Bangladesh - Himal Southasian (Page 21)

Political maps and cultural territories

The earliest boundary between India and Bangladesh separated peoples of the hills and plains.

By David Ludden

/ 1 Jul 2003

Beyond the doomsday scenario

Bangladeshi garment workers prepare for a post-MFA world.

By Dina M Siddiqi

/ 1 Jul 2003

In Search of Shonar Bangla

The Bangladesh constitution of 1972 directs the first 10 lines of Amar Shonar Bangla to be sung as the national anthem.

By Dina M Siddiqi

/ 1 May 2003

Singing the nation

Singing the concept of an akhand Bharat or of a Persianised sultanat or of a shonar Bangla when part of Bengal is- in India is unreal.

By Nasreen Rehman

/ 1 May 2003

Such long journeys of silence and forgiveness

Bangladesh is now being imagined outside, it has been externalized, and there is no longer the trickle-down of hope.

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Jan 2003

Development critique: Blight in donor’ed Bangladesh

Donor agencies regularly charge their host governments and bureaucracies of corruption, but what about the lack of accountability of the agencies themselves? In Dhaka, the donor elite is beginning to be taken on.

By Salim Rashid

/ 1 Nov 2002

Sexual Harassment and the Public Woman

Bangladeshi women who face harassment from males lack any access to avenues of social or legal redress. The suicide of Simi Banu tragically highlights the need for the law to protect not only female 'modesty', but the very right to equality.

By Dina M Siddiqi

/ 1 May 2002

A ‘minority’ in minority

Violence against Hindus, though seemingly religious in content, actually has many complex and 'secular' origins.

By Imtiaz Ahmed

/ 1 Apr 2002

HINDUS AND THE STATE

Within weeks of coming to power, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led government in Dhaka finds itself mired in a crisis of its own making. The ham-handed manner in which

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Dec 2001

Votes & Violence

The just concluded parliamentary election in Bangladesh has produced a stunning reversal of fortunes. The Awami League (AL), which commanded a majority in the previous parliament, has been reduced to

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Nov 2001

Dhaka in the 70s

Random memories in first and third person.

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Aug 2001

Surmise of a conspiracy

I have some questions regarding Subir Bhaumik's piece ("Conspirator's Cauldron") in the May issue of Himal. I am not entirely certain that there are

By Irfan Ahmad

/ 1 Jun 2001