Published in New Age

As masses of people engage in discussions on state reform, we must remember that simply changing the individuals in certain roles and positions means changing the managers of the state while keeping the old state apparatus intact. Abolishing the Censor Board has shown that radical steps can be taken

Under pressure from the student-worker mass uprising, Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the country mid-day on August 5, 2024. A revolution led by the masses has succeeded in overthrowing the dictatorship. But has the revolution been realized?

Published in Spring Magazine.

Bangladesh is currently witnessing one of the biggest uprisings in the last decade. Thousands of students have been taking to the streets to demand merit-based access to government jobs. This economic demand rapidly turned into a serious political challenge for Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009 and has become increasingly autocratic in her rule.

Published in The Daily Star on February 22, 2020.

Hyperallergic

Ongoing protests in Nepal, India, and beyond are demanding the release of photojournalist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested and jailed in August for critiquing the Bangladeshi government.