Bangladesh - Himal Southasian (Page 21)

Sexual Harassment and the Public Woman

Bangladeshi women who face harassment from males lack any access to avenues of social or legal redress. The suicide of Simi Banu tragically highlights the need for the law to protect not only female 'modesty', but the very right to equality.

By Dina M Siddiqi

/ 1 May 2002

A ‘minority’ in minority

Violence against Hindus, though seemingly religious in content, actually has many complex and 'secular' origins.

By Imtiaz Ahmed

/ 1 Apr 2002

HINDUS AND THE STATE

Within weeks of coming to power, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led government in Dhaka finds itself mired in a crisis of its own making. The ham-handed manner in which

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Dec 2001

Votes & Violence

The just concluded parliamentary election in Bangladesh has produced a stunning reversal of fortunes. The Awami League (AL), which commanded a majority in the previous parliament, has been reduced to

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Nov 2001

Dhaka in the 70s

Random memories in first and third person.

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Aug 2001

Surmise of a conspiracy

I have some questions regarding Subir Bhaumik's piece ("Conspirator's Cauldron") in the May issue of Himal. I am not entirely certain that there are

By Irfan Ahmad

/ 1 Jun 2001

Public Health Bus to Bangladesh

On a foggy Kathmandu morning on 2 December, a disparate group of Nepalis got into two long-distance buses. There were 70 in all, among them well-known doctors, policy-makers and heads

By Shiva Gaunle

/ 1 Feb 2001

Satelites and South Asia

The satellite revolution has consumed South Asia. Slickly packaged images and events have weaned audiences away from the staid fare of the region's national broadcasters. The responses to

By David Page and William Crawley

/ 1 Dec 2000

She Said, He Said

Fact is, Hasina gives a hoot about the who or the how of running Pakistan. She is intensely focussed on the trial of her family's killers—her family

By The Editors

/ 1 Oct 2000

The myth of the Assamese Bangladeshi: What's behind the unrelenting myth that Assam is overrun by Bangladeshi migrants?

"There is no doubt, of course, that those displaced persons who have come to settle in India are bound to have their citizenship. If the law is inadequate in

By Anindita Dasgupta

/ 29 Aug 2000

The myth of the Assamese Bangladeshi: What's behind the unrelenting myth that Assam is overrun by Bangladeshi migrants?

THE LEAGUE vs THE BENCH

For once, this is an issue in which the ruling party Awami League (AL) is not locked in battle with its diehard opponent, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). This time

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2000

Mangrove and Mud

Amar Sonar Bangla, alright, but where are the tourists? The thrills Bangladesh Biman Airlines come- on that announces the longest beach in the world, the mangrove forest that is the

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 May 2000