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Story of a refugee grand mother, of identities and displacements #Sundayreading

In times of displacement, do we leave our former selves behind and create new identities? In this moving personal history, Garga Chatterjee profiles his Bengali grandmother whose true self was unmasked only by a tragic stroke . http://www.thefridaytimes.com/   I have crossed… Continue Reading →

Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam’s lesson to Bangladesh

AFP, May 2, 2013  Relations hit a sour note: Fashion brand Mango placed orders for clothing items this year at one of the factories housed in the now collapsed building in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP   From factory fires to slave labour,… Continue Reading →

Bangladesh: Testimony of 24 year old Survivor Morium Begum, Her Right Arm was Amputated #Vaw

MAY 6, 2013  | globallabourrights.org Death Toll Reaches 665 at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh The death toll at the Rana Plaza building has reached 665 as of Monday morning U.S. Eastern Time.  To date, less than 50 percent of the rubble from the… Continue Reading →

Whose side are you on?

  By Javed Anand Leaders and the led from a host of rightwing Indian Muslim organisations – Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JEI), All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, All India Milli Council, All Bengal Minority Youth Federation, West Bengal Sunnat Al Jamaat Committee included –… Continue Reading →

When a modern Indian marriage clashes with ancient rules

STEPHANIE NOLEN PABNAWA, INDIA — THE GLOBE AND MAIL Last updated Sunday, Apr. 28 2013, 10:26 PM EDT Six months ago, Mahinda Pal warned his son, Surya Kant Pal, to ‘stay on this side’ of the town. ‘We used to… Continue Reading →

Bangladesh SC uphold death penalty to 2 army officers

30 April 2013 Press Trust of India DHAKA, 30 APRIL: Bangladesh‘s Supreme Court today upheld the death sentences of two fugitive junior military officers awarded by a local court for killing four top national leaders, including the then acting president Syed… Continue Reading →

Loud and clear: Bangladeshi youth choose their platform

 Dhaka Tribune, April21, 2013 The next generation has found its voice through the Internet Photo- DhakaTribune I never knew how active Bangladesh, as an entire country, was virtually until the Shahbag story broke out on social media this year. You… Continue Reading →

Bangladesh: Crackdown on Bloggers, Editors Escalates #FOS #FOE #Censorship

As Protests Sharpen Along Religious Lines, Government Should Not Curtail Free Speech APRIL 15, 2013, hrw.org “By targeting peaceful critics in the media and blogosphere and promising more arrests, the government is abandoning any serious claim that it is committed… Continue Reading →

A dangerous connivance

  GARGA CHATTERJEE, The Hindu It is worrying that West Bengal’s political class remained tactical spectators to the Kolkata rally organised by Muslim groups in support of Bangladeshi war criminals West Bengal looked to the Shahbag protests in Dhaka with… Continue Reading →

Rescued from Mumbai brothels, 18 escape from Bengal shelter #Vaw

Nine were caught trying to catch city-bound Gitanjali Express Jayatri Nag [email protected] As many as 18 girls, including two minors, ran away from a shelter home in Kolkata on Friday. These women, rescued from various brothels in KamathipuraareaofMumbai,weresenttoWestBengal for rehabilitation. Being… Continue Reading →

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