Kalpana Chakma

‘Bring Kalpana Chakma’s abductors to book’

Twenty-two years have gone by into the abduction of Kalpana Chakma and still the culprits evade justice, speakers at a programme say.

THE SOUND & THE FURY / For the Kalpana Chakma I know and the one I never will

I never knew Kalpana di – not personally anyway -- the fearless indigenous activist who was snatched away from us by “mysterious” powers-that-be 19 years ago, when she was only 20 years of age.

Impunity and the Kalpana Chakma case

I first heard about the alleged abduction of Kalpana Chakma just after the incident occurred in June 1996. I was teaching at Dhaka University at that time.

June 11, 2018
June 11, 2018

‘Bring Kalpana Chakma’s abductors to book’

Twenty-two years have gone by into the abduction of Kalpana Chakma and still the culprits evade justice, speakers at a programme say.

June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015

For the Kalpana Chakma I know and the one I never will

I never knew Kalpana di – not personally anyway -- the fearless indigenous activist who was snatched away from us by “mysterious” powers-that-be 19 years ago, when she was only 20 years of age.

May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015

Impunity and the Kalpana Chakma case

I first heard about the alleged abduction of Kalpana Chakma just after the incident occurred in June 1996. I was teaching at Dhaka University at that time.

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