CHT Land Commission work, and the power struggles, contradictions, and tensions around it
The state has slowly been leading to the dispossession of Indigenous Peoples from their land
2y ago
One year after the Mros’ long march in Bandarban, has anything changed?
In February 2021, hundreds of members of the Mro community marched from Chimbuk Hill to Bandarban town, protesting the construction of a five-star
2y ago
Memories of lives from villages under water
Speaking from his home in Agartala, the capital of the Northeast Indian state of Tripura, Mohendro Chakma recalls his role as the leader of the 19th group that was preparing to trek to the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), present-day Arunachal Pradesh.
3y ago
The Politics of Indigeneity and the Jumma struggle for land and recognition
In May 2011, Iqbal Ahmed—first secretary of the Bangladesh Mission in New York—stated at the 10th session of the United Nations
5y ago
What does it mean to celebrate International Women's Day in Bangladesh where violence against Jumma women is normalised?
I am not going to parse my words over this one. Bangladesh has practically decriminalised the rape of Jumma women. By “decriminalisation”, I do not mean it from a legal perspective but rather that, by creating an environment of impunity for criminals, the state has made it politically and socially acceptable for anyone to rape Jumma women and not face any consequences for it. This decriminalisation, I argue, is part of a larger political strategy of dispossession of the Jumma people from their land.
6y ago
“We will be soldiers in a battlefield”
In 2001 Hill Women's Federation published a compilation of Kalpana Chakma's diary entries, letters to her comrades, news articles about her abduction and fact-finding reports by groups about the circumstances around her disappearance.
7y ago
THE BENGALI GAZE
A TV commercial by a prominent telecom company was brought to my attention through a Facebook post by a journalist.
7y ago
The business of 'othering' and 'othering' as business
Rrecently, at a talk on political stalemates at the Shilpakala Academy organised by a private university, a university student from the audience questioned the validity of my critique of the military's involvement in developing tourism in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
9y ago
August 10, 2022
CHT Land Commission work, and the power struggles, contradictions, and tensions around it
The state has slowly been leading to the dispossession of Indigenous Peoples from their land
April 1, 2022
One year after the Mros’ long march in Bandarban, has anything changed?
In February 2021, hundreds of members of the Mro community marched from Chimbuk Hill to Bandarban town, protesting the construction of a five-star
August 9, 2021
Memories of lives from villages under water
Speaking from his home in Agartala, the capital of the Northeast Indian state of Tripura, Mohendro Chakma recalls his role as the leader of the 19th group that was preparing to trek to the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), present-day Arunachal Pradesh.
September 27, 2019
The Politics of Indigeneity and the Jumma struggle for land and recognition
In May 2011, Iqbal Ahmed—first secretary of the Bangladesh Mission in New York—stated at the 10th session of the United Nations
March 16, 2018
What does it mean to celebrate International Women's Day in Bangladesh where violence against Jumma women is normalised?
I am not going to parse my words over this one. Bangladesh has practically decriminalised the rape of Jumma women. By “decriminalisation”, I do not mean it from a legal perspective but rather that, by creating an environment of impunity for criminals, the state has made it politically and socially acceptable for anyone to rape Jumma women and not face any consequences for it. This decriminalisation, I argue, is part of a larger political strategy of dispossession of the Jumma people from their land.
June 16, 2017
“We will be soldiers in a battlefield”
In 2001 Hill Women's Federation published a compilation of Kalpana Chakma's diary entries, letters to her comrades, news articles about her abduction and fact-finding reports by groups about the circumstances around her disappearance.
March 17, 2017
THE BENGALI GAZE
A TV commercial by a prominent telecom company was brought to my attention through a Facebook post by a journalist.
August 9, 2015
The business of 'othering' and 'othering' as business
Rrecently, at a talk on political stalemates at the Shilpakala Academy organised by a private university, a university student from the audience questioned the validity of my critique of the military's involvement in developing tourism in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
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