For decades Bangladeshis were deceived by slogans or in the name of this or that chetona (spirit). Dominant political groups sought to make them oblivious to real problems. Their country was being plundered by successive governments to different extents; their lives became cheap; thugs of various student organisations forced students to live in ser

In the aftermath of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre committed by the British, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood to the colonial government, stating: ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in the incongruous context of humiliation.’ Didn’t such a time ever come during the Hasina regime when

This essay argues that the stories of the disappeared and their loved ones have great potential to be an overarching literary genre. Given the worldwide practice of disappearing the vulnerable for political and other reasons, there is an abounding reservoir of trauma and suffering which can provide sufficient material for artistically representing

If a Wikipedia entry on a contemporary issue can contain distorted information to such an extent, what about events that took place decades and centuries ago? If a platform like Wikipedia — presumed to be mainstream and impartial — can create such systematic information distortion against Palestinians, what about outlets that are widely perceiv

Dickens’s novels were inspired by his commitment to social reform and justice, as they were driven by his quest to find voices to stand up against injustices and to safeguard the rights of the poor and the orphan in Victorian Britain. Such an altruistic artistic strategy of establishing justice for the downtrodden and the welfare of the orphan re

The built environment sector is highly vulnerable to corruption due to its complex processes, multiple stakeholders, and large financial flows. This study examines the factors and impacts of corruption from the perspective of registered members of professional bodies in the built environment sector in Malaysia. It adopts a quantitative approach whe

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To the true Believers, it is the future of ultimate well-being and true happiness in eternal life with the Divine Pleasure (Riḍwān Allāh) that they are looking forward to. This ultimate goal is not to be achieved by renouncing the world or by abondoning worldly and societal responsibilities. On the contrary, the Ummah of Believers has to fulfil

In Malaysia, zakat authorities under the administration of State Islamic Religious Councils (SIRCs) established their own poverty calculation known as haddul kifayah in determining zakat recipients (asnafs) under the category of hardcore poor and poor (fakir and miskin). In haddul kifayah, there is a category designated for the provision of shelter

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