Bangladesh

The Second Life of Chunky Pandey

Shaikh Ayaz

Leading man and the hero’s best friend in the early 1990s, Pandey went to Bangladesh when his career was on a decline and became a superstar. In the past couple of years, Pandey has made his way back to A-list Bollywood, albeit with silly films

Navel Gazing Nation

Sandeep Bhushan

Taking one’s neighbours seriously is the first step for any country aspiring to a seat at the international high table

The Spirit of 71

Nazes Afroz

Syncretic Bangladesh challenges Political Islam again

The Empty Frame

Ronny Sen

Shahidul Alam, on why he thinks India’s photography movement hasn’t taken off yet

The Illiteracy of Influx Theorists

Anil Bhatia

Those who blame Assam’s troubles on mass migration from Bangladesh don’t see that it defies simple economic logic

Teesta River Agreement

Arindam Mukherjee

Mamata’s pullout created a minor dent in Manmohan’s international reputation

“I am a Bengali writer, I need to live in Bengal”

Pallavi Polanki

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who’s writing yet another autobiography, says she’s awaiting the ‘green’ signal to return to West Bengal

A Woman in Bangladesh

Wei Fen Lee

I only saw men wherever I went, and every young man was a hopeless romantic

Confessions of a South Asian Pacifist

Mani Shankar Aiyar

Basking in the hospitality of Pakistan, remembering the thrill of the liberation of Bangladesh, and trying to be a good guest of Sri Lanka

Prize-winning Pariah

Shailendra Tyagi

Microfinance pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus is embattled in his homeland Bangladesh on graft charges. Open invited him to have his say.