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A highlight of the ‘disquiet’ world
THE 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened in the past week amid simmering tension in the Middle East over recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, whichReadMore
Sheikh Hasina: Captain Courageous
September 28 is the birthday of Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangobandhu. She will be 72 years old. Happy Birthday, Honourable Prime Minister and daughter of the Father of the Nation!ReadMore
Why degrowth is the only responsible way forward
Some demand reduction could be achieved through efficiency improvements. But these might be less effective than they appear. As long as we keep pursuing growth, such improvements will be usedReadMore
Globalising AI surveillance
THEY all do it: corporations, regimes, authorities. They all have the same reasons: efficiency, serviceability, profitability, all under the umbrella term of ‘security’. Call it surveillance, or call it monitoringReadMore
Why the paranoia about diversity?
INDIA’S home minister Amit Shah of the BJP now bats for Hindi as the unifying language that India requires. In India, several decades ago, the uncritical reversion to fundamentalism andReadMore
Is Kashmir India’s internal affair?
Shawdesh Desk: THE reaction of a certain quarter in Bangladesh to New Delhi’s decision to terminate Kashmir’s special status has been intriguing, to say the least. The quarter has defendedReadMore
Conflict with Iran portends WW III
The importance of this cannot be overemphasised. It is, quite possibly, life-and-death for the planet. MARK Twain once commented, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.’ The US conflictReadMore
Amazonia, climate change, Syria, Yemen and Kashmir
The world order backdrop ARGUABLY, even before the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, there was a widespread sense that a state-centric form of world order was morally and functionallyReadMore
