O Level Student Raped and Murdered: Another Casualty of Rape Culture
Four classmates defiled and murdered an O level student of the capital's Mastermind School in Kalabagan, claims her parents. The student was identified as Anushka Amin Aurna, daughter of Al Amin. Iftekhar Fardin Dihan, main accused in the incident of…
Unbelievable: A Gripping Narrative of Trauma, Rape Culture and Justice
Unbelievable is a new show on Netflix based on a Pulitzer winning true story from US investigative site ProPublica. The story is about a young woman from Lynnwood, Washington, who initially claimed to have been tied up and raped at…
Why We Ignore the Ghosts of Boishakhs Past
Thousands of people in Dhaka will come out in droves to celebrate Pohela Boishakh, eating hilsha fish and panta bhaat across hundreds of restaurants. Our social media feeds will be abuzz with activity. But what will we do about the…
Delhi Crime is a Charged, Feminist Take on a True Story, Raising Important Questions about Society
It’s hard to objectively judge a show that blends fact and fiction, especially when the facts stem from a case as harrowing as the 2012 Delhi rape case. It would be disingenuous of us to suggest that Delhi Crime is an entirely…
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