After the October 28, 2023 Surgical Operation to silence the political opposition that led to a Dummy Election on January 7, 2024 in Bangladesh, an uneasy quietness prevailed on the two major fronts: the political opposition in the country which had been campaigning for years for an election under a neutral authority, and the US led West that had […]
Standing on the arch of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Kamala Harris said she felt compelled to begin her remarks by addressing the deteriorating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. “People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane. And our common humanity compels us to act,” […]
I am still searching for answers. In an article titled “Sheikh Hasina Does in Again in Bangladesh” on January 8, 2024 prolific writer R Chowdhury explained that the longest serving “Lady Hitler” staged the sequel to her trademark electoral fraudulence on January 7. As always, her trusted all-weather sponsor across the border was on board. […]
After the farcical election of January 7, 2024, it can be said that the Hasina-led illegitimate regime of Bangladesh is not “a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Rather, it is a puppet regime of India, by India, and for India. One can argue that it is also subservient to China and Russia. In reality, it is overwhelmingly an […]
“Violating human rights is integral to the project of neoliberalism and global hegemony.”—Arundhati Roy In 2018, Indian Home Minister and the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party President Amit Shah termed Bangladeshis (immigrants) as termites that ate up India! But the ground reality is the opposite. Moreover, New Delhi’s insinuation is not lost on the Bangladeshi people; […]
Recent events have led many to believe that the Hasina regime no longer has the moral authority to govern Bangladesh. This belief is held by a large number of Bangladeshis both within the country and abroad. Numerous foreign governments, analysts, and human rights activists also share this view and are calling for the removal of […]
When the big ones fight, the small ones get crushed underneath. So seems to be the plight of the common people in Bangladesh today. They are in a political quagmire consequent upon power play by vested quarters. Everything goes in their name, yet they rarely figure in the greater scheme of things. In most cases, […]
On October 7, 2023, Israel suffered its most devastating attack in decades, orchestrated by the Iran-backed Palestinian militant organization, Hamas. Notably, Hamas’s startling well-planned land-sea-air surprise assault from Gaza on Southern Israeli communities claimed the lives of hundreds and took approximately 150 individuals hostage, both military and civilian personnel. Israel’s most cataclysmic ordeal has remarkably […]
By a skillful and sustained use of propaganda one can make a people to see heaven as hell, or an extremely wretched life as paradise. –Adolf Hitler. Disinformation campaign We read Subir Bhaumik, Salahuddin Shoaib Chowdhury, ANM Abdi and a few other RAW (Indian Intelligence Agency) affiliated writers singing for Sheikh Hasina and Indian interests […]
In the heart of Africa’s unfolding narrative, a new chapter unfolds, bearing the weight of a somber tale woven with the threads of power shifts and tumultuous transitions. Once more, the world holds its collective breath, anticipating the reverberating repercussions of an African coup, a tempest of change that casts a shadow of unending sorrow […]