Remembering Shinzo Abe: Tragic death of an Asian statesman
From the moment he appeared on the world stage, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most compelling politician in a generation, was cut from a different cloth.
The blame-game over climate change
The 'rich' have to pay for their oversized contributions to global warming. If we consider the data from 1900-2004: the US has contributed by far the lion's share, in the form of 314,772 m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide.
My Hawai'i commitment
The world community feels that Bangladesh should turn the tiger from an 'umbrella species' to a 'flagship species', as this is the national animal of Bangladesh.
Taking Tagore to Cannes
Cannes - the very name conjures up images of movie star glamour, unalloyed creativity, and cinema as it should be - artistic, visually captivating, and incorporating a language that is altogether in danger of getting lost in a tsunami of
Becoming Bangabandhu
That does it mean for a man, or a woman, to have 'a life led in politics'? Is it one in the midst or at the forefront of great events...
7th March: The pinnacle of a relationship
More than anyone else in Bangladesh's history, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman enjoyed a relationship with his people.
Art that speaks to the times
The Venice Biennale is widely accepted as “the art world's greatest show”. I had the privilege to attend the opening week, with the theme Enwezor chose for its central exhibition, “All the world's futures”, reflecting his own preoccupation with “the state of things” - in a world where war and destruction has not only not spared art, but our cultural heritage is under attack in a very targeted sense.
July 16, 2022
Remembering Shinzo Abe: Tragic death of an Asian statesman
From the moment he appeared on the world stage, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most compelling politician in a generation, was cut from a different cloth.
November 22, 2016
The blame-game over climate change
The 'rich' have to pay for their oversized contributions to global warming. If we consider the data from 1900-2004: the US has contributed by far the lion's share, in the form of 314,772 m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide.
September 29, 2016
My Hawai'i commitment
The world community feels that Bangladesh should turn the tiger from an 'umbrella species' to a 'flagship species', as this is the national animal of Bangladesh.
June 4, 2016
Taking Tagore to Cannes
Cannes - the very name conjures up images of movie star glamour, unalloyed creativity, and cinema as it should be - artistic, visually captivating, and incorporating a language that is altogether in danger of getting lost in a tsunami of
March 17, 2016
Becoming Bangabandhu
That does it mean for a man, or a woman, to have 'a life led in politics'? Is it one in the midst or at the forefront of great events...
March 11, 2016
7th March: The pinnacle of a relationship
More than anyone else in Bangladesh's history, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman enjoyed a relationship with his people.
June 26, 2015
Art that speaks to the times
The Venice Biennale is widely accepted as “the art world's greatest show”. I had the privilege to attend the opening week, with the theme Enwezor chose for its central exhibition, “All the world's futures”, reflecting his own preoccupation with “the state of things” - in a world where war and destruction has not only not spared art, but our cultural heritage is under attack in a very targeted sense.
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