Ahmer Khan

1 month ago | newhumanist.org.uk | Ahmer Khan

History has shown that student uprisings often lead to nationwide revolt, and Bangladesh in recent years has been no exception. With former prime minister Sheikh Hasina forced out of office and reportedly seeking political refuge in India, an interim government now leads the country, including key figures from the student movement that led to her fall.

Jul 10, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Ahmer Khan

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Jul 10, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Ahmer Khan

When he was a teenager, Muhammad Faheem visited a festival in Delhi and watched gravity-defying performers drive up and around the steep walls of a cylindrical arena. In Hindi, the carnival attraction is known as Maut ka Kuan, or Well of Death, because performers risk falling off at any moment. “I wasn’t scared; I was drawn to it,” Mr. Faheem says.

May 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Hannah Ellis-Petersen |Kyri Evangelou |Ahmer Khan |Temujin Doran

India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister ,Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term. But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy.

Feb 2, 2024 | context.news | Ahmer Khan

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