Past And Present

Rush to label Sheikh Hasina ‘fascist’ provides convenient cover for deeper problems in Bangladesh

An honest assessment of her regime is crucial to building a just future for the country.

Ibtisam Ahmed
· Nov 09, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Why Nagas want overseas museums to repatriate ancestral human remains in their collections

A proposed auction of a 19th-century human skull comes at a time when museums have been reckoning with the legacy of the plunder of colonised populations.

Rokibuz Zaman
· Oct 12, 2024 · 09:00 am
‘Jaan-e-Mumbai’: The slim Persian book that came to be the first urban biography of the city

Mahomed Ghyasoodeen’s account, published in 1817, remains a prototype for the numerous biographies of the city that continue to be written 200 years on.

Murali Ranganathan
· Aug 11, 2024 · 11:30 am

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