Tag Archives: identity

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the Noblest of them all?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 16, 2011

by rahnuma ahmed I’d thought of writing about the Nobel Laureate’s ouster from Grameen Bank last week, but fever intervened. Mine has receded, the government’s however, has not. Their’s is prolonged, one that continues. High state and party functionaries have … Continue reading →

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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part III

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 24, 2010

Rahnuma Ahmed “Investigators within the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration], INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service], and FBI have all told Fox News that to pursue or even suggest Israeli spying…  is considered career suicide.” Carl Cameron, investigative reporter, Fox News Cameron made this … Continue reading →

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Military Ties Unlimited. India and Israel

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 21, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed “Our ties with India don’t have any limitation….” Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister (1997) Ariel Sharon was the first Israeli prime minister to visit India. It was 2003, and the Financial Times, while reporting on the impending … Continue reading →

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Changing their destiny

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 25, 2009

Letter from Bangladesh Intro to film: In Search of the Shade of the Banyan Tree © Shahidul Alam/DrikAV They all have numbers. Jeans tucked into their high-ankled sneakers. They strut through the airport lounge, moving en masse. We work our … 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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Having the Eye

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 1, 2006

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Preface to Drik Calendar 2006 It was a stinker of a letter. Written to an organisation I knew little about. I was angered that World Press Photo (WPP) had little to do with the world and was … Continue reading →

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