36 days of an epic July
I along with my family participated in the historic Long March to Dhaka on 36 July 2024 (5 August), which opened a new front in Bangladesh’s quest for justice. The air was heavy with a mixture of optimism and terror as we went from Mohammadpur to Shahbagh and then to Ganobhaban again. It was both […]
Army chief off to USA, Canada on official visit
Chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday left Dhaka for the United States and Canada on an 11-day official visit, said a release of Inter Services Public Relation Directorate in the morning. ‘During the visit, Waker-Uz-Zaman will participate in meetings with high-ranking military and civilian officials of the UN headquarters, the USA and Canada […]
Towards July 36
JAMES C Scott, who passed away on July 19 this year, was a prominent political scientist and anthropologist known for his interdisciplinary work platforming the ways ordinary people resist domination, emphasising the value of local knowledge, hidden transcripts of resistance, and the limits of centralised power. To me, the character is vehemently relevant in understanding […]
36th July – A Nation is Born
2nd August, 2024 morning: I fondly recall the day when my concerned editor Ms. Clare asked about my welfare and that of Bangladesh. I replied that we were returning to normalcy, that we could use the Internet and go out of our homes, that we were “fine”. But that was an understatement. Truth was that […]