiti has resurfaced as a powerful expression of dissent,

particularly during the July uprising. Spray-painted messages—like "The

country is nobody's father's"—invoked the legacy of past movements, echoing

the iconic '•Gonotonfro Mukti Paak" (Let Democracy Be Free), famously

written on the body of protester Noor Hossain during the Ershad regime. Each

stroke of paint carried forward a history of defiance that has shaped

Bangladesh's political landscape, drawing connections between past and present

struggles for justice.