Tag Archives: Jumma

Land and people. De-colonising the national imagination

By Rahnuma Ahmed I see no reason not to be worried. For we have, over the years, begun mimicking our erstwhile Pakistani rulers when it comes to explaining what went wrong in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The `tribals’ want to … Continue reading

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Ethnically Singular Nationalist Narratives

`Warring factions’ in the CHT By Rahnuma Ahmed In homage to Kalpana Chakma, who is marginal to the Bengali-dominated women’s movement in Bangladesh, which, regardless of its internal differences, is seamlessly united in its collective refusal to critically engage with … Continue reading

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