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Nov 12, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Mahadev Ghosh
Trump became the second person ever to become the president of the United States twice in non-consecutive terms, and the first convicted felon to be president. Running for a third time, he also won the popular vote this cycle—which he claimed in his victory speech as a "historic mandate" given to him by the American people, with Republicans taking control of the Senate as well.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | M Adil Khan |Hiren Gohain |Mahadev Ghosh |Suresh Khairnar
The July-August 2024 student-public uprising in Bangladesh began with a call for government job quota reforms but swiftly evolved into a profound challenge to the political status quo. What started as a protest over quotas transformed into a broader movement for regime change and reshaped Bangladesh’s political landscape. The protests commenced on July 1st, primarily involving students from Dhaka University and other institutions, who sought changes to the government’s job quota system.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | M Adil Khan |Hiren Gohain |Mahadev Ghosh |Anu Muhammad
On August 5, 2024, a student led mass uprising ended Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League government’s decade and a half long despotic rule in Bangladesh. Hasina fled to India. Hasina’s fall was also a big blow to India, her staunchest and the most opportunistic ally. Many thus believe that without India’s (read Modi’s) backing – political and security – Hasina would not have lasted as long as she did.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Hiren Gohain |Mahadev Ghosh |Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE
On the role of religion in politics, participants at a student-led round-table at The Daily Star, critically examined the influence of religion on political dynamics in Bangladesh. They emphasised that while Islam teaches tolerance and protection for all faiths, religion-based politics often leads to extremism and exclusivity, challenging the principles of secularism. Bangladesh’s leading English-language newspaper reported on Sep 4, 2024.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Hiren Gohain |Mahadev Ghosh |Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE
I learnt from a recent news story on Google that during the oath-taking ceremony of a military academy in Turkey, a dozen new army officers refused to take the oath in its Islamic garb and shouted slogans in honour of Mustafa Kamal who had introduced the modern secular state in Turkey.President Tayyeb Erdogan was livid with anger and he reportedly vowed to ensure that they are not taken into the army.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mahadev Ghosh |Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE |BZ Khasru
According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other territories and peoples.” This is a very simple and succinct definition of imperialism that captures the essential characteristics of the concept.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Binoy Kampmark |Philip Farruggio |Mahadev Ghosh |Junaid Ahmad
September 11. Melbourne. The scene: the area between Spencer Street Bridge and the Batman Park-Spencer Street tram stop. Heavily armed police, with glinting face coverings and shields, had seized and blocked the bridge over the course of the morning, preventing all traffic from transiting through it. Behind them stood second tier personnel, lightly armed. Then, barricades, followed by horse mounted police. Holding up the rear: two fire trucks.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Philip Farruggio |Suresh Khairnar |Bharat Dogra |Mahadev Ghosh
Sitting here watching, for the umpteenth time, the Jonathan Demme directed remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Early on in the film the Denzel Washington character says to his troubled former infantry mate ” It’s over. It’s done. Ya gotta move on.” So it is with those of my fellow Americans who have been given an amnesia pill about September 11th, 2001.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mahadev Ghosh |Ramisa Rob |Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE
by Mahadev Ghosh and Ramisa RobIn his Independence Day speech, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that 1.4 billion Indians are worried about the safety of Hindu minorities in post-Hasina Bangladesh, in New Delhi, on August 15, 2024. Since the student-led mass uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina’s regime in Bangladesh on August 5, a new reality dawned on the horizon for the nation grappling with uncertainty.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Ramisa Rob |Mahadev Ghosh
Hindus in Bangladesh themselves called on the Indian media to display facts. Since the student-led mass uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina's regime in Bangladesh on August 5, a new reality dawned on the horizon for the nation grappling with uncertainty. But in neighbouring India's media, an alternate reality of what was not seen on the streets of Bangladesh emerged. An incessant flow of misinformation and largely disinformation flooded social media.
