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Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bengali sense of victimhood

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 5, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed A cartoon had caught my eye. Published in a Bengali national daily, soon after the recurring incidents of ethnic violence in Rangamati and Khagracchari in February this year, it shows a map of the south-eastern part of … Continue reading →

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Land and people. De-colonising the national imagination

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 27, 2010

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

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 11, 2010

`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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