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When Your Rights Become a Privilege: The Bangladeshi Lens
This article was co-written by Sameeha Rahman and Tabassum Haider Risha. Bangladesh achieved independence on the 26th of March, 52 years ago today. Even though it meant being freed from the shackles of oppression for many, to this day many…
The Story Of Wasfia Nazreen: Made in Bangladesh, Raised in the Himalayas!
“Wasfia makes us touch the sky; she makes us take leaps of faith. She is why little girls continue to dream.” — Munize Manzur, Principal, Sunbeams School, Bangladesh “This isn't just some restless voyager who needs a thrill every season.…
Mahsa Amini’s Death Questions Iran’s Morality Police and Connotations surrounding the Hijab
While the discourse carries on penetrating into legal establishments, the Mahsa Amini incident in Iran sparked outrage everywhere and further highlighted the issue of a moral trial.  Restrictions upon women, be it socially or judicially, have been ongoing and fought…
The Attack on Salman Rushdie is Part of a Larger, Years-Long Campaign Against Freedom of Speech
Freedom of expression has been a heavily debated fundamental right for years. Most constitutions explaining this right have some loopholes which make us question: Where is the line? Ideally, the line should be hate speech. But, how do we categorize…
What Will an Elon Musk-led Twitter Look Like?
Assume that you have been frequenting a sushi place for a few years. You do not like the management, the service, and so on. Nonetheless, you continue visiting for the sake of sushi. However, one day you wake up so…
The 10 Minute School Issue: Why Suppression of Content is Problematic
Religion is an integral part of our identity. However, it is not what everyone chooses to appoint as their identifier. Throughout our lives, we face a variety of experiences, and we choose for ourselves, which of these experiences should identify…
The Magic in the Art of Resistance: Why We Love Artists, and Others Fear Them
There's a chance you have heard that quote about the definition of insanity, especially if you played a video game called FarCry 3. "Do you know what the definition of insanity is?" Vaas asked, talking to the protagonist, and thus…