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Posts Tagged ‘bangladesh’

Indian Army Preparing for Coup in India

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma, now Indian army is also flapping it’s wings to have a coup and “discipline” the Indian people. Indian army’s inroads in the political arena through BJP and some of the hawks in Congress are all too visible. Their involvment in the riots and terrorists activities, manipulation of politicos and technocrats, [...]



Bangladesh Mutiny and Few Questions

By Isha Khan • Mar 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Following the worst mayhem in BDR few questions automatically emerges in ones conscious mind. There are really pricking my mind.
1. After repeated SOS call and urge for life from the highest authority of the country why no military actions were taken to rescue them having so many combat capabilities and options of our armed forces? [...]



Bengal’s sorrow

By Isha Khan • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

ONE can count on Dr Asok Mitra to say things that very few dare to say and most do not even notice or perceive. Curzon’s partition of Bengal in 1905 is one of the legends of the freedom movement. Legends and myths arouse protective emotions that shield them from scrutiny. Bengal’s partition was annulled in [...]



Time to Warn India

By Dr RazaHaider • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Technically India shall not understand the motto of freedom since she had never crossed the road to freedom and infact this country was being left for resident, by Ravishers as waste. It was the freedom fight of Muslim that took India as well to the state of release as unforeseen gift.



Book Review : ‘The Chittagong Hill Tracts: A Victim of Indian Intervention’

By Guest Blogger • Feb 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Mohammad Zainal Abedin in this research has reflected the problem of insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh from multi-dimensional points of view. A number of books on CHT issue are available in the realm of publication, but this book makes a distinctive and analytical approach to rethink about the long-term desire and interest [...]



2m to attend Biswa Ijtema:Devotees from 152 countries gather on the bank of Turag

By Isha Khan • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Misc

Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the hajj, begins today on the bank of river Turag with participation of devotees from 152 countries.
The three-day congregation is expected to witness around 20 lakh devotees including more than one lakh women from across the world, said the organisers.Meanwhile, thousands of devotees reached the Ijtema venue [...]



RAW : An Instrument of Indian Expansionism

By Guest Blogger • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), created in 1968, has assumed a significant status in the formulation of India’s domestic and foreign policies, particularly the later. Working directly under the Prime Minister, it has over the years become and effective instrument of India’s national power. In consonance with Kautilya’s precepts, RAW’s doctrine is based on [...]



Democracy & Former Islamic Colonies in Asia

By Prof. Michael Brenner • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The common experience of British dependencies in Asia was direct, custodial rule over a prolonged period. I believe that this is the principal reason why constitutional democracy has fared better there than in the Arab Middle East.
That experience was shared by the two largely Islamic states that had formed part of colonial India: Pakistan [...]



Pakistani Biharis Opt to Become Bangladeshi Biharis

By Guest Blogger • Jan 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The 37-year-old issue of Biharis’ repatriation to Pakistan has been finally buried for once and all after the young generation of Biharis convinced their stubborn elders to forget about going to Pakistan and cast their vote on Monday as Bangladeshi citizens, the first time they did so since 1971.
The worsening situation in Pakistan on account [...]



Disconnect from Balochistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Dec 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After the 37 years of dismemberment of Pakistan, which resulted into the formation of Bangladesh, one would have felt that the remaining Pakistan had learned some lesson, but when the current situation is analyzed, that feeling vaporizes as soon as it appears. Fire and Blood in FATA and Swat aside, the most dangerous and alarming [...]