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Stars, planets, black-holes – West Bengal’s glamorous turn

Posted on March 16, 2014May 31, 2020 by hajarduar1

Liberation through the Gunday lens

Posted on March 16, 2014May 30, 2020 by alaldulal1

Garments Gender

Sexuality as Liberation? The Work of Salvation Narratives in Neoliberal Times

Posted on March 13, 2014May 29, 2020 by dmsiddiqi4

Garments History

Bengal Textiles in Britain

Posted on March 9, 2014May 30, 2020 by alaldulal0

American Apparel, gain cheap popularity, but do not act as the grand savior

Posted on March 9, 2014May 29, 2020 by nusratchowdhury1

Education Migration

Catalytic Parents = Successful Children?

Posted on March 8, 2014June 2, 2020 by alaldulal0

The Face of Dipjol

Posted on March 7, 2014June 2, 2020 by alaldulal0

History Migration

Left Behind By the Nation: ‘Stranded Pakistanis’ in Bangladesh

Posted on March 2, 2014May 30, 2020 by dmsiddiqi7

Gender Indigenous

Tandra Chakma: Justice for Sabita and some related issues

Posted on February 28, 2014June 1, 2020 by alaldulal5

আনু মুহাম্মদ: আরেকটি সর্বনাশা চুক্তি

Posted on February 24, 2014June 3, 2020 by alaldulal0

আদিবাসী শিশু পড়বে নিজ ভাষাতেই

Posted on February 20, 2014June 1, 2020 by alaldulal0

সুপ্রিয় তালুকদার: মায়ানমারে চম্পকনগরের পথে

Posted on February 19, 2014June 1, 2020 by alaldulal3

Missing the mark about feeling good

Posted on February 18, 2014June 3, 2020 by jrahman1

Ekusher Prothom Kobita

Posted on February 12, 2014May 31, 2020 by alaldulal0

History Nationalism Politics

Placing the Voices of Shahbag in Modern Narratives of Transnational Youth Protest – Part 2

Posted on February 12, 2014May 30, 2020 by alaldulal0

History Neighbors

The Glorious and Bloody History of Tamil Language Movement

Posted on February 10, 2014May 30, 2020 by Shafiq3

History Nationalism Politics

Placing the Voices of Shahbag in Modern Narratives of Transnational Youth Protest – Part 1

Posted on February 10, 2014May 30, 2020 by alaldulal1

Difference Religion

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

Posted on February 7, 2014December 2, 2020 by Manosh Chowdhury0

Difference Media

Eternal Othering and Presentation of Communalism on the World Stage

Posted on February 5, 2014June 1, 2020 by hanashams0

My Cartographer

Posted on January 31, 2014May 31, 2020 by awrupirfan0

Publishing the images of teen sex workers is nothing but a showcase of poverty

Posted on January 31, 2014June 1, 2020 by alaldulal0

Nationalism Politics

Perils of Bollywood-Dhallywood copying Amadmi to Am Janata Party of Bangladesh

Posted on January 29, 2014May 31, 2020 by Zia Hassan1

Difference Religion

Bengali Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh

Posted on January 26, 2014May 31, 2020 by hajarduar1

Rubaiyath Sarwar: Gold Rush – Bangladesh

Posted on January 25, 2014June 3, 2020 by alaldulal0

Haider A. Khan: Nazrul’s Poetics

Posted on January 23, 2014May 31, 2020 by alaldulal2

Difference Religion

Partha Sarker: Communalism – Perceptions, Experiences, and Lessons Learned

Posted on January 22, 2014May 31, 2020 by alaldulal1

Suchitra, please don’t go

Posted on January 18, 2014June 3, 2020 by alaldulal1

Anu Muhammad: What India wants in Bangladesh

Posted on January 17, 2014May 31, 2020 by anumuhammad4

Volunteerism after Rana Plaza

Posted on January 16, 2014May 31, 2020 by alaldulal0

Justice Habibur Rahman (1928-2014)

Posted on January 14, 2014June 2, 2020 by farukwasif20

Difference Religion

I sing a song of unity

Posted on January 14, 2014May 31, 2020 by alaldulal3

The bomb hurler and why he is burning Bangladesh

Posted on January 12, 2014May 31, 2020 by Nadine Shaanta Murshid1

Our tragic tunes for Mandela are high level hypocrisy

Posted on January 12, 2014May 28, 2020 by Zia Hassan0

Bleeding Badly

Posted on January 12, 2014June 1, 2020 by tokai0

Difference Religion

If Hindus burn, Bangladesh burns

Posted on January 11, 2014May 31, 2020 by farukwasif26

Literature Neighbors

Taslima Nasreen, ‘Duhsahobas,’ and a TV cancellation

Posted on January 10, 2014May 31, 2020 by alaldulal2

Difference Religion

The Statistical Future of Bangladeshi Hindus

Posted on January 9, 2014May 31, 2020 by Dipen Bhattacharya8

Difference Religion

The dishonesty of our anti communalism discussion

Posted on January 8, 2014May 31, 2020 by Zia Hassan5

Difference Religion

Tears: a poem for “malauner baccha”

Posted on January 7, 2014May 31, 2020 by erfanrafen2

2013: The Year of Corpses

Posted on January 5, 2014May 31, 2020 by anumuhammad2

Left Politics of Bangladesh: What Is To Be Thought?

Posted on January 2, 2014May 31, 2020 by erfanrafen1

Goodbye 2013: The Older You, the Younger Me

Posted on December 31, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal0

December at the Pakistan Embassy

Posted on December 29, 2013May 30, 2020 by tokai2

Mehreen Ahmed: Juxtaposed Realities: Dhaka

Posted on December 28, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal4

Kazi Nazrul Islam: Hindus and Muslims

Posted on December 26, 2013May 31, 2020 by tibraali0

1971, Neither the Beginning nor the End

Posted on December 25, 2013May 30, 2020 by anumuhammad1

Difference Religion

Timothy Khyang: What about my right to celebrate Christmas?

Posted on December 24, 2013May 26, 2020 by Trimita1

Embrace Love

Posted on December 24, 2013May 29, 2020 by shamsul884

Economy Garments

The state of the Bangladesh economy

Posted on December 23, 2013May 25, 2020 by alaldulal2

West Bengal : a post-Poriborton analysis

Posted on December 22, 2013May 23, 2020 by alaldulal0

Indigenous Literature

Thine Kingdom Is Mine

Posted on December 19, 2013May 23, 2020 by alaldulal2

Role of research, and the involvement of diaspora

Posted on December 18, 2013May 29, 2020 by alaldulal0

The Quest for Indigenous Identity in Bangladesh, 1993-2013

Posted on December 17, 2013June 1, 2020 by Prashanta Tripura1

Our old freedom fighter wanders the streets

Posted on December 16, 2013May 30, 2020 by farukwasif21

Eight drawings for December 16th

Posted on December 16, 2013May 29, 2020 by Faheem Haider0

History Politics

Nanu’s Songs

Posted on December 11, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal0

Culture Environment

Reingkhyong Lake: The Forgotten Frontier of Bangladesh

Posted on December 10, 2013June 2, 2020 by alaldulal3

Music Neighbors

Our Political Misomusists

Posted on December 7, 2013May 31, 2020 by tibraali6

Politics is hard work — are we willing?

Posted on December 7, 2013May 28, 2020 by jrahman3

Sadly, it is us, not them

Posted on December 6, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal0

Music Neighbors Politics

Burning Sensation and the Case of ‘Classical Music Festival’

Posted on December 6, 2013May 31, 2020 by seutysabur2

A Never Ending Duel On Course To Take More Lives

Posted on December 5, 2013May 28, 2020 by tokai2

Shahanaz Jahan Pushon: Birangonas, Our Dearest Sisters

Posted on December 3, 2013May 30, 2020 by tibraali1

Faruk Wasif: “Become Human Again”

Posted on December 3, 2013May 28, 2020 by farukwasif23

Indigenous Politics

The “Peace” Accord that led nowhere: 16 years ago, today

Posted on December 2, 2013May 31, 2020 by hilljumma0

Difference Religion

Ahmed Shamim & Faruk Wasif: Debating “The Hindu Question” through Marx and Bauer

Posted on November 27, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal7

Decoding the Bangladesh Paradox — A Research Agenda

Posted on November 27, 2013June 3, 2020 by jrahman4

Bathing in the Buriganga

Posted on November 24, 2013June 2, 2020 by alaldulal0

Errorism Neighbors

Aadhar: Today India, tomorrow Bangladesh?

Posted on November 18, 2013May 31, 2020 by hajarduar0

Difference Religion

Barrister Barua: Reading the truth (of communal violence)

Posted on November 15, 2013May 31, 2020 by tokai3

Prashanta Tripura: Open letter to Prof. Anisuzzaman (‘nrigoshthi’ debate)

Posted on November 8, 2013June 1, 2020 by Prashanta Tripura4

Where is the Antidote to Communalism?

Posted on November 6, 2013May 31, 2020 by farukwasif25

Environment Neighbors

Anu Muhammad: Their money-choked eyes refuse to see

Posted on November 4, 2013May 31, 2020 by anumuhammad1

I see sticks falling on Majed Ali’s back

Posted on October 29, 2013May 28, 2020 by farukwasif21

Bangladesh: Where Puja and Eid meet

Posted on October 27, 2013May 31, 2020 by Omar Tarek Chowdhury1

Bipul Bhattacharya (1955-2013): Last Song Of Freedom

Posted on October 26, 2013June 2, 2020 by alaldulal0

Beyond the Politics of Climate Change

Posted on October 26, 2013June 3, 2020 by farhadmahmud1

Introduction to Mahmud Hasan’s The Utopia of Student Movement

Posted on October 25, 2013May 31, 2020 by nazmulsultan0

সহি রামপাল নামা – পার্ট ২ | সালফার কথন, আমাদের কার্বন গিল্ট এবং জলীয় দূষণের অভিযোগ বিশ্লেষণ

Posted on October 23, 2013June 3, 2020 by Zia Hassan2

Legal Matters

Posted on October 23, 2013May 31, 2020 by awrupirfan1

The curious case of the Surjapuri people

Posted on October 22, 2013October 23, 2013 by hajarduar3

Memories of her Father

Posted on October 17, 2013May 31, 2020 by Nayma Qayum0

তন্দ্রা চাকমা: তাইন্দং মাটিরাঙ্গা, সাবা এবং কিছু অনূভুতি

Posted on October 10, 2013June 1, 2020 by Trimita2

A Harder Path

Posted on October 9, 2013May 31, 2020 by tokai0

সহি রামপাল নামা – পর্ব ১

Posted on October 7, 2013May 26, 2020 by Zia Hassan11

Environment Politics

Is it only survival? Is it politics without science?

Posted on October 3, 2013May 31, 2020 by swadhinsen0

Migration Neighbors

Afsan Chowdhury: Do we really care about Felani?

Posted on October 2, 2013May 31, 2020 by tibraali5

Happiness is a Trial

Posted on September 30, 2013May 29, 2020 by awrupirfan0

Environment Neighbors

Kallol Mustafa: Dissenting voices within the Bangladesh Government on Rampal

Posted on September 29, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal0

Economy Garments

Where have all the negotiating tables gone?

Posted on September 29, 2013May 29, 2020 by Nadine Shaanta Murshid5

Environment Neighbors

The Sundarbans and our guiltless sleep

Posted on September 24, 2013May 31, 2020 by tibraali2

Death and Justice: What Might Have Been

Posted on September 21, 2013July 11, 2020 by Shafiq14

Environment Neighbors

The Indian Inter-river Linking Project and Bangladesh’s Looming Water Crisis

Posted on September 20, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal0

Mamata and the state of “democracy”

Posted on September 19, 2013May 23, 2020 by hajarduar2

Migration Neighbors

Border Killings and Our Indifference to Murder

Posted on September 15, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal3

Felani and ‘Progressive’ Youth

Posted on September 14, 2013May 28, 2020 by Zia Hassan2

The Drug Triangle: The Poor as Collateral Damage

Posted on September 11, 2013June 3, 2020 by alaldulal0

Simulacra…of the fumes

Posted on September 10, 2013May 30, 2020 by seemaamin0

Economy Politics

India sneezes, will we catch the cold?

Posted on September 9, 2013May 31, 2020 by jrahman0

Making Dhaka Livable

Posted on September 8, 2013June 3, 2020 by Humayun24

Let’s talk about Rape (in Bangladesh)

Posted on September 6, 2013June 1, 2020 by Nadine Shaanta Murshid8

The Step-children of Bangladesh

Posted on August 30, 2013May 25, 2020 by hanashams0

Prashanta Tripura: The Matbar and the Bus

Posted on August 29, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal1

Environment Neighbors

Rampal Electricity Plant and our Environmental Consciousness

Posted on August 29, 2013May 31, 2020 by alaldulal18

In Praise of Lord Macaulay – 1

Posted on August 25, 2013May 31, 2020 by Shafiq3

Acceptance of Lesbian Love: Too Much to Expect?

Posted on August 11, 2013June 1, 2020 by samaramortada14

Rupam Dhrubo: When Freedom Emerges through Individuals

Posted on August 10, 2013May 29, 2020 by alaldulal3

Is it Eid today in Matiranga?

Posted on August 8, 2013June 1, 2020 by tibraali5

Bangladesh is not ours

Posted on August 7, 2013June 1, 2020 by muktasree5

Humayun Ahmed: “Jahanara Imam Is Her Name”

Posted on July 30, 2013May 30, 2020 by nusratchowdhury1

Economy Garments Media

The Road to Court 21

Posted on July 29, 2013May 30, 2020 by seemaamin0

History Literature

My father would have been 87

Posted on July 24, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal2

Future(s) of the past(s) in and around a proposed (Open Pit) Coal Mining area in Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Posted on July 20, 2013June 3, 2020 by swadhinsen0

Humayun Ahmed: Personal Reflections on the Anniversary

Posted on July 19, 2013May 31, 2020 by Shafiq1

Humayun Ahmed: The 1974 Interview

Posted on July 19, 2013May 31, 2020 by tokai1

Encountering the past on the suspicious terrain of the present

Posted on July 15, 2013May 31, 2020 by swadhinsen0

Sayeed Jubary: Post-Revolution Poems, Part 2

Posted on July 15, 2013May 31, 2020 by khujeci0

Photography’s elusive credit line; and, should we pirate Photoshop?

Posted on July 11, 2013June 2, 2020 by naeem0

Coming to a shimana near you

Posted on July 10, 2013May 31, 2020 by udayanc15

Added anxiety to export

Posted on July 6, 2013May 30, 2020 by tokai1

Education History

Study of History: The Popular-Academic Divide

Posted on June 27, 2013May 30, 2020 by Shafiq2

Environment Neighbors

Manosh Chowdhury: India, water control and neighbor rule

Posted on June 24, 2013December 2, 2020 by Manosh Chowdhury0

Seema Nusrat Amin: The Darbar of melting pots

Posted on June 23, 2013May 31, 2020 by seemaamin0

Nadine Murshid: Beauty, Contest and Context

Posted on June 21, 2013May 29, 2020 by Nadine Shaanta Murshid6

Anu Muhammad: Who’s prospering on whose labor?

Posted on June 20, 2013June 3, 2020 by anumuhammad2

Farhad Mahmud: Is there ‘good’ and ‘bad’ corruption?

Posted on June 15, 2013June 3, 2020 by farhadmahmud18

Garments Gender

Dina Siddiqi: Do Bangladeshi factory workers need saving? Sisterhood in the post-sweatshop era

Posted on June 13, 2013May 30, 2020 by dmsiddiqi0

ALAL O DULAL analyses RMG 10 point manifesto

Posted on June 11, 2013May 29, 2020 by alaldulal14

Udayan Chattopadhyay: Mind your language

Posted on June 7, 2013June 2, 2020 by udayanc4

Economy Migration

Faruk Wasif: The Sahibs of Begum Para and the turtles that sell the country

Posted on June 5, 2013June 2, 2020 by farukwasif25

Rituparno Ghosh (1963-2013): “Mathura Nagar Pati Kahe Tum Gokul Jao”

Posted on June 3, 2013June 2, 2020 by seutysabur1

Gender Literature

Andaleeb Purba: Rabindranath Tagore’s Assassination of Female Characters in ‘Chaturanga’

Posted on June 2, 2013May 31, 2020 by purbaandaleeb0

Rituparno Ghosh (1963-2013): The king of all seasons, despite seasons

Posted on May 31, 2013June 2, 2020 by alaldulal3

Erinyes: My loss did not have any vocabulary

Posted on May 30, 2013June 1, 2020 by alaldulal1

Seuty Sabur: Did “NGOization” deradicalize the women’s movement?

Posted on May 28, 2013June 1, 2020 by seutysabur12

Sayeed Jubary: Post Revolution Poems, Part 1

Posted on May 25, 2013May 31, 2020 by khujeci2

Kimberly Ann Elliott: Better work for Bangladesh

Posted on May 24, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal2

Pavel Hoq: We Need a Fundamental Shift in Mind-set

Posted on May 22, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal2

Siddhartha Mitter: The Cartography of Bullshit

Posted on May 21, 2013June 1, 2020 by alaldulal2

Farhad Mahmud: Bangladeshi garments should not play poverty to outsiders

Posted on May 20, 2013May 30, 2020 by farhadmahmud4

Michael Guerriero: Ten Cents

Posted on May 18, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal0

Canada’s Tristan Style withdraws anti-Bangladesh ad after protests

Posted on May 17, 2013May 30, 2020 by deyalpotrika6

James Surowiecki: After Rana Plaza

Posted on May 17, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal1

Difference Garments

Pramila Das: Even when they mourn, they mourn from the margin

Posted on May 16, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal0

Economy Garments

Adam Davidson: Economic Recovery, Made in Bangladesh?

Posted on May 16, 2013May 30, 2020 by alaldulal1

Ali Riaz: Do you remember that Savar “accident”?

Posted on May 15, 2013May 30, 2020 by unnasic0

Seema Amin: The art of dehumanization

Posted on May 15, 2013June 2, 2020 by seemaamin4

Garments Obituary

Omar Faruk Babu Remembered

Posted on May 9, 2013May 30, 2020 by tibraali0

Running barefoot through the city of Barbie liberty and sexy grenades

Posted on May 8, 2013May 29, 2020 by farukwasif210

Humanity, Charity, and Reality TV

Posted on May 8, 2013May 30, 2020 by seutysabur3