Category Archives: Human rights

While Awami League Fiddles

While the nation mourned for the hundreds killed in the launch disaster. Awami League party members were seen in truck convoys celebrating to band music. Dozens Dead After Ferry Capsizes in Bangladesh By NIKHILA GILL and SRUTHI GOTTIPATI New York … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 14, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Corruption, disasters, Human rights, politics, Poverty, security, Water | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

I Singe The Body Electric

In a house of slamming doors and broken dreams, there are no kisses. Only the confidence of silent curtains. By MEENA KANDASAMY In that strange coastal town-city where it rains every morning, I partake of pain as if it is prayer. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 13, 2012
Posted in culture, exploitation, Human rights, People | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

What does Afghanistan have to do with Vietnam?

Posted by Ethan Casey on March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment SEATTLE – Well, the latest news is that a lone U.S. serviceman has gone on a shooting rampage outside Kandahar and killed at least 16 people. The Los Angeles Times reports: The shooting early Sunday … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 12, 2012
Posted in Capitalism, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Killings, Military, Occupation, politics, USA, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Dignified Intolerance

Creating a diverse and inclusive world is not something that should be debated but embraced By Laurence Boschetto, Draftfcb CEO and president As Black History Month 2012—which carries the theme: “Black Women in American Culture & History” —comes to a close, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 9, 2012
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Part VI Military-installed caretaker govt, or a ‘consortium’ govt?

by rahnuma ahmed Yesterday, I had ended with the words, “there is still hope.” But, of course, hoping doesn’t mean that one daydreams, or fantasises. Or, becomes cynical when things don’t turn out the way one had wished. “Pessimism of … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 3, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Caretaker government, Colonialism, Consortium government, Democracy, Education, Elections, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Law, media, Military, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Resistance, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

‘Jai Bhim Comrade’

A film by Anand Patwardhan The ongoing atrocity of caste. Anand Patwardhan’s new film “Jai Bhim Comrade” took 14 years to complete. Beginning with an incident at Ramabai Colony in Mumbai where 10 Dalits were shot dead by the police in 1997, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 2, 2012
Posted in culture, exploitation, Film, Governance, Human rights, Law, politics, Resistance, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Part II Military-installed caretaker govt, or a ‘consortium’ govt?

by Rahnuma ahmed Speaking on the basis of information available in the public domain, I think it would be fair to say that the intellectual understanding, the political framework, effectivity and inspiration of the shusheel shomaj was largely dependent on … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 29, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, culture, Democracy, Elections, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Media issues, Military, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Resistance, South Asia, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Part I Military-installed caretaker govt, or a ‘consortium’ govt?

By Rahnuma Ahmed As I’d explained in my column published on February 13, 2012,  I’d disappeared from these pages to work on three manuscripts intended for Boi Mela 2012. While they missed the bus — more work needs to be … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 29, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Democracy, Elections, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Military, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Resistance, South Asia, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘We teach life, sir’

By Rafeef Ziadah Today, my body was a TV’d massacre. Today, my body was a TV’d massacre that had to fit into sound-bites and word limits. Today, my body was a TV’d massacre that had to fit into sound-bites and … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 21, 2012
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, culture, Democracy, exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, literature, Media issues, politics, Resistance | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

‘Ikhras’, inspired by Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Malcolm X

By rahnuma ahmed   Ikhras, the Arabic word for “shut up”, is the name of a website http://ikhras.com/ which nominates a House Arab or a House Muslim every month, for having earned the glory of receiving the hurled at shoe, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 20, 2012
Posted in 1971, Colonialism, Human rights, Imperialism, literature, Media issues, Occupation, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, Resistance, war on terror, World | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment