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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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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