Musings by Shahidul Alam
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Living in the Urban Jungle Photography Exhibition, Dhaka Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi 26 October ? 1 November 2010 3-8 pm, everyday Launching ceremony at 4pm on 25 October 2010 in Grand Ball Room of Sonargaon Hotel. Live streaming at: www.drik.tv/living-in-the-urban-jungle Earlier project: Do You See My World? Exhibition, Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall, Sadar … Continue reading “Events at Drik Gallery II”
By rahnuma ahmed I take liberties with English language as I write “doctoral” to indicate the complicity of doctors and hospitals, both public and privately-owned ones, in short, the Bangladesh medical establishment’s actions which aid and abet state functionaries who have committed acts of terror?whether those in the police force, or RAB (Rapid Action Battalion), … Continue reading “Doctoral Complicity in State Terror”
Clip 1 of a series of interviews in Bangla of Professor Anu Muhammad by Shahidul Alam, relating to the debate surrounding the utilisation of Bangladesh’s oil and gas resources. Professor Muhammad and other activists have been questioning the policy of the Bangladesh Government on its use of oil and gas. On the 2nd September 2009, … Continue reading “Bangladesh Oil and Gas”
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Facebook blocked in Bangladesh Facebook blocked by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Bangladesh Dhaka, May 29 (bdnews24.com) ? Facebook has been blocked in Bangladesh for a brief period, a senior BTRC official told bdnews24.com Saturday evening after hundreds of users reported the social networking site was down. The official, speaking on condition … Continue reading “Breaking News”
Tushikur Rahman – Finalist for Emerging Photographer Grant 2011 Fatalistic Tendency play this essay on burn magazine There is a place in which your privacy, intimacy, integrity and inviolability are guaranteed. Your own body and mind, that unique temple and a familiar territory of sense and personal history. Anxiety and stress can cause sleep deprivation, … Continue reading “General News”
by rahnuma ahmed Official versions conflict about why Romel Chakma – a 20-year old HSC examinee and student leader of the Pahari Chatra Parishad – was picked up by the army, whether he was transferred from army to police custody while in Naniachar, whether his admission to, and 2-weeklong treatment at, the Chittagong Medical College … Continue reading “ROMEL CHAKMA II: Is custodial killing heroic?”
rahnuma ahmed I Millions watched the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and former American actress Meghan Markle on television the world over. While many heralded it for demonstrating ‘how Britain has become more egalitarian and racially mixed‘ and lauded the ”Meghan effect‘ on black Britons,’ others rejoiced at the wedding ceremony for having been ‘a … Continue reading “Of weddings: royal, bombed & droned”
Shahidul Alam?s new show combats Islamophobia, extremism: The Punch Interview by Ina Puri Apr 30, 2017 For celebrated Bangladeshi photographer, writer and curator Shahidul Alam, a just world is a plural space where many thoughts can coexist. His latest show, Embracing the Other, opens in Dhaka on May 8 “If you?re not making certain … Continue reading “Embracing the Other”
THE SEARCH FOR KALPANA CHAKMA BY SMRITI DANIEL??/??28TH JANUARY 2016 Shahidul Alam has long been gripped by the life of a woman he has never met. It?s been two decades since Kalpana Chakma was abducted, but Shahidul refuses to forget her. Standing at the threshold of his latest exhibition,Kalpana?s Warriors, the Bangladeshi photographer pauses … Continue reading “Kalpana's Warriors in Delhi”
Another blogger. Ananta Bijoy Das, murdered today. Police too busy beating up students to notice: ———————————————————————————————————- Tolerating Death in a Culture of Intolerance | Economic and Political Weekly. COMMENTARY Economic & Political Weekly EPW MARCH 21, 2015 vol l no 12 11 by?Shahidul Alam The daylight murder of Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy in Dhaka on … Continue reading “Tolerating Death in a Culture of Intolerance”