Aliza Rahman

It feels wrong in myriad ways to say that hope isn’t there when an autocrat fell

With the departure of an autocrat and the period of semi-expected-still-frightening chaos after, comes the period when we have to sit down to think of what comes ahead, know what we must not do, and get some direction on how we are supposed to go on. In light of this, the following articles and/or chapters have been curated for perspectives that might be needed in this unprecedented situation we’ve found ourselves in.

At this point, controversies should not be a surprise when it comes to the Nobel prizes, especially not for literature.

The systemic issues make even the admission of one’s struggles a minefield

In light of the recent development in the RMG sector, where factories have started to open, Taslima Akhter, president of Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati (BGWS), talks about the workers’ protest and their demands and plights in an interview with Aliza Rahman of The Daily Star.

It is a special kind of horror to see the semi-abstract theories you studied for your semi-abstract major come to life, and begin to apply to events 20 minutes away from you.

To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.

We have seen that women who are able to helm a country are often able to do so through their associations with powerful men.