Bangladesh at a crossroads?

February 18, 2012
Adnan Morshed
Bangladesh at a crossroads?

Recently, I spent more than three months in Bangladesh. At the risk of sounding boastful, I had in mind the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville’s travelogue Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes in 1835 and 1840) as a prop to observe and understand the country.
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Occupy Narayanganj: Can the mayor-elect be the harbinger of good urban governance?

November 2, 2011
Adnan Morshed
Occupy Narayanganj: Can the mayor-elect be the harbinger of good urban governance?

There is an irresistible symmetry between the Occupy Wall Street protesters and the people of Narayanganj. Both have been underdogs in their respective political domains.
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