By Mosarrap H. Khan
The compartment stank of stale booze and urine. He saw the bundled figure in the corner seat. The patched rug, the crumpled clothes, a pair of torn shoes, a crooked bottle of water, and a pile of old newspapers heaped in the cart. He felt repulsed when he first encountered these people in train. He no longer felt the same nauseating feeling as the stench became bearable in a few minutes.
By Md. Nazmul Hasan
The movement has already proved to have a long term impact on the nation, irrespective of the results. If it ends successfully, though that remains a distant possibility, people would be inspired to raise further demands using this experience which may change the future of Bangladesh.
By Mosarrap H. Khan
While Okika is already setting up a strong argument for a battle with the emphasis on the word now, Okonkwo’s hasty decision to kill one of the messengers on the spot would appear unwarranted, howsoever he is aggrieved with the treatment at the hands of the messengers.
By Mosarrap Hossain Khan
I rewrote the ending of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958). Okonkwo’s suicide at the end of the novel has always haunted me as I could not accept a heroic figure like him submitting so tamely.
By Zahid Husain
The ongoing war crimes trials and the fallout from the verdicts justify the necessity of a progressive movement like Shahbag. The movement epitomizes the frustrations of generations who disapprove of the path Bangladesh has been walking since its independence. A country that adopted secularism as its fundamental tenet has drifted too far from its original promise of a progressive society. Bangladesh and Shahbag in that respect share a converging future, as the outcomes of this movement will ultimately determine the long term status of Bangladesh.
By Struggle Committee for Justice for Mudasir Kamran
In this report, we the students participating in the protest, will attempt to lay out the circumstances that led to Mudasir’s death and the following responses of the administration, the teachers, the students, the media and the police.
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain
MC Kash is one of the most popular rap artists from Kashmir. In 2010, he released the song “I Protest”, which was about the unrest and the killing of innocent youths in Kashmir and human right violations by local security forces. The studio, where the song was recorded was raided by the police, and MC Kash was threatened by the administration, as it deemed the song ‘seditious’. The national media never reported it.
By Ria De & Achuth Ajit
We also condemn the administration for not ensuring student safety against police. Some students, staying off campus were visited and questioned by members of the police in the early hours of the day. The lack of an official search warrant did not stop them from searching students’ premises.
By Achuth Ajit & Ria De
In situations of conflict between students, one can only hope that the administration’s basic response would be to provide counseling services or to create a safe context in which these problems can be resolved, instead of handing the students to the police to be intimidated.
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