A Child’s Journey: From Kabul’s Dreams to Survival in Pakistan
The future of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is future shaped not by choice, but by necessity.
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Essay
The Cockroach as counter-citizen: CJP and the iconoclasm of India’s governable civil society
The arrival of the Cockroach Janta Party in India has exposed the exhaustion of respectable civil society as the only authorised grammar of democratic grievance.
The Muslim Question and the New Political Order in Bengal
The real test for Bengal is not whether Muslims find a party to vote for but whether Bengal can still imagine Muslims as co-authors of its political future.
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Bengal after Exceptionalism: The BJP, Hindutva and the Reconfiguration of Regional Politics
What does an astounding BJP win mean for West Bengal and for India?
Narratives Wars: How Jewish Scholars in Berlin Interpret Europe’s Migration Debates
Europe’s migration debates reveal fissures in Jewish intellectual discourse, forcing Europe to confront its layered history, identity, and sovereignty.
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Beyond Degrees and Rhetoric: A Student Appeal for Public Universities in Post-Election Bangladesh
Bangladesh must introduce a decolonial turn in public universities by recognizing that knowledge is never neutral and by incorporating the importance of local histories, languages, and social realities into curricula.
Justice for Avijit!
Bangladesh’s newly elected government has a moral and legal responsibility to bring justice for Avijit Roy and the many others killed, exiled, and silenced at the hands of Islamist extremists who acted with impunity under the Awami League.
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Bangladesh: A Laboratory of Paradox
Bangladesh has always been a laboratory of paradox. It must, however, turn away from the retributive politics of the past and build a future in which its industrious, talented, and skilled people receive the governance they deserve.
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80s nostalgia, Stranger Things, and the Slow Cancellation of the Future
Capitalist realism has created a pervasive atmosphere in which it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, and making art has become a matter of imitation and recycling old styles.
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South Asia’s New Strategic Triangle: India–US Convergence, China’s Reach, and Bangladesh’s Post‑Election Crossroads
Bangladesh now faces a high‑stakes geopolitical squeeze as India and the United States draw closer to counter China, forcing the next government to balance great‑power pressures while managing deep domestic political and economic vulnerabilities.
Reflections on an extraordinary life: Debabrata Rej (1917-1986)
Tone Bleie offers a thoughtful engagement with Debabrata Rej’s Roots and Ruts (Shuddhashar FreeVoice), exploring its wide-ranging themes, compelling arguments, narrative strategy, and Rej’s extraordinary life as a “free-thinking social philosopher.”
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