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Just being a woman

SINCE the celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, we women have been inundated with lectures and articles on how to
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The state of our institutions

The BB Governor has done the only moral thing to do, resign. But that is only one aspect of the issue. The matter has generated several questions and people need credible answers to those.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The List of Shame

He stood there at the reception, with a sling bag filled with documents. He worked for a courier company. He was 10 years old.
15 March 2016, 18:00 PM

GOP desperate to derail Donald Trump

The campaign to win the nomination for the US presidential election has become nasty. It has degenerated into
14 March 2016, 18:00 PM

This is not cricket. Or, is it?

He smiles say it all, not on our faces. The desire of the Indians to beat us (in cricket), their eagerness to prove a point after losing the
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The American Idol

The Grand Old Party does not know how to stop Trump and it is their fault. Throughout history it's a party that has won elections mostly on anti-government rhetoric.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Just another day

Yesterday was the time to tell all our families that our daughters aren't just pretty; they are superbly gifted; our daughters don't “nag”...
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Does porn cause sexual violence?

It is hardly a topic we like to talk about -- a 'dirty', 'shameful' 'necessary evil' -- but something that its consumers are not willing to
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The invisible face of accountability

If any of you are looking for an optimistic and uplifting piece, please move on . . . this column will be one of despair!
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The penalty of success

One of my better lessons of life has been the understanding, and with good reason that, that if someone is upset with you, shows
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Police for People

If we peel back the layers of the most recent crimes such as the killing of children and the disturbing prevalence of violence against women...
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

What do we celebrate when we celebrate 'special' days?

We are quite happy, thank you very much, to superficially engage with an issue and then sweep it under the rug as soon as the day is over.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Of heroes and sedition

Two days ago, Ashis Nandy, the political psychologist, social theorist, critic, and a trained clinical psychologist...
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Quick implementation for quick results

WITH the fiscal year crossing its halfway mark, discussions on the implementation status of annual development programmes (ADP)
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM

The next stage of global climate change policymaking

THE 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), which was successfully concluded in December 2015 with the adoption of the Paris
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM

The art of bullying

It is perhaps a primal instinct in all animals, to exercise control and power over the weak and the helpless. It is pretty much how the world has worked in the last few thousand years. Even among the earliest humans, it was the stronger group or tribe that dominated the physically less able, sometimes even
26 February 2016, 18:00 PM

The language problem

German painters are, therefore, more likely to paint death as a man while their Russian counterparts, as a woman.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM

This was black and this was white

An op-ed can never afford a fiction. But then when real times across the globe are closer to fiction, one has the freedom to add colour and paint the canvas to share with the readers.
23 February 2016, 18:00 PM

The mad maddening election malaise

A SMS notification at two in the dead of the night would obviously, you think, be a text message of utmost importance, probably (pray
20 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Missing out on the zeitgeist experience

BRAVING the horrendous city traffic, I arrived at the 2016 Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) at Shilpakala Academy on a Sunday afternoon.
20 February 2016, 18:00 PM