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‘The nightingale has flown’

‘The nightingale has flown’

15:57, Dec 15, 2019
Memories come alive. History is rekindled in the mind, indeed in our collective consciousness, as we recall the tumultuous days of December...
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Things fall apart . . . Pakistan in December 1971

Things fall apart . . . Pakistan in December 1971

13:40, Dec 08, 2019
On the eve of the surrender of Pakistani forces in Bangladesh in 1971, the regime of General Yahya Khan continued to be in a state of denial. It...
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Our December chronicles

Our December chronicles

16:48, Dec 01, 2019
December has a resonance in the history of the Bengali nation. There is a poignancy which underpins it. There is a mix of poetry and politics which...
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Pakistan’s history of hostage politics

Pakistan’s history of hostage politics

12:09, Nov 24, 2019
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has finally made it to London. Life for him has been quite a mess in the last few years, with...
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The politics and contradictions of Maulana Bhashani

The politics and contradictions of Maulana Bhashani

10:48, Nov 17, 2019
It is time to remember a giant in Bengali politics. Forty-three years ago, on 17 November 1976, Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani died. A whole era...
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A vice chancellor ... in an ideal world

A vice chancellor ... in an ideal world

16:25, Nov 10, 2019
The incontrovertible truth about higher education in the country today is the depths to which it is relentlessly being pushed. Teachers are by and...
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A November elegy

A November elegy

11:30, Nov 03, 2019
The stream of history set in motion in Bangladesh after Liberation in December 1971 has been a tortuous and painful one. You need to sit back and...
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Henry Kissinger: brilliant scholar, flawed diplomat

Henry Kissinger: brilliant scholar, flawed diplomat

15:50, Oct 27, 2019
Narendra Modi has lately become enamoured of Henry Kissinger. Reputation, for some men who have always been in the public eye, travels a good many...
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Of men, murder and mystery

Of men, murder and mystery

17:40, Oct 20, 2019
On 16 October 1951, Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, chief lieutenant of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Pakistan’s first prime minister, was assassinated as he...
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Imran Khan’s call, Hoodbhoy’s comments and Pakistan’s 1971

Imran Khan’s call, Hoodbhoy’s comments and Pakistan’s 1971

19:57, Oct 06, 2019
Quite a good deal of comment as also cynicism has been generated by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent telephonic call to Bangladesh Prime...
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