M. Adil Khan is a professor of Development Practice, at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is also former Chief of Socio-Economic Governance and Management Branch of the Division of Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN Secretariat, New York, USA and an Editorial Board Member of the South Asian Journal.
Demanding justice for the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali a month ago. The perpetrators filmed their crime and the clip went viral recently. Photo: Palash Khan By Adil Khan 8 October 2020 I don’t know who drew this rape-map of Bangladesh, but this is telling geography of rape culture which has spread
READ MOREBy Professor M. Adil Khan and Dr. Rebecca E. Olson[i] 4 September 2020 “Social distancing at home was hard — setting guidelines, having separate utensils, no other stuff in the toilet and shower room. Each person has their own basket for toiletries. For two months, not sleeping with [my] spouse and not being able
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — August 26, 2020 If you think that democracy is about ‘government of the people by the people and for the people’, you are dead wrong, not these days. The way democracy has evolved in recent years in both developed as well as in developing countries, it has become more of
READ MOREFile image of Indian and Chinese soldiers jointly marching duirng the New Year 2019 PTI Photo “It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things by M Adil Khan — July 2, 2020 India’s Galwan Debacle Recently, in a gun-less
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — May 8, 2020 For Muslims this is the month Ramadhan, the dawn-to-dusk fasting month, a month which is not merely about fasting but also a reminder to all Muslims of a key obligation of Islam – ‘giving’! For that matter, ‘giving’ as a religious duty is an integral component of
READ MOREM Adil Khan 24 April 2020 As of April 17, 2020COVID 19, a health hazard of unimaginable proportions has infected 2020 1.9 million and killed more than 150000 and counting. However, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer speculates that given that these official numbers are based on those who have been tested and recorded as infected and
READ MOREby M. Adil Khan[ii] 16 April 2020 As of April 15, 2020, there were 1.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections and more than 125000 deaths, worldwide and counting. In this regard, Australia’s Chief Health Officer speculates that given that these numbers cover only the clinically tested and recorded ones and not those who have
READ MOREBy M. Adil Khan* 5 April 2020 Contrary to the common belief that Government of Bangladesh has been least prepared and that its responses to COVID-19 have been ad hoc and impulsive, it is important to note that the government did have an elaborate plan, ‘National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID – 19’, Bangladesh.
READ MOREBy Adil Khan Broadly speaking most Indian Hindus seem to entertain three perceptions vis-à-vis the Indian Muslims – that Muslims are: (i) ‘invaders’ and thus have no place in Hindu India; (ii) ‘scumbags’, liars, cheats and terrorists and thus be shunned; and finally, to some (iii) they are equal citizens and thus be treated accordingly.
READ MOREby M. Adil Khan 19 August 2019 The backdrop On Monday August 5, 2019, Modi government abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that gave special autonomy status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir; and Ladakh. The move has led to mixed reactions in
READ MOREin World — by M Adil Khan — July 22, 2019 Uzbekistan always fascinated me. I always wanted to visit this country for several reasons. This is the country from where Timur Lung, the ‘Emperor of three Continents’, the ancestor (great, great, great grand-father) of Emperor Babar, the founder of Mughal Empire in the Indian-sub-continent came from and ruled. This
READ MOREBy M Adil Khan 16 May 2019 In Bangladesh incidents of loot, plunder, enforced disappearances, breakdown of rule of law, extra-judicial killings, deaths and injuries in road accidents through reckless driving have become parts of daily news. Lately, news of audacious rapes, abductions of girls and women and sexual harassments in almost all parts of
READ MOREThe good news is, in multicultural Australia, the Fraser Annings are on the wane and the Will Connollys are winning, writes Professor Adil Khan. On 15 March, an Australian right-wing extremist went on a shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand where Muslims – men, women and children – gathered for their weekly
READ MORE2 March 2019 M. Adil Khan[1] Whole thing started with Pulwama in Kashmir in Indian Kashmir where a suicide bomber attacked an Indian army convoy and killed 40 soldiers. The incident has happened in the wake of upcoming general election in India which also coincides with Modi’s plummeting popularity that have made some people looking
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