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India’s secret war in Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 29, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Praveen Swami The Hindu As a grand finale to the victorious role played in the liberation of Bangladesh and to make their final withdrawal, the Indian Army held a farewell parade at the Dacca Stadium on … Continue reading →

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9/11, growing disbelief at US government’s account a decade later…

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 11, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Today, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on New York city’s Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Eleven days after the attack, president Bush, in his address to a joint session … Continue reading →

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Saved by the Sharia

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Islamic Sharia Laws 15 Apr 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com Saved by the Sharia By Dr Mahjabeen Islam The questions in the Pakistani mind centre around the vast difference between an American life and a Pakistani one. There is furore … Continue reading →

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An Assassination’s Long Shadow

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 17, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Adam Hochschild Published: January 16, 2011 in the New York Times TODAY, millions of people on another continent are observing the 50th anniversary of an event few Americans remember, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. A slight, … Continue reading →

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Power from the barrel of a lens

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading →

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Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who provides the best security of them all..?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 25, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed In the aftermath of the `underwear’ bomber incident, an increasing clamour of voices insist that the rest of the world should learn airport security from Israel, and El Al, its national airlines. Their record is impressive, writes … Continue reading →

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In response to `Smoking gun abused for smokescreen’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed As a New Age columnist, I was thinking of writing about the controversy surrounding the Tibet exhibition (Into Exile. Tibet 1949 – 2009, November 1-7) for my next column. My dear Maobadi friend, Tarek Chowdhury’s piece, which … Continue reading →

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China-US Politics over Exhibiting Tibet. In Dhaka

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 22, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed Writer and translator Tarek Omar Chowdhury, a committed Maobadi and a dear friend, was deeply worried. `Of course I do not support what happened, although I must admit I look at it  differently.’ He was referring to … Continue reading →

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`Conspiracy theories.’ Learning from 9/11

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 17, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed The truth is, conspiracies sometimes do occur. Michael Meacher, current Labour MP, former British minister for the environment `Bangladeshis love conspiracy theories’ was a comment I came across in foreign news reports, news analyses and blog talk … Continue reading →

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