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Anti-politics of climate change

Depoliticisation of climate change undermines the historic reasons that made Bangladesh vulnerable to it.

| Sep 28, 2015

Life and times of literary magazines

Bangladesh’s English language journalism over the years.

| Sep 28, 2015

Minority report

On the lived experiences of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal.

| Sep 18, 2015

State of disunion

International support for trade unionism in Bangladesh must proceed after separating the wheat from the chaff.

| Sep 16, 2015

Cinema and the melodrama of nationalism

Understanding the recent furore over Hindi cinema in Bangladesh.

| Sep 15, 2015

Workers’ yarns

FROM PRINT QUARTERLY: Jeremy Seabrook’s 'Song of the Shirt' paints a partial picture of migrant workers.

| Sep 12, 2015

Arguing ordination

The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.

| Sep 11, 2015

Remembering our own

The Blood Telegram by Gary J Bass reminds us that 1971 is an evolving story.

| Sep 07, 2015

Identity grabbing

The official position against indigeneity undermines Bangladesh’s ‘adibashi’ minorities.

| Sep 07, 2015

Bangladeshi inquisitions

Freedom of expression in Bangladesh is caught between the machete and the magistrate.

| Sep 01, 2015

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