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Author: Manosh Chowdhury

Coming from a very small town of Bangladesh, I studied anthropology, a new discipline in Bangladesh back in 1987, by choice. I did my masters in anthropology and then was almost unemployed for 3 years, for my apparent 'immodest' behavior. Then joined as a university-lecturer in 1995 (in Bangladesh, you can get university faculty position with a master degree). I am not a big fan of 'research' or 'expertise', as they are termed in modern academia. So I actually roamed around the issues without being an 'expert'. Started writing polemic and 'academic' pieces solely in local language, as part of a 'naive' mission of popularizing social studies in Bangladesh. Then after almost 10 years of intense teaching, needed a break from teaching, got involved in a doctoral program in a development school in Japan. My doctoral research was about how the nexus of state, INGOs and media construct popular (in Bangladesh). And I was careful enough not to mention military as an important part of that nexus. After doctoral degree, in 2007, I came back to my old position of teaching.
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Drawing by Manosh Chowdhury, 2000

How will you conduct social research, then?

February 2, 2021February 19, 2021 Manosh Chowdhury

Simple Social Studies: How will you conduct social research, then?Manosh Chowdhury I should take the responsibility of guiding you in how to become a ‘social researcher’, as I myself had defined it. Otherwise you may lose interest in doing social … Continue reading How will you conduct social research, then?

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How do “traditions” get lost?

January 9, 2021February 2, 2021 Manosh Chowdhury

SIMPLE SOCIAL STUDIES: HOW DO “TRADITIONS” GET LOST? (LEARN IN A POLITICAL-ECONOMIC WAY, AND NOT IN A SENTIMENTAL WAY)– Manosh Chowdhury Today we will think about tradition, friends. When it comes to tradition, many of you are awakened to a … Continue reading How do “traditions” get lost?

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Beauty Parlour

December 5, 2020February 2, 2021 Manosh Chowdhury

Manosh Chowdhury Beauty Parlours attract me. It is not because of the pretty ladies who stay inside these parlours. But one of the terms and conditions –  ` men are not allowed inside ` somehow amazes me. My wife is … Continue reading Beauty Parlour

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Corona Awareness: Cunning Alternative to Justice

March 28, 2020December 2, 2020 Manosh Chowdhury

By Manosh Chowdhury, translated by AlaloDulal I would annoy everyone, if I say we do not care much about the corona virus. I do not seek to belittle feelings of a bunch of aristocrats. As of myself, even dying of … Continue reading Corona Awareness: Cunning Alternative to Justice

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“Do you think there is only one Chakraborty here?”

February 7, 2014December 2, 2020 Manosh Chowdhury

‘Where is the Chakraborty house?’Which Chakraborty?’
‘Oh, I think Chakraborty is…’
‘Do you think there is only one Chakraborty here?” one of them asked me, seeing me hesitate.

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Manosh Chowdhury: India, water control and neighbor rule

June 24, 2013February 2, 2021 Manosh Chowdhury

India, water control and neighbor rule
by Manosh Chowdhury, translated for AlalODulal.org by Irfan Choudhury

1. India’s relationships with its neighbors on land and in water are equally tense and dangerous. Continue reading “Manosh Chowdhury: India, water control and neighbor rule”

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