Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

Today The Daily Star published my op-ed “Who is ‘Sunita Paul’?” The op-ed expands on my post on Sunita Paul from last week.
The full op-ed follows:
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Who is ’Sunita Paul’? 
Mashuqur Rahman
“SUNITA PAUL” is an “Indian journalist” who has been writing inflammatory articles on Bangladesh in little known foreign online outlets. “Sunita Paul” is also [...]

Today the leading Bangladeshi English language newspaper, The Daily Star, published an op-ed co-authored by me and Syeed Ahamed of the Drishtipat Writers’ Collective. The op-ed is an analysis of the recent electoral defeat of the major Islamist political party in Bangladesh, the Jamaat-e-Islami.
The op-ed is reprinted below:
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Getting the math right
THE ninth parliamentary elections in [...]

In their March issue, Daily Star newspaper’s monthly magazine Forum has published our article on Bangladesh’s declaration of independence. The article, entitled "Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro and Bangladesh’s Declaration of Independence", is based on the post we wrote in January.
The March issue of Forum commemorates March 26, 1971, Bangladesh’s independence day. Of particular note are [...]

In their December issue, Daily Star newspaper’s monthly magazine Forum has published my article on Sarmila Bose’s recent paper. The article, entitled "The continuing rape of our history", is based on the post I wrote in October. The article benefitted significantly from the invaluable help of Tazreena Sajjad, a fellow member of the Dristipat Writers’ Collective.
The article is [...]

Today The Progressive Bangladesh, a magazine of progressive Bangladeshi thought, published an article co-authored by me and Umme Perveen Iftikhar on the recent Transparency International report on Bangladesh. The article expands on the post I wrote last week entitled "The Myth Of The Anti-Corruption Drive".
Excerpts:

The Corruption SurpriseBy Mashuqur Rahman and Umme Perveen Iftikhar
When Transparency International published [...]

Last week I wrote a brief post about Congressman Jim McDermott’s introduction of a private bill, H.R. 2181, that aims to give a green card to convicted terrorist Mohiuddin AKM Ahmed. Today the leading Bangladeshi English language newspaper, The Daily Star, published an op-ed written by me about Congressman McDermott’s private bill.
The op-ed is reprinted [...]

Former Congressman Curt Weldon visited Bangladesh earlier this year as part of a "US security delegation." His trip was widely reported in the Bangladeshi press. The fact that he was a former congressman was conveniently left out giving the impression to the average Bangladeshi reader that he represented official US government positions.
Today the Bangladeshi English [...]

Bangladesh is the cover feature of the June 2007 issue of Himal Southasian magazine, published from Nepal. There are three feature articles and seven short articles on the current situation in Bangladesh. One of the short articles was written by me.
Two articles on Bangladesh in the May issue of Himal Southasian magazine were banned in Bangladesh because they were critical [...]

Rediff.com, India’s largest web portal, has created a portal site on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the end of the war. The site offers a primarily Indian perspective on the 1971 war. There are some very interesting articles and interviews that illuminate the Indian involvement in the war.
I was [...]