The Cockroach Janta Party, which started off as a joke, is now a major political force threatening the rule of the BJP & Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Will it last and can it bring change to India?
Author: The Bengal Gazette
The Politics of Visibility After Electoral Victory
The 2026 BJP electoral victory in West Bengal ushers in a new shift for the Indian border state, but how much of a role did the politics of visibility play here?
How U.S. Foreign Policy Forever Changed the Bengali Diet
U.S. food aid to South Asia plays a huge role in the history and politics of the region, but did you know that it also permanently shaped our diet & cuisine?
The Unfinished Press: Media and Political Resistance from Bengal to Bangladesh
“What has. Changed is not the tremendous power of the media, but who controls it and how power responds to it.”
What a Childhood Photograph Taught Me About 1971
The history described in those books was not lived by distant figures alone. It was witnessed, endured, and survived by people who are still around us today — by neighbours, relatives, parents, grandparents, teachers, and strangers whose lives were permanently marked by those nine months in 1971.
Stories That Preserve Our Humanity: How the History of Bangladesh Made Me a War Zone Doctor
And as I stood in the black smoke engulfing Nasser Hospital, about to come under siege, I finally understood why he decided to remain at his post despite knowing the Pakistani Army was on its way, despite knowing he may leave his entire family behind: Our humanity should not be diminished by fear.
Elegy for me, an International Student
An original poem on life as an international student.
How Sharif Hadi’s Anti-LGBTQ Views Exposed Fault-lines in the Bangladeshi Left
Does Osman Hadi’s legacy of promoting Bengali Muslim Ethnonationalism and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric divide both the country and its left?
From Protest to Power: What Mamdani’s Mayorship Will Demand
Winning was hard. Governing a strained city, under a hostile federal administration, is an even harder test ahead.
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.