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In response to `Smoking gun abused for smokescreen’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed As a New Age columnist, I was thinking of writing about the controversy surrounding the Tibet exhibition (Into Exile. Tibet 1949 – 2009, November 1-7) for my next column. My dear Maobadi friend, Tarek Chowdhury’s piece, which … Continue reading →

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China-US Politics over Exhibiting Tibet. In Dhaka

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 22, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed Writer and translator Tarek Omar Chowdhury, a committed Maobadi and a dear friend, was deeply worried. `Of course I do not support what happened, although I must admit I look at it  differently.’ He was referring to … Continue reading →

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We Protest

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 2, 2009

‘Into Exile – Tibet 1949 – 2009,′ an exhibition organised by the Bangladeshi chapter of Students for a Free Tibet, in partnership with Drik, was symbolically opened by Professor Muzaffer Ahmed, former chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh, on 1 November 2009. … Continue reading →

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Leaning on Friendly Nations

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 1, 2009

“You speak good Chinese”, said Qian Kaifu, Cultural Councellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh. A soft-spoken elderly gentleman. Standing beside him was a quiet, smartly dressed woman, Cao Yanhua the Cultural Attache, who passed … Continue reading →

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