Second-class and no-class citizens, Bengali and such musings!

December 10, 2011
Kayes Ahmed
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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End of time, prophecies, heresies and goulash soup!

November 22, 2011
Kayes Ahmed
End of time, prophecies, heresies and goulash soup!

I was driving down the New England thru-way on May 15th to visit a customer in Manchester, Vermont. Typically this is an event free drive with an occasional cop giving out tickets and growling about speeding but oddly satisfied that he/she has succeeded in nailing some “city scum.” Coming around the bend near Hartford,...
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