Tag Archives: Khaleda Zia

Reflections on Women Development Policy and IOJ’s hartal

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 13, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed Apnader naamte hobe, he said, after I’d mentioned the personal exigencies which led to my two-week absence from these pages. He’s a good friend, a careful and discerning reader of what I write. You … Continue reading →

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`Revenge is sweet!’ The politics of eviction

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 22, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed “…my revenge would be just another part of the same inexorable rite. I have to break that terrible chain.” (Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirit, 1982). But to break the “terrible chain” of vengeance, … Continue reading →

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Elections 2008. Victory, impunity and terror

by admin Posted on January 8, 2009

Rahnuma Ahmed I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.’ — Antonio Gramsci, Marxist theorist, politician, founder of the Italian Communist party Electoral democracy It was a victory for electoral democracy. I was the first one … Continue reading →

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No tax on words

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 27, 2008

Elections are a big thing in Bangladesh. Going back to his village at peak season was an expensive option for my neighourhood fruit seller, Siddique Ali. The election wasn’t so critical in his case, as his candidate was going to … Continue reading →

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Colliding with the State

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 5, 2006

Lisa Botos from the Time Magazine office in Hong Kong, had done most of the hard work. Permissions had been obtained and the protocol arrangements had been made. The shoot was on. Having gone through the security hoop at the … Continue reading →

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A State of Danger

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 1, 2001

The material that follows has been provided by the New Internationalist A STATE OF DANGER This is Shahidul Alam’s inside story, in words and pictures, of the intense struggle against repression which has been raging in Bangladesh, unnoticed by the Western media. … Continue reading →

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