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Thou spoke with a man’s tongue, mananiya Prime Minister!

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 13, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed Honouring Begum Rokeya, the prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Begum Rokeya Padak 2010 programme, Osmani Memorial Auditorium, Dhaka, December 9 2010. Photo: Yasin Kabir joy/focusbangla. crop: Mir Ashfaquzzaman Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, currently the … Continue reading →

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Begum Rokeya is probably turning in her grave..

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 10, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed Today, 9th December 2010, is Begum Rokeya Day We have come a long way since Begum Rokeya chaired the Bengal Women’s Education Conference in 1926, in Kolkata (Calcutta). She began by speaking in her … Continue reading →

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The familial order, not easily undone

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 22, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed The starting-point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is ‘knowing thyself’ as a product of historical process to date, which has deposited in you an infinity of traces, … Continue reading →

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CONVERSATIONS: BEING A WOMAN

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 4, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed [the relationship between class struggle and women’s liberation is] very close. Women were the first to be oppressed, and will be the last to be liberated when class oppression ceases. So the test of … Continue reading →

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she had a dream…

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 9, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed “A lion is stronger than a man, but it does not enable him to dominate the human race. You have neglected the duty you owe to yourselves and you have lost your natural rights by … Continue reading →

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