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Everyday secularism and the Bangladesh we rarely talk about (opens the original)
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“Did you try Ghosh er Misti while in Satkhira?” For anyone visiting Satkhira, a district on the edge of the Sundarbans, this is an ordinary question—an expression of local pride and hospitality. Yet, in the Indian subcontinent, where food has become an increasingly charged political battleground, the question is anything but trivial. In neighbouring India, Hindutva nationalism has recast dietary habits and culinary traditions as markers of religious identity, purity and political allegiance. Aga
Ganges Water Treaty: A new bargain or a new dispute? (opens the original)
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The Ganges water-sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh is heading towards a crucial deadline, with the 30-year agreement set to expire on December 12, 2026. What began as a dispute over the Farakka Barrage in the 1960s has evolved into one of the most sensitive issues in India-Bangladesh relations. This time, however, the renewal is unlikely to be a simple extension of the existing arrangement. Climate change, changing water demands, Bihar's growing concerns, West Bengal's interests and th
Bangladesh and the Mecca Pact: The national security questions we are missing (opens the original)
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The trilateral Mecca Defence Pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye has triggered an unusually intense debate in Bangladesh—and, predictably, across the border. Speculation over whether Bangladesh should eventually join this security alliance has spilled into Parliament, social media and foreign-policy circles across the political spectrum. Yet there is something striking about this debate: almost everyone is arguing about the Pact while remarkably ignoring a fundamental question—what e
A democratic Bangladesh must make room for competing memories (opens the original)
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August arrives in South Asia carrying an unusual historical weight. It’s the month of Partition, when India and Pakistan emerged from British rule in 1947. In independent Bangladesh, August carries an even more intimate but contested memory. On August 15, 1975, Bangladesh’s founding leader, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was assassinated with most of his family members. This month is also associated with the historic July uprising that toppled the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina, Banga
A democratic Bangladesh must make room for competing memories (opens the original)
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August arrives in South Asia carrying an unusual historical weight. It’s the month of Partition, when India and Pakistan emerged from British rule in 1947. In independent Bangladesh, August carries an even more intimate but contested memory. On August 15, 1975, Bangladesh’s founding leader, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was assassinated with most of his family members. This month is also associated with the historic July uprising that toppled the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina, Banga
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