To: Organizers of the “Becoming Bangladesh” panelLSE South Asia Centre February 8, 2021 A response to “Becoming Bangladesh” (138 SIGNATORIES as of February 10th) It has recently come to our attention that you have organized a panel titled “Becoming Bangladesh” to celebrate … Continue reading A response to “Becoming Bangladesh”
By Zirwat Chowdhury for AlalODulal.org
By Fardin Hasin for Alal O Dulal
Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) branch of one of the leading engineering universities in Bangladesh organised a seminar on cyber-physical systems. There was only one speaker — a CSE graduate from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology with excellent academic record, who is also an assistant professor in a research lab in a reputed American university.
Continue reading “Why science and technology failing developing nations”
Nayma Qayum for Alal O Dulal
In the Dhaka of my teenage years, having a child attend an Ivy League or otherwise elite American institution was almost a rite of passage for upper middle class parents. Continue reading “Looking beyond the Ivory Tower”
From the picturesque, sleepy, tucked away town of Hamilton to the chaotic city of Kolkata, from the Mexican town of Iguala to bustling streets of Hong Kong to the suburban district outside of Denver, Colorado, students were out.
Continue reading “Did You Hear The Loud Laughter This September?”
How did a dyslexic child become one of the world’s most celebrated designers and applied his sheer brilliance to develop products that have stood the test of time?
Mahmudul Islam provides a perspective on the role of parenting on a particular kind of normative success for AlalODulal.org.
Study of History: The Popular-Academic Divide
by Shafiq for AlaloDulal.org
This article is a continuation of a discussion initiated in an AoD post by Naeem Mohaiemen on March 4th 2013, “History is hard work, but are we willing?” Continue reading “Study of History: The Popular-Academic Divide”
Bangladeshi-American Sal Khan on cover of Forbes magazine.
This a 14 year old girl from one of the most socially backward, deprived and uncivilized areas of the World — Swat Valley pakistan.
Her name is Malala Yousufzai. Although she is only a 14 year old 8th grader, she definitely is not like any other 14 year old in the world.
She is an embodiment of passion, bravado, activism. She is the example what ‘standing up for right’ means in real life.
She probably is the youngest and most inspirational politicians in Asia, if not in the World. Just search her name in Youtube. You will see hundreds of TV interviews of Malala — some 30 minute, some hour long. You will see her fiery stump speeches.
Continue reading “The formidable 14 year old”
My first teacher was a cowherd. Another teacher gave up trousers, put on a lungi, and did farming- so I heard. I don’t have the courage to ask, the teacher that was killed by police beating today– who was he? Continue reading “Death of a teacher”
Bangladeshi-American Salman Khan on TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” List
Continue reading “PROFILE: TIME “100 Most Influential” List: Salman Khan”
In such a fine era of youth-led resistance and rising, the democratic spirits of DU needed not be submitted to Lamy’s idea of a privatized world!…PS: Around 50 students walked out in protest during Lamy’s speech. A round of applause for them. Continue reading “Pascal Lamy & Dhaka University’s Shame”
On March 7, an email landed in my inbox, containing this amusing graphic.
Also on March 7, newspaper headlines contained blaring headlines about new scientific advancements regarding the Higgs-Boson particle, colloquially known as the God particle.
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