Habibul Haque Khondker

Rehman Sobhan: A public intellectual extraordinaire

Professor Rehman Sobhan turns 86 today. Born in Kolkata into an illustrious family, with connections to the Nawab family of Dhaka from his mother’s side and a reputed Murshidabad family from his father’s side, Sobhan had no business to be a champion of the poor and the downtrodden.

Bangladesh- A fractured nation?

Where are we heading to? It is so sad! Why will infants and common people have to be burnt in the name of political movement?” wrote my FaceBook friend and brother in response to a post that I posted which said: “While so far my thought was, more or less, on how to delay death and live a meaningful life

March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021

Rehman Sobhan: A public intellectual extraordinaire

Professor Rehman Sobhan turns 86 today. Born in Kolkata into an illustrious family, with connections to the Nawab family of Dhaka from his mother’s side and a reputed Murshidabad family from his father’s side, Sobhan had no business to be a champion of the poor and the downtrodden.

February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015

Bangladesh- A fractured nation?

Where are we heading to? It is so sad! Why will infants and common people have to be burnt in the name of political movement?” wrote my FaceBook friend and brother in response to a post that I posted which said: “While so far my thought was, more or less, on how to delay death and live a meaningful life

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