Analyst, editor, consultant. Minnesotan. On Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India.
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Couldn't agree more. Its been true for years. Unfortunately in Bangladesh, the number of women in the workforce has been on the wane. General insecurity, and viral media showing moral policing against women, won't help. Goes to show how fast things can change. For better or worse
The key to #India’s economy? Making women safer.
Our @FT Big Read on how women's safety issues - and the undereployment of Indian women - are holding back the world's fifth-largest economy.
ft.com/content/eb034596-406d… Reported with @jyots43 via @ft
Foreign writers have thus far refrained from exploring the more troubling undercurrents of the revolution in Bangladesh. It will no doubt become a more common occurrence as the level of intolerance that has emerged becomes more readily apparent. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
You’d have thought RAB’s dismantling was a sure thing. But here we are. Whether people are still afraid of them, the military has made them off-limits, or interim government appreciates their capability -- who knows. Forrest Cookson writes dhakatribune.com/opinion/lon…
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Hey, hey, hey … What’s going on? Adani Group’s post-Hindenburg saviour GQG Partners charged by US SEC thenewsminute.com/news/adani… #
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Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, butchered on @PrimeVideo, which seems to be the only platform streaming it in India. Just look at the amount of image cropped because they want to fill the whole screen (Criterion print on the left)
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I wrote about the Rohingya for @USIP . Of 2.8 million around the world, only 23% still live in Myanmar. Conditions are worst for those in Bangladesh & Myanmar. But comprehensive solutions should also consider the future of the entire community. usip.org/publications/2024/0…
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Please join us @SOAS @SOAS_SAI in London on October 10 to discuss the Bangladesh uprising with @mushtaqkhan100, Barrister Sara Hossain, and myself. You will need to register in advance.
soas.ac.uk/about/event/july-…
Great writing from @cyrus_naji, who reviewed India’s Near East by @PaliwalAvi for @Himalistan, re-upping the excellent Many Rivers, One Sea by @J_Allchin in the process. himalmag.com/politics/india-…
Uff, @ayeshakabir laid it down: “Do the above two paragraphs seem a bit too vitriolic, melodramatic, too bitter, exaggerated, hyperbolic? I kid you not, those accusations and adjectives are like sonnets compared to the actual immensity of their crimes.” en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op…
And "let's not beat around the bush anymore. No more oblique statements and hushed criticism with the hope that readers can decipher and discern. To play safe is to be intellectually corrupt. And now that Damocles' sword has been lifted from above our heads, let's talk."
Mountain, molehill. But interesting. Given that the article names names, @netra might have included a byline, and a bit more transparency about its aims here. netra.news/2024/kazi-anis-ah…
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Global scam operations in Myanmar increasingly targeting Americans continue to adapt, expand and spread into new geographies: new analysis looks at the these trends, including the implications of China’s tilt towards the Myanmar military.
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Bangladesh 🇧🇩
"Human rights documentation must remain non-political. ... Allowing abuses to go unchecked because they are committed by a party we support only perpetuates a cycle of violations," Peter Bouckaert of @FortifyRights tells @faisal_reports.
en.banglaoutlook.org/editors…
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My commentary on current events in Bangladesh in @LAOT_Blog
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The BBC has pieced together evidence of a civilian massacre in Myanmar. Scores of Rohingyas killed. Survivors blame insurgent Arakan Army, the group denies it.Thousands have fled to Bangladesh in the past 2 weeks. These are some of their harrowing stories. bbc.com/news/articles/czx6w1…
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Some Western brands have unxpectedly incresed sourcing from #Bangladesh even as the country goes through a preiod of political instability. It is too early to tell if this trend will continue, but it is a good sign for what can happen in the near future.
tbsnews.net/economy/apparel-…
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When I was sharing news on Twitter, I was also working on an article with @Waziha123 covering the Revolution in Chittagong.
Read the incredible stories of the brave souls of my city during the revolution in my latest Article for the daily star 👇🏽
thedailystar.net/campus/news…
