Iron grip of persecution, hunger and discrimination
Experts tell us that it should take another 150 to 170 years to close the gender pay gap around the world. Bad news for the mothers,
7y ago
How can India win if Bangladesh does not?
Which between the two countries has gained more from Bangladesh prime minister's visit to India this month? The question appears no less intriguing than the long-standing debate over which came first between chicken and egg.
7y ago
Who's going to save politics from money?
Bees make honey, but it's easier said than done. They have to fly 55,000 miles and visit roughly 2 million flowers to produce a pound of honey.
7y ago
Cowards strung together in a daisy chain
Shame is thus the flipside of honour, and one can't exist without the other. Shameless people can't be honourable, and honourable people can't be shameless.
7y ago
Terrorism was never in the DNA
The skein of yarn spun out of the Palestinian struggle, and then got twisted in the relentless Western maneuvering in the Middle East to defend Israel.
7y ago
Great ideals are ghost lights at night
An increase in elevation lowers air pressure, which makes breathing difficult for a climber. The underwater world becomes increasingly blue and eventually black as a diver goes deeper.
7y ago
Presidential humour and the irony of education
The President of the Republic went public with his academic records, while addressing the 50th convocation of Dhaka University on March 4.
7y ago
Lies make us blind in full sight
If an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, what does a lie for a lie do to us?
7y ago
December 11, 2015
Time for our fathers to come home
A holiday commercial for a supermarket chain has triggered an emotional rollercoaster in Germany. It opens to a scene of an elderly...
December 4, 2015
When higher minds serve baser instincts
Human civilisation is a contradiction in terms, because humans may not always be “civilised” and the “civilised” may not always be humans.
November 27, 2015
Donald Trump does not know the world
Donald Trump is full of ideas, but all his ideas are sadly full of it. This billionaire-turned-US politician has called China “the number one abuser...
November 20, 2015
Terrorist attacks ring out crisis of conscience
The series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday killed 129 people, and some of those wounded remain in critical conditions.
November 13, 2015
A nation drowning in its own fear
Never before in our history have we lived in so much fear. Never before have we suffered from so much anxiety to find our enemies hiding in the crowd.
November 6, 2015
BNP is getting peeled like an onion
Famous American poet, writer and editor, Carl Sandburg, once said that life is like an onion which you peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
October 30, 2015
Is it humanly possible to be honest?
Muscle flexing is dishonesty because it's coercion. Nepotism is dishonesty because it's discrimination. Election rigging is dishonesty because it's manipulation. Bribery is dishonesty because it's perversion. When all of these phenomena persist in a society or a country, how can its citizens be honest?
October 23, 2015
How long can a single party rule?
A single-party rule has its benefits, such as quick decision making and ready implementation. Then it has its inherent risks in the rise of tyranny and subjugation of people.
October 16, 2015
Narendra Modi's India and recoil of a gun
India under Narendra Modi is working like the recoil of a gun, when forward thrust is producing backward momentum. In most small
October 9, 2015
Is the wolf just around the corner?
The nature of the crimes tells us one thing for sure, that these are the work of professional men. Whether those men acted on their own, or on behalf of an extremist group, or a political cartel is critical because that can give us an idea at what rate the fuse is burning to set off explosion.
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