Recently, a Bengali lecturer of an English course in a private university was unable to translate “Nogorayan” – a Bengali word that stands for “urbanization” – in a class when a student asked her for help. The teacher proudly said that she could not translate the word, since she was more [...]

The American political figure Benjamin Franklin advocated, “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” Any hope for the future comes to an end for an individual when their ability to change comes to an end. As something ends and something else begins, it inspires one to move forward and apply what is gained to society and [...]

By Zin Linn
The guilty verdict issued by Burma’s military junta against Aung San Suu Kyi has made the country’s political weather gloomier and murkier. Most citizens, including military officials, are upset at the unjust and arbitrary decision of the court. It is likely to engender more social unrest in the near future.
The verdict handed [...]

By Anjali Singh
Is the state of UP ready to accept the fact that there is a problem with Uttar Police Force? Or are they comfortable condoning the acts of brutality that are becoming a frequent occurrence now. The khaki brigade is running rampant and nothing seems to be done to reign them in either.
With another [...]

A paper by Buni Yani
It is still a question in today’s Indonesian contemporary history whether the rise of then-Lieutenant General Soeharto to power in 1966 was a matter of “historical accident” where Soeharto was created by the stage of history, or whether he created the stage himself. But by the [...]

There is a very popular television show in the USA called The Amazing Race. I’ve even seen other regional versions of this show during my extensive travels around the world. In this television series, teams comprised of two people race against each other, all in hopes of wining a significant prize. In [...]

By Arif Arman
Jolrashir Naam RamShagor – Persecutionbd.org

By Soumitra Dev
Protidhhoni Shuni – Sumithro [Persecutionbd.org]

Submitted by Akash Hossain
Tipaimukh – Bangladesher Jonno Kothin Porikkha

By M. A Khan of Islam-Watch.org
President Obama, visiting a slave-fort in Ghana, condemned slavery, pointing to a chruch that stood next to the slave-dungeons, to obviate the popular paradigm as to how European Christians, with sanctions from the church, engaged in black slavery, probably the only slavery that existed in history and is worth condemning. But Islam—whose role [...]