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The Technician in the Establishment: Obama’s America and the World

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 4, 2008

By Vinay Lal Vinay Lal teaches history at the University of California, Los Angeles and is presently with the University of California Education Abroad Programme in India. Courtesy: Economic and Political Weekly Barack Obama is poised to become the 44th … Continue reading →

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Fraud Band

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 9, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews She was mildly self conscious when I asked to photograph her, but a smile soon spread over her face. The telephone had connected her to her husband, a worker in Singapore. Salma, a woman in a village … Continue reading →

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When a Modem Costs More Than a Cow

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 30, 1999

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Bangladesh’s history is that of colonization, oppression and genocide. It is less than thirty years since several million people were killed and many more became refugees in perhaps one of the greatest atrocities of modern times. There … Continue reading →

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When The Mind Says Yes

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 10, 1998

It was in the foothills of the Himalayas that he was born. In a bullock cart amidst a snowstorm. It was in the cold chill of January, in the severest winter in Bangladesh’s memory, that he died. Alone and uncared … Continue reading →

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