A couple of months ago, I was visiting New York City. I used to live there at one time and now I simply get in and get out as fast as I can. This time an old friend of mine who is a high-up in the UN (United for Nothing) asked me to come...
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Komor shokto hobey — a culture of co-dependence
Second-class and no-class citizens, Bengali and such musings!
“Haramzada Bengoli”, screamed the fat guy to a rickshaw-puller near Bandar Bazar, Sylhet. This was in November 2010. But I digress. Let me get to the scream in a minute. I wrote an opinion piece in bdnews24.com in October 2011 titled, “Not my Father’s Islam”. It generated fair amount of controversy and lots of...
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