A New Beginning: Lessons from Nelson Mandela
We must be vigilant so that Hasina-style misrule can visit our land never again.
Of professors and publications
The non-involvement of professors in significant research and scholarship has far-reaching consequences. It negatively affects the quality of instruction they…
Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade
Time has not forgiven him for his racist and imperialist views
Literary antisemitism: Dickens, Dahl and Zionist genocides
It can be said with some degree of certainty that by committing genocides against indigenous Palestinians in the name of…
The charade: Bangladesh’s 2024 election
The Charade provides an account of how the absence of people’s right to choose their government has contributed to the…
Yunus affair and robbing a nation of its pride
Bangladeshis beam with pride when they see international honours profusely showered upon Muhammad Yunus. Sadly, while he is highly respected…
A country drifting into political paralysis
Ali Riaz uses the Introduction to foreground the book's basic premise and appeals to readers' conscience by stating that the…
Is Iraq invasion US’s only mistake?
In our home (Bangladesh), the US perhaps committed the stupidest and most bizarre blunder of all. The US embassy, along…
Rokeya’s relevance to Palestinian feminism
Rokeya's central interest was not the promotion of the rights of women. She was concerned about issues even larger than…
Bangladesh’s political climate and relations with the US
I am not a great fan of US foreign policy. But, in the context of Bangladesh’s relations with the superpower,…
