TUESDAY'S PICKS* Jamati and Moududi thoughts: an illustration of bankruptcy.* Why do people leave anonymous comments in blogs?* According to the kids love is...* All the politics with Ganguly.* Slavery in Bahrain.* Sonia Naz update.* The ultimate investment reading list.* Indian English collated by an exp...
September 25, 2005
TODAY'S PICKS* An autumn summer reading list for IT managers. * How one new company brought hope to one of the world’s poorest countries.* what would post-modern wahhabism look like?* RSF Handbook for Bloggers & Cyberdissidents is now available.* World's smallest microbot* I hate you - what a girl mea...
September 24, 2005
RIANNA'S PARTYHello everyone, its long since I last talked with you. Hope you all are doing great. I am ok but Ma & Baba were suffering from food poisoning (not again!). I am glad they could stand up on their feet for my birthday party. Yes, did you forget it was my 1st birthday party? I have personally invited a lot of people with a nice invitation card. Ma took all the pain (with the help of Baba) in decorating the restaurant with balloons...
September 22, 2005
CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT HARTALS?I think many Bangladeshis like me are pissed with the flurry of insignificant Hartals (general strikes) called by several political parties. These are total wastes of country's productivity and only cause common peoples' inconvenience.I have come across this interesting news:The Indian Supreme Court on Friday directed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena to deposit twenty lakh rupees each in compensation for the loss caused to the public by the Mumbai bandh (general strike) called by them in July...
September 19, 2005
CONSPIRACY THEORYSince the August 17 bombings we have been hearing many conspiracy theories. I wrote in a previous post:The oppositions are blaming government, the government and the Islami parties are blaming Awami League and its allies and the general people are confused as it is pretty clear that the banned Islamic terrorist organization Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is behind this.If you look at the above cartoon, you will understand the height...
September 18, 2005
September 16, 2005
THE EXPLOITATON"When I see a handcuffed youth putting his head down, I do not see him as a notorious extremist, I see in him a helpless youth victim of exploitation"The above is an excerpt from an article (Bengali) written by Md. Zafar Iqbal. His touching writings shed light to the fact that Madrassa education which is often the last resort of getting an education of the parentless children is being neglected by the government. The quality of the curriculum and education are never controlled, poorly funded, and it is deemed by the job industry...
SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVILI have recently worte about the Jamaate-Islami lawmaker's ridiculous claim that involvement of the Islami extremist organization Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are baseless and propaganda of certain quarters when all the evidences are pointing out to them.Now things are looking very complicated as two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested on the national parliamen premises with CDs and books on jihad on Wednesday night at 12:30am by police.The Daily Star reports:Following...
September 15, 2005
HEAD BURIED IN THE SANDWhile the home minister Babar and his security forces have achieved some success in uncovering the 8/17 bombers' den, the right-wing Islami Party Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers are still claiming that the intelligence reports of involvement of the Islami extremist organization Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are baseless and propaganda. Well what more proof they really need?Their ridiculous behaviors are triggering questions in peoples' min...
JAMES TO ROCK IN BOLLYWOOD"He is like the Hendrix of Bangladesh. Though he has never sung in Hindi I will still take a chance on this because of his unique style."According to this news: Bangladeshi rockstar James will sing a song for Mahesh Bhatt’s upcoming movie "Gangster". He will be the first ever Bangladeshi rock singer to have sung in a Hindi film. Gre...
UNDERSTANDING YOUR NEIGHBORJairam Ramesh, member of Indian national advisory council and a congress MP stresses the importance of acknowledging Bangladesh's progress in social development amidst a deeply divided political system and the growth of religious fanaticism. He suggests "If Bangladesh can do all this, surely the more favourably endowed north Indian States can replicate its success".A stable and developing Bangladesh and good bi-lateral relations should benefit India more as the opposite will only increase economic migrants and more rifts...
September 11, 2005
THIS POOR VS. THAT POORExcerpts from a letter to the editor of The Toronto Star (registration required):I recently returned from Bombay, India where I survived the worst floods to hit that city in 100 years. While not on the catastrophic scale of Katrina, the floods that hit Bombay on July 26 sent the city reeling under five metres of water in some places. Thousands died.Yet, in the midst of this chaos this fragile city hung together by a slender thread that is the city's indomitable spirit and heart. People dwelling in shanties and apartments...
September 08, 2005
WHITE BAND DAY IIThe global call to action against poverty is a worldwide alliance committed to making world leaders live up to their promises, and to making a breakthrough on poverty in 2005. They are organizing the 2nd White Band Day campaign on Saturday, September 10, 2005 to send a message to the leaders of the UN world summit to be held on Septembr 14-16, 2005. On this day all you have to do is to wear a simple white band and show the world that you want action, not just words.Numerous organizations all over the world are supporting this call....
September 07, 2005
HOW EXTREMISM CAME TO BANGLADESHDavid Montero of The Christian Science Monitor has written an interesting article titled as above. As I have written earlier he also thinks that foreign funding and bitter politics may have played a role in the recent bombings. The ruling party is only short to admit the foreign involvement and the rise of Islamic extremism in public as they fear to lose the backing of the rightwing Islami party vote bank. This apprehension is deterring the police to take hard line measures against the extremists. No wonder how the...
TODAY'S PICKS ON BANGLADESH* Unicef praises Bangladesh's social sector successes.* Bangladesh faces the challenge of globalization.* Thoughts on terrorism in Bangladesh. * Bangladeshi cop gets beaten by an actress!* How Britain got good restaurant food.* Bangladesh invents low-cost technology to treat industrial was...
THE SHAME OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY IS THE POWER"Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis." - Robert CollierThere have been lots of discussions, finger pointing, politics and actions, which were triggered by the news and images of the waterlogged New Orleans and the victims of Katrina the world saw. The MSM & the blogosphere have been equally active to dissect every bit of the problem. Many...
September 06, 2005
DJUICE- CHAINED SUBCULTURE"Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization."Djuice is a marketing mobile subscription brand of Telenor Mobile targeting the young generation. It is so far marketed extensively in 5 countries - Norway, Sweden, Ukraine,...
BANGLADESHI BLOG SHOWCASEFrom Mac's blog (Bangladeshi rockstar cum blogger) I have found the link to Anik's blog. Anik Khan is a poet and the ex associate editor of the Bengali satirical cartoon magazine Unmad. He is a guy full of life and ecstasy and lives in Australia now. I am particularly impressed by his quotes from Bengali songs and poems in almost every post. In his words:shala’r gaan r kobita e amake khailo!We Bengalis have a rich culture of prose, poetry and music. I often don't quote them in original in my blog keeping in mind about the...
September 05, 2005
BANGLADESH EXTENDS HER HELPING HANDBangladesh is donating US$ 1 million to the US Redcross as humanitarian aid for the victims of the hurricane Katrina.Meanwhile the Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States announced at the FOBANA Conference (the largest Bangladeshi-American organization) held in Miami on Sept. 2 to come forward and extend help to the victims.Bangladeshi blogger Imtiaz says that he would prefer to send out Bangladeshi experts on disaster management instead of monetary aid as no doubt what-so-ever that the Bangladeshi strategic...
September 03, 2005
KATRINA & BANGLADESHRising water has killed hundreds, five million people are displaced, medical and food supplies are exhausted, gun battles are breaking out between vigilantes and criminal gangs on the water-logged streets, refugees are crammed into a stadium where conditions are horrendous...No, its not a third world country disaster we are talking about. The above is the chaotic situation aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina which has caused extensive and severe damage in much of the southeastern United States. The total deaths as I write...
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