Putting the year in perspective, editor Roman Gautam and the hosts of Himal’s podcasts take a look back at the highlights, stories and episodes that shaped an extraordinary and challenging year
India risks permanent damage to its relationship with Bangladesh with a narrative of uncontrolled communal violence after Sheikh Hasina’s fall, ignoring Hasina’s weaponisation of the Hindu minority and how post-revolution violence has been driven more by political reasons
Muhammad Yunus’ interim government needs to implement reforms to resurrect institutions that Sheikh Hasina had all but dismantled, starting with law and order and banking, says economist and political commentator Jyoti Rahman
With the collapse of India-backed authoritarianism in Bangladesh – and Myanmar too – ‘India’s Near East: A New History’ reads like a testament to the failure of New Delhi’s policy on its eastern flank
Noorjahan Bose’s memoir of her pioneering life recounts a host of stories born of female autonomy – all while spanning Partition, the Bangla Language Movement, the Liberation War and the post-independence history of Bangladesh
The Modi government must reckon with Bangladeshi anger over its support for Hasina even as the United States, China and Russia all reassess their approaches to Dhaka
Sheikh Hasina's government felt that blaming "jihadists" for the July violence would help them annihilate all opposition but given the level of people's anger, even this will not quell the protest movement
Political scientist Ali Riaz details how the Sheikh Hasina government has displayed absolute disregard for the lives of its citizens, causing the political ground to shift in Bangladesh
Shahidul Alam, a renowned photojournalist, educator and activist based in Dhaka, has been documenting the protests and managed to get his dispatches out to the media despite an internet shutdown.
The carrot-and-stick method of Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian regime worked with others but not with the students, who would not be scared off or bought off
An apology from the prime minister Sheikh Hasina for the government's reprisal to the protests, while simple, would be a chink in her armour that she will be loathe to expose
