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The vicious cycle sex workers are trapped in
Given the lax nature of Bangladesh’s legal enforcement measures, traffickers can easily coerce victims into signing forged documents
Fiction / An aftertaste
“Can’t a man even get payesh and shemai on Eid in this house?” Altaf Shaheb screamed from the drawing room while watching the news, “There used to be so much joy in this house. It used to feel like Eid. But your mother has grown so sluggish now, Saadat! She used to be such a good cook. Our neighbours back in the old neighbourhood were crazy about your mother’s chicken bhuna. But now I can’t even get a plate of payesh the night before Eid.”
You can be the cycle-breaker of trauma in your family
Learning about the complex layers of intergenerational trauma, as well as being self-aware, is key in breaking the cycle.
OPINION / The world of Colleen Hoover does not warrant celebration
Depiction of such problematic forms of ‘romance’ and relationships surely distort the judgement of readers regarding love and romance.
BOOK NEWS / Colleen Hoover cancels ‘It Ends With Us’ colouring book on domestic abuse
Readers are questioning how “a coloring book was ever going to ‘tastefully mirror Lilly Bloom’s story’ of violent domestic abuse.”
Mental Abuse in Schools: An Epidemic Left Unaddressed
Schools should implement discipline regulations that are more mindful of students' humanity.
Rage is not singular for immigrants in Sabaa Tahir's novel
“What’s the word for when someone drinks so much, they are ruining your best friend’s life? Or the word for a man so vengeful about his own past that he wants to destroy your future? What’s the word for a woman who was sick for months, but refused to go to the doctor until it was too late?"
The ‘original pandemic’ of violence against women continues unabated
This week, a report issued by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad outlines the brutal reality: almost 300 women reported different types of abuse just in the last six months.
Madrasa teacher held for ‘attempting to sexually abuse a boy’
A madrasa teacher has been arrested allegedly for attempting to sexually abuse a 10-year-old boy in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj.
Pakistan's Punjab okays bill to protect women
Punjab cabinet gave its nod to bill for protecting female victims of violence and setting up vigilance committees to monitor implementation of steps proposed under National Action Plan.
Carrying the burden of un-redressed wrongs
ONCE again we are confronted with the news of yet another incident of mob violence. CCTV images showing a young girl being tugged and pulled
School principal in Uttar Pradesh beats student to death over stolen pencil
10-year-old Shiva Rawat died after being allegedly beaten up by his principal Lalit Kumar Verma on suspicion of stealing pencils.