Vidya Bhushan Rawat

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Arjun Banerjee |Ranjan Solomon |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Ramzy Baroud

A week ago, the U.S. voted with Russia in the U.N. on the issue of the Ukraine war. The same Washington that led the charge to make Russia a pariah among countries for it. This comes as the E.U. and Ukraine itself have been excluded from the peace talks for the future resolution of the conflict. But, as with the Ship of Theseus, we know that the Washington we see today is not the one we started with.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Ranjan Solomon |Shiran Illanperuma |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Ramzy Baroud

Is Europe the embodiment of authentic multilaterism, or has it reduced itself to being a mere collective of subtle, unspoken post-colonialism projects that pass off as initiatives of international cooperation and assistance? Does the European Union today possess even the most essential modicum of ingredients within its systems to be a force for a just and humanitarian world?  Or does it seek to tacitly continue patterns of an unequal and unjust world just as it did in the colonial era?

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Mahfuz Anam |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Mizanur Rahman |M Adil Khan

We need legal frameworks to prevent their future misuseIn its obsession with remaining in power, Sheikh Hasina’s government distorted and misused all institutions, including the judiciary, bureaucracy, police, and intelligence agencies. This facilitated the creation of the fascistic ruling structure from which we have now been freed by the student-led people’s uprising. Political powers also used the DGFI to intimidate the free and independent media.

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Mizanur Rahman |M Adil Khan |Mahfuz Anam

There was a complete chaos outside the airport when I landed in Dhaka. The main highway did not have enough policemen. The friend who came to pick me up said that Dhaka’s traffic was being managed by locals and student volunteers. The air was thick and extremely polluted very similar to Delhi in the post Diwali days. My friend took me to the place where I was staying and in between I saw walls painted, with Sheikh Hasina’s portraits torn and painted with black or with a cross mark over it.

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Sanjay N. Parate |P S Sahni |Sumanta Banerjee |Vidya Bhushan Rawat

The statement given by the President in the Parliament, which is called the President’s address, is not written by her. This statement is written by the ruling party which she represents. Therefore, when she addresses the Parliament by saying “my government” in her speech and praises the government, then she herself becomes responsible for the pronunciation of every word written in that speech and its wrong facts.