Monthly Archives: March 2007

1971 as I saw it

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 26, 2007

Thirty five year ago, even longer perhaps, just a camera in hand, they had gone out to bring back a fragment of living history. Today, those photographs join them in protest. Peering through the crisp pages of the newly printed … Continue reading →

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Justice for Nurjahan

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 10, 2007

Photographs Shahidul Alam Text Rahnuma Ahmed It was reported in the papers as suicide. On 10 January 1993 Nurjahan, a woman in her twenties from a struggling peasant household from the Maulvi Bazar district of north-east Bangladesh, was found dead … Continue reading →

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