Browsing: Op-eds

We will always remain vulnerable to a new crisis if we neglect to fix our institutions

Do we have the resources to cope with a pandemic?

The most appropriate description of the year 2019, particularly of Bangladeshi politics, is perhaps a dialogue in Act 3, Scene…

Has India learned student repression from Bangladesh?

Nationalistic historiography has made free-thought heresy

All our movements wane into single-issue demand negotiations.

There was a large degree of antipathy from the state towards migrant workers

সৌ‌দি‌তে গৃহকর্তার ধর্ষণের শিকার হয়ে অন্তঃসত্ত্বা হয়ে দেশে ফেরা মে‌য়েটার কথা শুন‌বেন? না‌কি পিটিয়ে হাত পা ভেঙে দেওয়া মে‌য়েটার কথা।…

Their problem is sharing wealth and power with too many people

The sheer lack of operational training or professionalism from the police was terrifying.