Farida Akhter
‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’: On Farida Akhter’s Hefazat article
by Seuty Sabur for AlalODulal.org
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend”: on Farida Akhter’s Hefazat article
Category Archives: Gender
Erinyes: My loss did not have any vocabulary
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My loss did not have any vocabulary
Guest Post by Erinyes
For years, my loss did not have any vocabulary. There was no word that I could use in my mind. There was no word for it. Only “that”. Only “that” which I could not turn around or change. Continue reading
Faruk Wasif: The Writer in Front of Shahbag
Hasnat Abdul Hye apologizes for “Girl in front of the TV camera” story.
The Writer in Front of Shahbag
By Faruk Wasif. Translated by Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org.
Hasnat Abdul Hye has proved that deep down he too is a lecherous and misogynist writer Rosu Khan. Through the murder of Rabbi bhai’s teenager son Towki we witnessed the brutal suppression of the innocence of our time. Hasnat Abdul Hye’s short story is then the rape of the innocence of the Shahbag movement. Continue reading
“Why is a female journalist here?”
Interview with Ekushey TV’s Nadia Sharmin who was assaulted during the Hefazat rally yesterday. Whoever did it said to her “Why is a female journalist here?” before beating her up. Lets ignore the politics of this and see it for what it is: yet another assault by our society on women, on their right to be equal members of society and on their right to choose how to live their lives.
When Shahbag meets Boro Huzur
As I understand from today’s press reports – The Gonojagoron Mancha leadership does not see ‘Hifazate Islami’ as an objectionable organization and hence they have no problem meeting the Hefazate islami leadership. The Gonojagoron Mancha has so far shown good will to Hefazate islami by cancelling it’s rally scheduled to be help in Chittagong today. This attitude of Gonojagoron Mancha definitely is in stark contrast with their attitude towards another Islamist group Jamaat e Islami.
Shahbagh Square, Day 2. Image: BdNews24.com
Kweenbodonti: Lacerated Skins and Likely Stories
Image: Eva Ekeblad
“Just like you, I know when a new incident comes to our attention, we will rant and chant. It’s not our occasional appearances I lament, it’s our consequent disappearances. It begins at home. That’s where the rallies need to begin too. Rapists must be punished, yes. But why should there be rape to begin with?“
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Shahbagh: For fiery sisters
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We easily forget the names of Kalpana Datta, Shanti Ghose, Shuniti Chowdhury, Beena Das, Leela Rai, Nanibala Devi, Du’Koribala Devi, Matangini Hajra and names of many other revolutionary women who played active roles in the fight for independence against the British. Even if the name of Ila Mitra, the legendary female leader of the Santal revolt at Nachol, comes up occasionally, we never recall the women of the then Muslim League who played active and important roles in the language movement of 1952.
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