Mapping female emancipation autonomous womanhood vs. dasi By rahnuma ahmed His comments made me stop in my tracks, I began re-thinking why I had proceeded as I had. I’d suffered nagging doubts about Part II after it had been published. May be, the discussion had been too academic, may be it had turned some readers … Continue reading “RE-READING BEGUM ROKEYA ? CONCLUDING PART”
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Eid at Shaheed Minar by rahnuma ahmed We’d mourned deaths from road accidents at central Shaheed Minar earlier as well. When we rallied in support of Viqarunnisa students protesting against school rape, we had risen to grieve for 39 people killed, including 38 schoolboys, in the Mirsarai road accident on July 11, … Continue reading “Simmering discontent”
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed “…far from a mere method or an a priori technique to be imposed on all students, education is a political and moral practice that provides the knowledge, skills and social relations that enable students to explore for themselves the possibilities of what it means to be engaged citizens, while … Continue reading “We are with you, Viqarunnisa!”
July 3rd 2011. 7:50 am. In an exclusive interview with ShahidulNews, secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Minerals-Power-Ports, Anu Muhammad, professor of economics of Jahangirnagar University, speaking outside the Communist Party of Bangladesh office in New Paltan in Dhaka, talked of over 50 activists having been arrested by the police in the early … Continue reading “Police arrest 50 members of Oil and Gas Protection Committee”
by rahnuma ahmed In the end, treachery will betray even itself. Roman proverb When the prime minister, the finance minister etc., not known for being democratically-oriented, feel obliged to respond publicly according to the terms and conditions set by the National Oil-Gas Committee, it is clear that the tide is shifting. It is clear that? … Continue reading “De-energising Bangladesh”
By, rahnuma ahmed I had ended last week’s column (Part III, April 9, 2011) with these lines, What I find striking is how few women?s organisations, human rights and cultural activists are willing to publicly condemn the war on terror zealots, as they do the religious zealots. I had raised the question, is it odd … Continue reading “Reflections on Women Development Policy and IOJ's hartal – PART IV”
by rahnuma ahmed I’d thought of writing about the Nobel Laureate’s ouster from Grameen Bank last week, but fever intervened. Mine has receded, the government’s however, has not. Their’s is prolonged, one that continues. High state and party functionaries have repeatedly spoken of “irregularities” with a feverish zeal as the Bangladesh Bank relieved Dr Muhammad … Continue reading “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the Noblest of them all?”
Subscribe to ShahidulNews February 4 2011. 9:06 pm Dear friends, Yesterday evening I got an emergency text message from Sharmine who is Moshrefa Mishu’s youngest sister which said Mishu’s face had gone numb, her speech was slurred, she was having difficulty in talking. A junior doctor came in, examined her, said he thought it was … Continue reading “Rahnuma Ahmed's updates on Moshrefa Mishu”
Subscribe to ShahidulNews 1 Dr. Akmal Hossain, Dhaka University 2 Dr. M M Akash, Dhaka University 3 Robaet Ferdous, Dhaka University 4 Zobaida Nasrin Kona, Dhaka University 5 Dr. Shantonu Mazumdar, Dhaka University 6 Mesbah Kamal, Dhaka University 7 Dr Rahman Chowdhury, Dhaka University 8 Fahmidul Haq, Dhaka University 9 Dr. Kaberi Gayen, Dhaka University … Continue reading “Signatories to the statement protesting the arrest of Moshrefa Mishu, garment workers leader”
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