In India, access to welfare benefits is increasingly being entangled with extensive documentation, household profiling, and citizenship-related verification, which is disproportionately affecting minorities and redefining the meaning of democracy.
Annapurna Bhandar and Its Politics of Discontents Read More »
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 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.
The Muslim Question and the New Political Order in Bengal Read More »
In Bangladesh, pluralism is under threat. Rescuing it will require not reimagining it not as a fragile arrangement of competing identities, but as an expression of a deeper interconnectedness.
The Inner Republic: Reimagining a New Bangladesh through the Wisdom of the Upanishads Read More »
Bangladesh’s political trajectory has been shaped by leaders driven by the consolidation of power and the persistence of dynastic politics. The ruling party, the BNP, embodies this tradition.
Reflecting on the BNP’s Chequered History in the Aftermath of the 2026 Election Read More »
A civil-society-led government like the interim one could never have provided a lasting solution to the challenges Bangladesh faces, nor could it have fully controlled the turbulent situation. Bangladesh’s problems must be solved politically—through political parties and a political society.
Limited Mandate, Infinite Expectations: Assessing Bangladesh’s Interim Chapter Read More »
২০২৪ এর অভূতপূর্ব ছাত্র-গণ আন্দোলনের মাধ্যমে রাজনৈতিক এবং প্রশাসনিক সংস্কারের যে জন-আকাঙ্ক্ষা তৈরি হয়েছিল, তার উপর ভিত্তি করে একজন গণমাধ্যম বিশেষজ্ঞ বুদ্ধিজীবীর নানা মাত্রার পর্যবেক্ষণের প্রতিফলন এই লেখাটি। এই লেখার সব ধরনের মতামত লেখকের ব্যক্তিগত।
ইউনূসের আশা ও আশাভঙ্গের দিনগুলো Read More »
When the state and the mob unite to censor history, democracy becomes a hollow word.
Writing in the Shadow of Fear Read More »
Revolutionary moments in Bangladesh have a parallel structure. Those who come to power begin to think the country is their inheritance. Yet, the people remerge and bring them down.
In the Heat of July Read More »
A comparative biography of two Islamic figures whose politics continue to shape the relationship between religion and politics in Bangladesh today.
The success of uprisings depends less on the intensity of dissent and more on whether political systems remain open, contested, and capable of absorbing change.
From Uprising to Institution: Why Nepal Could Where Bangladesh Couldn’t Read More »
