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Politics of remembering and forgetting heroes
If you live within the territorial limits of the Union of India, it is very likely that you were unaware of two important red-letter days in late March. You are not alone. Bhagat Singh was executed on...
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Shanu Lahiri (1928-2013)
Shanu Lahiri is no more. A great and rare soul has left Kolkata and the earth. I remember she was so generous with her time, and always curious about the next generation. I was in Kolkata preparing...
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Dr. Perween Hasan: David Nalin, “friend from overseas” or smuggler of...
Mohammad Shahjahan, ‘Smuggling of Antiquities worth one crore’ in Weekly Bichitra , November 18, 1977, p 1 David Nalin: friend or smuggler of antiquities? Guest Post by Dr. Perween Hasan I was...
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Bratya Raisu: Let Doraemon be in Bangla, Stop Kiddy-Hindi!
Let Doraemon be in Bangla: Stop Kiddy-Hindi! by Bratya Raisu; Translated by AlalODulal.org 1. Since so many things including pornography are forbidden to children until they are 18, what’s the harm in...
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Sayeed Jubary: Post Revolution Poems-1
“Post Revolution” journal, edited by Sayeed Jubary. Poems by Sayeed Jubary, translated by Khujeci Tomai for AlalODulal.org 1. Prayer What chases me is not death, but fear of death Hiding inside its own...
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Drik: Murder not tragedy / Tragedi Noi Hottakando
© Suvra Kanti DasMissing poster at Adhar Chandra school wall. Name: Ashma Aktar from Khulna. Murder not tragedy A project at Drik Gallery An exhibition of observations, both witnessed and imagined of...
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Rituparno Ghosh (1963-2013): The king of all seasons, despite seasons
Source: BBC ঋতুরাজ, ঋতু নির্বিশেষে (The King of all seasons, despite seasons) by Gargi Bhattacharya for AlalODulal.org Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a...
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Andaleeb Purba: Rabindranath Tagore’s Assassination of Female Characters in...
Rabindranath Tagore’s Assassination of Female Characters in ‘Chaturanga’ by Andaleeb Shahjahan Purba, for AlalODulal.org ‘Chaturanga’ is a novel that, on careful reading, reveals some deep-rooted...
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Rituparno Ghosh (1963-2013): “Mathura Nagar Pati Kahe Tum Gokul Jao”
Rituparno Ghosh (1963-2013): “Mathura Nagar Pati Kahe Tum Gokul Jao” by Seuty Sabur, for AlalODulal.org I am not able to concentrate for the past two days. It has been pouring since Thursday. The rain...
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Seema Nusrat Amin: The Darbar of melting pots
Author Image © Naeem Mohaiemen The Darbar of melting pots: when country overwhelms city by Seema Nusrat Amin ‘There are earrings in the fountain And cows in the sky.’ No picturesque...
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Photography’s elusive credit line; and, should we pirate Photoshop?
Photography’s elusive credit line, and should we pirate Photoshop? by Naeem Mohaiemen for AlalODulal Photography’s attribution has entered increasingly contested waters as the internet has made photo...
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Does this photo need a caption?
Does this photo need a caption? by Zaid Islam Does this photo need a caption, really?! Well, this is a woman. She is holding a photograph of another woman who went missing when Rana Plaza collapsed....
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Sayeed Jubary: Post-Revolution Poems, Part 2
“Post Revolution” journal, edited by Sayeed Jubary. by Sayeed Jubary, translated by Khujeci Tomai for AlalODulal.org 1. In the Bengal of Do-As-You-Please In Mohammed’s Bengal No space for Rajakars In...
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Humayun Ahmed: The 1974 Interview
On the first anniversary of Humayun Ahmed’s death, ALAL O DULAL is publishing a translation of one of his earliest interviews– published in 1974 Bichitra, independence day issue. Published before he...
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Humayun Ahmed: Personal Reflections on the Anniversary
Humayun Ahmed: Personal Reflections on the Anniversary Shafiqur Rahman In the week following the tragic death of Princess Diana of Britain in 1997, the reputedly “stiff upper-lip” British showed...
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Encountering the past on the suspicious terrain of the present
- ‘Oh Bhai, kichhu paichhen?’ [Have you found anything, brother?] - Hya, paichhi to. Iter dewal, ghar, matir khola, pathor ar pathorer bhanga tukra’ [Yes, we have. Brick-built walls, rooms,...
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Future(s) of the past(s) in and around a proposed (Open Pit) Coal Mining area...
Future(s) of the past(s) in and around a proposed (Open Pit) Coal Mining area in Dinajpur, Bangladesh by Swadhin Sen Questions and their conceptual terrains Numerous archaeological records with...
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Venice Biennial: National Pavilions, Inside or Outside Green Zones?
National Pavilions, Inside or Outside Green Zones? by Naeem Mohaiemen [from the Jonas Staal project, Ideological Guide to the Venice Biennial] A strange time for a revival of that contentious,...
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মিতা হক এর একটি মন্তব্যের আলোকে আজকে এই বাঙালি মৌলবাদীদের আরো কিছু আপত্তিকর অবস্থান কে নিয়ে আলোচনা প্রাসঙ্গিক হয়ে পরেছে। রবীন্দ্রনাথকে নিয়ে তারা তাদের হেজেমনি বজায় রাখতে চান এবং গণমানুষ থেকে...
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When photographers need to do more than snap
For some reason, today, I was looking again at those photos of Bishwajit Das, being chopped to death. Bishwajit, who in his last moments might have screamed, “Don’t kill me, I am a Hindu, I am a...
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