Articles by Afsan Chowdhury
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May 2011 - Reflections
Between backwaters and barricades Over-adulation of Tagore has much to do with Bengali anxiety about rationality. |
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January 2011 - Cover
Subsumed by history and nation Where does Faiz the poet and pan-Southasian Marxist end and Faiz the Pakistani begin? This is a question to which Bangladeshis, among others, still seek an answer. |
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January 2006 - Cover
Gandhi and his goat For all intents and purposes, Gandhi has almost no place in modern-day Bangladesh’s history. |
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February 2010 - Featured articles
Activist for a Brave New Region Madan Gopal Singh´s troupe at the Prince Claus Award Ceremony honouring Himal editor Kanak Mani Dixit. |
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August 2000 - Cover
Bangalis, the new backward people The middle class, the nearly poor and the very poor - Bangladeshis choose their migratory destination according to their class status and region of origin. |
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July 2008 - Cover
How little we will ever know... From faith to doubt and more: one historian´s move away from history, and back into the real world. The context: the making of Bangladesh. |
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June 2007 - Cover
The anger of Bangladesh’s non-elite Very little can shock Bangladeshis today and so they watch with bemusement the games among those who would rule. With Parliament never having been functional, the true meaning of ‘political democracy’ needs better explanation before the country’s poor will appreciate its inherent promises. |
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March 1996 - Cover
Always a Bridesmaid, Often a Bride As squabbling politicians paralyse the country, will popular demand bring the army out of the barracks? |
Featured Articles
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Caste across the kalapani 24 May 2013
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The long struggle to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the UK finally succeeds.
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People versus wildlife 17 May 2013
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Reassessing wildlife conservation policies in India.
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After the flood 7 May 2013
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The new realities of life for villagers in Hunza Valley who lost their homes and lands to a natural lake following a 2010...
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Disappearing foods 25 April 2013
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A collection of recipes that are fading from the Southasian palette.
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Eat, drink, write 23 April 2013
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A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
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Brideprice 22 April 2013
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A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
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Among the believers 19 April 2013
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Behind the crystals 18 April 2013
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Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
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In search of food sovereignty 17 April 2013
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Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
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Farms, Feasts, Famines: web-exclusive package 17 April 2013
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Missing connections 8 April 2013
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Girja Kumar’s book on the Indus and the cultures tied to it obscures a tremendous wealth of interconnected histories and...
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No place for picnics 4 April 2013
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Kashmiri women tell their stories of the conflict.
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Romila Thapar addresses invitees at the Southasian relaunch of Himal Southasian, IIC, New Delhi, January 2013. |
The archive: 25 years of Southasia
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China, Southasia and India
On May 19 2013, newly appointed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in New Delhi for a series of meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The visit is Keqiang's first outside of China since assuming power in March.
From our archive: Purna Basnet discusses Chinese engagement in Nepal vis-a-vis security issues in Tibet and broader geo-strategic plans in Southasia (April 2011).
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Fatima Chowdury relates the story of Calcutta's Indian Chinese community through the lens of political and economic upheavals in Southasia and China (May 2009).
Simon Long notes the importance of the Sino-Indian relationship for the rest of Southasia (September 2006).
J.N Dixit ruminates on the strategic concerns of the 'Middle Kingdom' in the wake of India's 1998 nuclear tests (June 1998).
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