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Let no Mother’s heart be empty

April 17, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua In the verdant hills of Khagrachari, where traditions whisper through bamboo...

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From Mangal to Muzzled: The Battle for Bangladesh’s Secular Soul

April 16, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua In the aftermath of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, national discourse has been...

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Step down, Mr. Professor: Bangladesh cannot withstand your reign of destruction

February 10, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua Bangladesh is not merely in turmoil—it is being systematically dismantled under...

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Bangladesh’s Identity at Risk: The State-Sanctioned Demonic Erasure of the Father of the Nation

February 7, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua History does not forgive, nor does it forget. The demolition of...

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Blood on their hands: 17 custodial deaths under Dr. Yunus’s interim government in Bangladesh

February 2, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The rise in custodial deaths under Dr. Yunus’s interim government represents...

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Bangladesh’s systematic denial of indigenous rights: marginalization and erasure

January 18, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The deliberate exclusion of the term “indigenous” from Bangladesh’s official discourse...

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The siege of indigenous identity: Extremism and settler aggression in the CHT

January 16, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), home to Bangladesh’s indigenous Jumma communities,...

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Bangladesh’s Indigenous Struggle: Erasing Identity, Eroding Justice

January 13, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The recent removal of the term “indigenous” from ninth- and tenth-grade...

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Bandarban arson attack: A stark reminder of Bangladesh’s failure to protect indigenous rights

December 28, 2024 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The recent arson attack that destroyed 17 homes belonging to Bandarban’s...

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Beacon Dims: Dr. Anupam Sen’s step down emerges a dark era for Bangladesh’s intellectuals

December 9, 2024 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua Within the symphony of a nation’s soul, certain voices soar above...