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THE UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA: “Oxford of the East” or the “Mecca University?”0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- November 29, 2021
by M. Rashiduzzaman 29 November 2021 The patrons of the University Dhaka (then spelled as Dacca) steered the new institution with Oxford University’s academic model of a residential institution where the students would primarily live in the campus. And that move had strong reasons behind it. It was a rebuff to the Calcutta University’s
READ MOREBollywood Celebrities of Hindutva0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- November 20, 2021
by Bhabani Shankar Nayak 20 November 2021 The Hindi film industry in Bombay has contributed immensely to the growth of peace, solidarity and secular nationalism, and progressive popular culture in India. The actors, directors, singers, artists, producers, and writers of Bollywood have challenged the power and stood behind people and their citizenship rights by upholding
READ MOREViolence against Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in India: a case of state failure in one and state inspired, in another?0
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- November 15, 2021
by M Adil Khan — 15/11/2021 Image of the recent destruction of Hindu Temple in Comilla, Bangladesh. Source: The Free Press Journal Image of destruction of Muslim properties during the 2020 anti-Muslim riot in Delhi, India. Source: Al Jazeera In India, the sectarian violence against the Muslims, a minority (213 million or 15.5% of the population), are
READ MOREMore arrests of opposition activists in Bangladesh suggest the government plans another fake vote next year.0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- November 7, 2021
Towards another rigged election? by David Bergman November 2021 Posters of Awami League candidate Fazle Noor Taposh in the capital city of Dhaka during the 2018 election. Credit: MD Mehedi Hasan/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News Bangladesh is about to move into its election year, and the preoccupation of many observers will soon turn to
READ MOREAfghanistan: The Taliban In The Land Of Oz0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- November 7, 2021
by William Milam 8 November 2021 I often look at real-life current events through the mirror of my childhood memories for the beginnings of wisdom about these events and the beginning of much more complicated analyses by others that guide governments’ policy decisions. These memories can never replace the much more sophisticated
READ MOREUltraconservative triumph puts Pakistan at risk0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- November 4, 2021
Image source en Wikipedia by James M Dorsey 5 November 2021 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have averted for now further violence by caving in to demands of a militant, supremacist religious group. But in doing so, Mr. Khan is allowing radical ultra-conservatism to fester, undermining social cohesion, threatening
READ MOREHome in the World, by Amartya Sen: Book review0
- Commentary, Issue 34 – Spring 2021, Reviews
- October 30, 2021
Allen Lane Publisher`, 2021, Hardcover, 464 pages, Amazon $22.70, ISBN: 978-1-846-14486-8. By Arnold Zeitlin Author Amartya Sen, India’s octogenarian Nobel laureate in economics, takes his readers on a joyful journey through a portion of his long, productive life, with diversions along the way to refresh their general knowledge. For example, his memory as a boy of
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Falling from grace: Burma’s Gandhi defends genocide before the ICJ0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- October 21, 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi before the International Criminal Court in The Hague in December. Koen Van Weel/EPA “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subjected to it.” – Aung San Suu Kyi The humanitarian
READ MOREBook review-India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021, Reviews
- October 13, 2021
Author: Sanjib Baruah Publisher: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999. ISBN-10: 081223491X ISBN-13: 978-0812234916 Paperback $ 25.12 By Unmilan Kalita 13 October 2021 Politics, as a discipline, is marred with theoretical conceptions and critical approaches. Whereas politics as a practise, is conceptualised as a skill of the empirical realm and therefore, is perceived
READ MOREKashmiris Caught Betwixt Bullets!0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- October 13, 2021
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 13 October 2021 What else can be said about the suffering faced by Kashmiris, facing bullets from several sides? Kashmir issue, unfortunately, falls in the bracket of those sensitive as well as controversial issues over which communal frenzy can be aroused among sections in other parts of India. Muslims represent the majority
READ MOREAUKUS, the Quad, China in Sri Lanka, and India’s Security Concerns0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- October 7, 2021
Cartoon by Rebel Pepper (Radio Free Asia) By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera* 8 October 2021 Alliance gives new meaning to political boundaries on physical maps empowering coalitions with political preferences to work together. President Biden does ‘not seek a new Cold War’, clearly expressing at the UNGA and many other leaders are with Biden, including Indian Prime
READ MOREBangladesh: No End to Human Rights Violations: Even Relatives of Dissidents Targeted0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- October 7, 2021
by Ahmad Shihab 7 October 2021 RAB-1 taking Nusrat Shahreen Raka in custody The violation of human rights by the fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh reached a new and ugly height. As the regime cannot reach the political dissidents living abroad, it goes for their innocent relatives in the country. Harassment,
READ MORENeed for emancipating the oblivious land of Afghanistan0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- September 30, 2021
by Vishakha Singh 30 September 2021 On 15th August 2021 Taliban overthrown the Afghan government, re-establishing their regime after the 1990s soon after the deployment of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Ironically, the word ‘Taliban’ stands for “students” in the Pashto language. They are the fundamentalist Islamic group that emerged in 1996 around the Afghan city
READ MOREBook review: The Making of Martyrs in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh: Indira, Bhutto & Mujib0
- Commentary, Issue 35 – Winter 2021
- September 25, 2021
The Making of Martyrs in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh: Indira, Bhutto & Mujib, by Faisal Khosa, Bloomsbury Publishing India, New Delhi, 2021, 219 pages, Hardcover, $20.56. ISBN: 978 93 88630 84 9. by Arnold Zeitlin 25 September 2021 Author Faisal Khosa falls far short of the promise of his title, “The Making of Martyrs”.
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