Why aren’t we doing anything to protect our police force?
When I first came to America, the policemen and women in the country terrified me. They still do. With their pressed blue uniforms, and shiny gold badges, steel black gun attached to the hook of their...
View ArticleDown memory lane: The devils of 1971
The Bangladesh flag is a symbol of what Bangladeshis treasure; it represents the values we cherish beyond measure. Our flag flies high for freedom, bravery, the courage to fight, and sacrifice of one’s...
View ArticleAs Jamaat-e-Islami goes to war, is the AL ready?
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) as expected has declared a war of sort as the verdict dates of the major political leaders accused of war crimes comes closer. The verdict on Bachchu Razakar was a harbinger of the...
View ArticleMedia blackout: Why isn’t the world acknowledging Shahbagh?
When I was a little girl, I always wanted Bangladesh to be ‘famous’. I did not like that whenever I went abroad, and people asked me where I was from, I would have to explain: “Bangladesh, this tiny...
View ArticleWhy Shahbag matters
On the 11th day of the Shahbag Movement, one of its leading activists and blogger was murdered.The Movement, which began as a protest against the International Crime Tribunal’s verdict to sentence war...
View ArticleIslam in Bangladesh: Local practice and identity politics
Richard Eaton in his book Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier 1204-1760, notes that existing theories explaining the rise of Islam in the Bengal Delta, far away from the Arab world, may be reduced to...
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