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Elections 2008. Victory, impunity and terror
Rahnuma Ahmed I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.’ — Antonio Gramsci, Marxist theorist, politician, founder of the Italian Communist party Electoral democracy It...
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The Nation, or Chhatra League…?
By Rahnuma Ahmed Apnader kacche desh boro, na Chhatra League boro? If anyone had asked Awami League leaders this question right after the national elections in December 2008, they would have— without...
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`Revenge is sweet!’ The politics of eviction
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed “…my revenge would be just another part of the same inexorable rite. I have to break that terrible chain.” (Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirit, 1982)....
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Thou spoke with a man’s tongue, mananiya Prime Minister!
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed Honouring Begum Rokeya, the prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Begum Rokeya Padak 2010 programme, Osmani Memorial Auditorium, Dhaka, December 9 2010. Photo:...
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Politics of Cultural Industries in the neo-Liberal Jomana…
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed A vicious cyclone had struck the night before. Dawn, stillness. A calm and eerie light. I tagged behind my older brothers as they ventured out, gazing in awe...
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Reflections on Women Development Policy and IOJ’s hartal
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed Islami Oikya Jote procession, `We reject inheritance law which changes Quranic devolution of shares' Apnader naamte hobe, he said, after I’d mentioned the...
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Simmering discontent
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Eid at Shaheed Minar by rahnuma ahmed Writer and columnist Syed Abul Moksud addressing the protest rally on Eid day at central Shahid Minar, organised under the banner of...
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Part VI Military-installed caretaker govt, or a ‘consortium’ govt?
by rahnuma ahmed Yesterday, I had ended with the words, “there is still hope.” But, of course, hoping doesn’t mean that one daydreams, or fantasises. Or, becomes cynical when things don’t turn out the...
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The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide.
By Gary Bass. The Economist UNTIL 1971 Pakistan was made up of two parts: west and east. Both Muslim-dominated territories were born out of India’s bloody partition 24 years earlier, though they...
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Modi visits Bangladesh, but Teesta is not even in the agenda
by Taj Hashmi Last time I met my old friend Gowher Rizvi at his office in December 2011, he was very upbeat and optimistic about the “impending” Teesta water sharing agreement with India. He seemed to...
View ArticleRESISTING RAMPAL
‘Go back NTPC, get out India’ rahnuma ahmed Of all the slogans raised in protest against the coal power plant being built at Rampal in Bagerhat, this one’s the best. It has a certain ring to it. If it...
View ArticleRaghu Rai’s Open Letter to Sheikh Hasina
An Open Letter to Our Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Honorable Prime Minister Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office. Old Sangsad Bhaban...
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