Winning was hard. Governing a strained city, under a hostile federal administration, is an even harder test ahead.
Author: The Bengal Gazette
Resilience & Reinvention: Lessons from Bangladesh’s Public Health History
Bangladesh’s public health history is not just a success in and of itself, but a model for emulation.
Bhasha Andolon: Diverging Visions of Bengali Identity
To embrace Bangla as our mother language has always been a battleground for defining national identity. However, what’s the full story?
From Nursing Homes to Nuclear Deals: The Cuomo Playbook
From mass graves to microreactors, the former governor’s comeback is built on blood money.
Stateless Bengalis of Assam: Weaponizing Identity, Migration & Border (In)Security
Recent deportations of Bengalis and Muslims in India to Bangladesh have deep-seated roots to Assamese border tensions from the British colonial period, but why has it gaining national attention now?
Paani Chai, Paani? : How Protests in the Two Bengals were fuelled by Music, Art and Popular Culture References
How do the 2024 protests in Bangladesh and West Bengal have their roots in music, art & pop culture references?
Why Mamdani May Become the Mayor of NYC
Can Zohran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo & become the first South Asian and Muslim Mayor of New York City? Some say yes.
Pedaling To Justice: Why Rickshaws Deserve Policy Recognition
To address the transportation challenges of Bangladesh, did the answer lie right in front of us the entire time?
“Bengal Memory” – An Interview with Director Fahim Hamid
In this interview with Bangladeshi-American filmmaker, Fahim Hamid, we learn about perhaps the first attempt by a diaspora Bangladeshi to cover the events & legacy of 1971 in a feature documentary.
While We Argue over Cultural Appropriation, South Asian Workers are Still Dying
Twelve years ago, over 1,100 garment workers—mostly young women—were killed in the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. But fast-forward, and South Asian fashion is trending again…without the reckoning.
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