11
Aug
Odyssey - By Way of Nolan
Courtesy of my children, I watched The Odyssey today. I went in with low expectations, because bringing a magnum opus
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10
Aug
Dilemmas and Dividends
What the field taught me that the library could not
This is part of an ongoing series drawn from my
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09
Aug
The Framework
Objectives, Significance, and Methods
This is part of an ongoing series drawn from my PhD thesis, "Globalization, Internal Migration,
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03
Aug
The Matinee Idol
Abba (my father) bought us a black-and-white 24-inch Philips television in 1980, when he was Principal of Khulna Engineering College
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30
Jul
The Women Who Made Your Clothes.
A researcher's journey into the lives behind Bangladesh's garment industry
On January 6, 2013, at 6:
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24
Jul
Not All of Me Cooks
I once heard a real-life incident about Bhanu Banerjee, the veteran Bengali actor from Kolkata's golden era. His
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22
Jul
Time, Space, and the Friends We Make
I first came to know about Facebook in 2006. Our niece, Aadiba, was hooked to her desktop computer in their
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14
Jul
The Door
Can you be a poet without knowing nature? Maybe. But there is something you lose if you never have that
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07
Jul
Above Politics
For the past few days, I haven't been able to stop thinking about a fundamental problem we face
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18
Jun
When the Hand That Feeds Also Controls
Private Foundations and American Higher Education
By Soheli Khadiza Azad
A note to the reader: This piece is based on
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