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Syed Badrul Ahsan

Syed Badrul Ahsan is a Bangladeshi journalist and political analyst. He is the author of biographies of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founder, and Tajuddin Ahmad, the country’s wartime prime minister

Bangladesh: The Sense of an Ending
Essay
Bangladesh: The Sense of an Ending

From attacks on Hindus to attempts to rewrite history, the interim government is destroying Bangladesh’s secular identity

25 October 2024
Essay
The Great Regression

Bangladesh is on a course that militates against its heritage

20 September 2024
Politics
Bangladesh After the Fall of Sheikh Hasina

As Islamists and BNP take centrestage, new questions arise about the forces behind the uprising

09 August 2024
Essay
Hard Choices for Hasina

To restore order, the Bangladesh prime minister must first understand where and how her government erred in its response to the student protests

02 August 2024
Imran Khan's Choice
Columns
Pakistan’s Augusts of Blood

From the deaths of Yahya Khan and Zia to the tussle between Imran Khan and the military

28 August 2022
Columns
The Tides of Change

Swinging political fortunes that defined the post-World War II era

10 January 2022
Essay
The Triumph of Realpolitik

As Bangladesh turns fifty, India learns to count on its friendly neighbour

03 December 2021
Columns
From Dictators to Democrats

Zia-ul-Haq to Edward Heath, a journalist relives his meetings with power people

19 October 2021
Kissinger And Gromyko
Columns
What Makes Foreign Ministers Tick

From the long-serving Andrei Gromyko to the era-defining Henry Kissinger, it has been a job unlike any other

15 June 2021
Columns
A Bangladeshi Remembers Rajiv Gandhi

What if he had lived to get that second term in office?

29 May 2021

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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