Category Archives: People

Journeying with Mahasveta Devi

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 3, 2012

This is a sequel to an earlier film ‘Journeying with Mahasveta Devi’, and the second in the trilogy being made on the Magsasay Award winning writer-activist made by Drik India. The viewed and the viewer, the act and the response, … Continue reading →

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‘Get Out, Black Animals’: what happened in Tawergha, Libya

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 20, 2012

Media Lens, London, 18 January 2012 One might think that a corporate media system would act independently of the state – there is no formal mechanism of control. But as the ingrained bias sampled above indicates, this often turns out … Continue reading →

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I am going to Die on Monday at 6 15 pm

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 23, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews When Marc Weide’s mother who was 65 was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she chose euthanasia. Here, we publish his shockingly frank diary of her final days Monday February 11 2008 5.30pm: Dad is bent over the toilet … Continue reading →

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By Any Means Necessary?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 19, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arjun Janah By Any Means Necessary? By any means necessary! That was a phrase used by Malcolm X, I believe, for which he was reviled. But we see it in action here, as police check microphones … Continue reading →

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Playing with light in the darkness

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 16, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Ananya Dutta The Hindu Kolkata, November 15, 2011 Twenty-one-year-old Shankar Sarkar is both perturbed and fascinated by the surroundings he grew up in – a red light area in the city. Shankar’s discomfort resulted in him … Continue reading →

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Children’s Art and Children’s Rights

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 29, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Published on Saturday, September 24, 2011 by CommonDreams.org by Claudia Lefko We’ve been here before, confronting this question of children’s art, and why it creates such a stir. I wrote about it in May 2006 when Brandeis … Continue reading →

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9/11 again, responding to readers’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 28, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews 9/11 again, responding to readers’ By rahnuma ahmed My two-part series on 9/11 and the blowback paradigm has elicited considerable response from readers, not, I must add, in the pages of New Age but through e-mails, addressed … Continue reading →

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Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 23, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews PART I Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11? Truth-ers disagree By rahnuma ahmed In last week’s column, `9/11, growing disbelief at US govt’s account a decade later’ (New Age, September 12, 2011),  I’d wanted to write about … Continue reading →

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