The US and China are meeting at least after a few months of hostility. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Politburo member Yang Ji talked in Zurich hoping for a possible Sino-American summit. While the US is defensive and hoping it satisfies the domestic audience, the Chinese sound
Author: Afsan Chowdhury
Long hair, Rabindra University and the short message
The news story that a teacher at a University forced several male students to undergo a haircut has raised many questions about social values which we consider as normal. Clearly, male long hair is considered offensive and female long hair desirable as per the socio-cultural hegemony. So without any bother,
E-valy: Allowed to happen?
As Afghan children wait for death
The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly. American strategic incompetence and military inability may have caused it grave image loss and showed how weak it is, the concrete specter of death haunts those left behind in a spectacular display of betrayal. There is as yet no formal government and the
The Maulvi thief and us
Biden, Taliban, Moscow and … Politics of temporary powers
The Orange policeman who fled to India
Are digital platforms following the Haldar model of theft?
For the last few months, stories after stories are breaking about theft and fraud by digital platforms. It's unusual considering the country is trying to brand itself "Digital Bangladesh" but coming across digital theft so frequently. These consumer goods selling online super shops have managed to milk millions from the
US leftovers and the Taliban
The battle between the (The National Resistance Front (NRF))Panjshir forces and the Taliban is another indicator that almost all the belligerent forces are non-state actors in Afghanistan. There is no single notion of identity of state so tribal feelings overwhelmingly dominate. The US's twenty years of failed struggle to “construct”
