Afsan Chowdhury

6 days ago | dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai

The Media is always in the media focus and when it's so politically involved, almost an activist media in general, this is only to be expected. Public expectation of the media's role is that of a supporter of its perceived socio-political and economic objectives hence the functional role of the media has probably transitioned into one of structural "bias" where a media unit is judged based not on its objectivity but depending on how subjective it is.

2 weeks ago | dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai

Bengal at the meeting point of two centuries saw profound changes and turmoil. They had been on for many decades but began to mature as it ended the 19th century. Ironically, some of the foundational contending issues were resolved particularly the conflict between the older feudal class and the new colonial ruling class through the Sepoy Mutiny. But that actually pushed the new ones that colonialism itself produced when they took power to the main ringside.

Jan 17, 2025 | dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Anisul Islam

Jan 10 is a major event in the list of public events of Bangladesh history. Sk. Mujib, who was interned in Pakistan during 1971, was released after the war was over formally after the Pakistani forces surrendered on December 16. He flew into Dhaka on January 10 1972. This also meant that from December 16 to January 10, 1972, nobody was really in charge of the government.

Jan 10, 2025 | dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Anisul Islam

Efforts to prove that Maualan Bhashani was greatly influenced by Western sourced radical ideology have been on for some time. This has some connection with his "discovery" by South Asian radicals living abroad -read 60s Leftists of the UK - who rejected the mainstream party politics of the Awami League and looked elsewhere for a hero. They wanted to anoint him with Western ideological colours because his "radical" robes looked rather too indigenous for an international figure.

Dec 6, 2024 | dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Anisul Islam

The big political space in which politics has erupted has led to conflict and even violence including when it was about the 1971 history. Something is deeply unsettling that we can't look at history without taking an extremely exclusivist view. It's not just about a collective inability to do research or discourse on a historical topic but also about making the study of history a junior official of politics whose only task to serve a political party ends, whichever party that be.