sylhet

The historic struggle for housing by Bengali migrants in London
Shabna Begum’s ‘From Sylhet to Spitalfields’ offers a searing history of Bengali squatters in 1970s East London, and a chilling reminder of how migrants continue to be treated by a hostile British state
Ashraf Hoque | Aug 25, 2023

Managing floods in Bangladesh
Why cooperation across borders is vital for better flood management.
The Editors | Aug 19, 2022

Memories of a land divided
A historian reflects on the challenges of reconstructing the lesser-known history of the Sylhet Partition many decades after the event.
Anindita Dasgupta | Mar 18, 2013

Recovering Sylhet
The loss and recovery of the history of Sylhet, and a close look at Partition historiography in contemporary India.
Binayak Dutta | Nov 22, 2012

Meghalaya-Sylhet: A border without history or logic
A border without history or logic