By M. Adil Khan* This article was originally published in South Asia Journal. BRISBANE, Australia | 17 August 2024 (IDN) — On 5 August 2024, protesting and venting their anger against Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and her Awami League government’s years of despotism, injustices and brutalities, an angry mob of hundreds […]
We Must Preserve the Idea of India
By Shashi Tharoor* This column was originally published in the English edition of Mathrubhumi, We are sharing it with our readers because it tells us why India represents more than the “Hindi-Hindutva-Hindustan” idea proclaimed by the present ruling dispensation. — Editor NEW DELHI | 16 August 2024 (IDN) — At midnight on 15 August 1947, […]
India Balances Interests Amidst Israel-Iran Tensions
By Kabir Taneja* NEW DELHI | 15 August 2024 (IDN) — The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Chief of Hamas’s Politburo in Tehran, hours after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian was a dramatic event. Haniyeh, the political lead for various levels of negotiation and talks since 7 October terror […]
Bangladesh: Women Pave the Way for Sustainable Agriculture
By Rafiqul Islam Montu ASSASHUNI, Bangladesh | 14 August 2024 (IDN) — Martha Achary, 45, and her team members were irrigating the agricultural farm one winter morning in November. The farm is surrounded and covered with blue thick netting. Adjacent to the farm are two large water drums; In which 5000 liters of water was […]
Nepal: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Maintain Symbiotic Bonds with Forests
By Devinder Kumar NEW DELHI | 10 August 2024 (IDN) — Nepal is richly endowed with forest resources, with a coverage of about 6.4 million hectares. Between 1992 and 2016, the country nearly doubled its forest cover, moving from 26 percent to 45 percent of its land area. The progress in forest regeneration and improvement […]
Literary-Prize Politics, Cold War, and the Disinformation Game
Decolonizing History and Fiction in a Neo Colony Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake* “Fair is foul and foul is fair”— William Shakespeare’s Macbeth COLOMBO | 7 August 2024 (IDN) — Why are there no Booker Prize-winning novels about mundane multicultural families that inter-married for generations, shared religion/s, language/s, histories, and co-existed for centuries, while living in relative […]
Bangladesh Student Protests: More Than an Anti-Discrimination Movement
By Tajul Islam DHAKA, Bangladesh | 27 July 2024 (IDN) — The student protests in Bangladesh began as a legitimate and peaceful movement aimed at addressing inequalities within the educational system and government job reservations. Students were particularly concerned with the country’s quota system in government jobs, which reserved a significant portion of these positions […]
Government Crackdown Sparks Bloodshed and Fury Across Bangladesh
By Shahidul Alam* This article was originally published in The Wire and is being republished with the author’s permission. DHAKA, Bangladesh | 25 July 2024 (IDN) — The televised murder of Abu Sayeed, an unarmed student of Begum Rokeya University, is an indictment of a rogue government that has long lost its right to rule. […]
A Worm’s Eye View of the World of India and China
By Sanjaya Baru* Shastri Ramachandaran’s “Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China (2008-2022)”, published by Genuine Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd., 1 January 2024, is a reminder for Indian media organisations to look abroad. This review was pubished by The Wire. NEW DELHI | 22 July 2024 (IDN) — Foreign correspondents have always been […]
The Forgotten Trophy of India-Russia Friendship
By Shastri Ramachandaran* This article was issued by The Wire and is being republished with the author’s permission. If there is one single individual icon who epitomises India-Russia cooperation above and beyond politics, diplomacy and transactional ties, it is India’s greatest chess player and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand. NEW DELHI | 20 July 2024 […]