Monthly Archives: April 2010

The `Mad Dog’ in the Middle East

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 26, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed What Dr Alan Sabrosky has done is bell the cat. Except that it’s a dog, and not a cat.One that’s utterly mad. Insane. In the words of late General Moshe Dayan, who went on to become Israel’s … Continue reading →

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Salt Water Tears

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 23, 2010

photography by Munem Wasif text by Francis Hodgson plus an exclusive audio interview about this project, plus another short interviewabout his evolving style as a photographer. Every ecosystem has its fragile balance. That much we have already learnt. Scientists routinely now seek … Continue reading →

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Chhatra League’s Sexual Offences. A Widespread State of Denial

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 19, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed While working on last week’s column, `The Nation, or Chhatra League…?’ (published on Monday, April 12, 2010), I had been in two minds. Should I include sexual offences—aggressive behaviour, molestation, physical assault, violence, rape, asking a buddy … Continue reading →

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The Nation, or Chhatra League…?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 13, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed Apnader kacche desh boro, na Chhatra League boro? If anyone had asked Awami League leaders this question right after the national elections in December 2008, they would have— without a shred of doubt—chorused, desh. Desh. In all … Continue reading →

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Representing ‘Crossfire’: politics, art and photography

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 8, 2010

Shahidul Alam in an interview with New Age by Rahnuma Ahmed Media reports on “Crossfire” exhibition Latest report in Indepndent Shahidul Alam’s exhibition, ‘Crossfire’ (a euphemism for extrajudicial killings by the Rapid Action Battalion), was scheduled to open on March … Continue reading →

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Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bengali sense of victimhood

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 5, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed A cartoon had caught my eye. Published in a Bengali national daily, soon after the recurring incidents of ethnic violence in Rangamati and Khagracchari in February this year, it shows a map of the south-eastern part of … Continue reading →

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