Monthly Archives: April 2008

Our Inheritances

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 29, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews rahnuma ahmed Different Islamic organizations stage a procession outside the National Mosque protesting against equal inheritance rights of women. Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14 2008. © Munir uz Zaman/DrikNews ‘NO, I don’t care about the women’s development policy. … Continue reading →

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Politics is the price of rice…

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 14, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed Bhat dey haramjada (Give rice, you bastard) — screamed the graffiti on a wall. It had stunned pedestrians in Dhaka. This was 1974. In early March, six months before the famine had reached its peak, … Continue reading →

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Flowers on a Grave

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 11, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews He had been quietly playing by himself as his grandmother talked to the strangers. But we had made eye contact. He wanted to make friends, and a smile spread over his face as I approached. Suddenly he … Continue reading →

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The War That Time Forgot

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 10, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The Bangladesh war was one of the 20th century’s bloodiest, yet outside the region, little is known about it. Now, 37 years on, an exhibition records the painful birth of a nation. Tahmima Anam report Victorious Muktis … Continue reading →

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