The mugshot and the meltdown: Trump and US politics
The Republican problem is now a US problem.
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Tucker Carlson and the murky state of US media
Tucker Carlson, the recently fired US cable television talk show host at Fox News, was quite a force to be reckoned with. Until, he was fired.
Trump’s arrest adds fuel to fire in hyperpolarised US
Republicans are locked in a Faustian embrace with Trump, and the arrest is likely to make that embrace tighter.
The deadly, murky history of the rules-based order
This month provides a harrowing historical landmark of what an ugly turn that order has taken in the past.
Lit Fest and Boi Mela: A linguistic, cultural apartheid?
Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.
Does the world really have the West’s back on Ukraine?
The war in Ukraine has spawned a mindless Russophobic war hysteria in the West that is appalling. It reminds me of my days in the US during the Iraq war. As Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
Ukraine invasion and the dystopian US political landscape
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, one of the strangest spectacles is a bunch of video clips of Fox News Channel’s conservative
The path to cultural redemption
The Nazrul Festival 2022, a two-day cultural extravaganza that was open to the public, has recently concluded.
August 29, 2023
The mugshot and the meltdown: Trump and US politics
The Republican problem is now a US problem.
May 7, 2023
Tucker Carlson and the murky state of US media
Tucker Carlson, the recently fired US cable television talk show host at Fox News, was quite a force to be reckoned with. Until, he was fired.
April 8, 2023
Trump’s arrest adds fuel to fire in hyperpolarised US
Republicans are locked in a Faustian embrace with Trump, and the arrest is likely to make that embrace tighter.
March 30, 2023
The deadly, murky history of the rules-based order
This month provides a harrowing historical landmark of what an ugly turn that order has taken in the past.
March 6, 2023
Lit Fest and Boi Mela: A linguistic, cultural apartheid?
Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.
May 7, 2022
Does the world really have the West’s back on Ukraine?
The war in Ukraine has spawned a mindless Russophobic war hysteria in the West that is appalling. It reminds me of my days in the US during the Iraq war. As Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
April 3, 2022
Ukraine invasion and the dystopian US political landscape
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, one of the strangest spectacles is a bunch of video clips of Fox News Channel’s conservative
March 23, 2022
The path to cultural redemption
The Nazrul Festival 2022, a two-day cultural extravaganza that was open to the public, has recently concluded.
January 9, 2022
A day in infamy in US history
A year ago, on January 6, armed, violent supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol. Lawmakers hid in fear of their lives.
December 18, 2021
Towards a future full of promises and challenges
How time flies.
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