Tag Archives: Violence

Media and Mobs

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arundhati Roy Monday, November 01, 2010 (Courtesy: Znet) New Delhi, October 31: A mob of about a hundred people arrived at my house at 11 this morning (Sunday October 31st 2010.) They broke through the gate … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 3, 2010
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The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Anne Holmes The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads in disbelief at such … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 20, 2010
Posted in culture, exploitation, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, media, Media issues, Military, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, politics, security, Terrorism, war on terror, World | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Viewer or voyeur? The morality of reportage photography

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Do you look away from images of real-life horror, or look closer? A series of shocking photographs from Somalia asks disturbing questions about the ethics of bearing witness Sean O’Hagan Monday 8 March 2010 14.23 GMT “To … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 7, 2010
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ISRAEL’S ‘OPERATION MAKE THE WORLD HATE US

Subscribe to ShahidulNews BRUCE. E. WILSON, “ISRAEL’S ‘OPERATION MAKE THE WORLD HATE US’ ENTERS BOLD NEW PHASE AS JERUSALEM POST EDITOR RELEASES VIDEO MOCKING DEAD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS” 6 June, 2010 — MRZine ‘Israel does not need enemies: it has itself. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 8, 2010
Posted in exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, media, Media issues, Military, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Drik: Photo power

By Satish Sharma The shutting-down of two photographic exhibitions in Dhaka’s Drik Gallery in just the last few months proves that Bangladesh’s censors, unlike lightning, can strike at the same place more than once – especially where Drik’s photographic practices … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 28, 2010
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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 →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 27, 2010
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Traces of Absence

An exhibition of photographs by Shahidul Alam There is a wall running along a street. The writing on it is fragmented and cannot quite be made sense of. The image was taken in the middle of the night and a … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 17, 2010
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My Sister’s Language

His eyes flitted forward and back, and having surveyed the scene for possible danger, it stopped. The head stooped, and that was how he stayed. Crouched on the floor of a bus full of Bangalis, the Pahari (hill person) amongst … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 2, 2010
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IMPERIAL COWARDICE: Remote control killing in Pakistan

by Rahnuma Ahmed WAR is, said Major General Smedley Butler, twice-recipient of the Medal of Honour (1914, 1915), ‘a racket’. He had seen it from close(st) quarters and had turned into an outspoken critic of the US military-industrial complex. Describing what … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 9, 2009
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Doctoral Complicity in State Terror

By rahnuma ahmed I take liberties with English language as I write “doctoral” to indicate the complicity of doctors and hospitals, both public and privately-owned ones, in short, the Bangladesh medical establishment’s actions which aid and abet state functionaries who … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 11, 2009
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