The Constitution Reform Commission has recommended the substitution of 鈥榚quality, human dignity, social justice, pluralism and democracy鈥� for 鈥榥ationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism鈥� as the fundamental principles of the state...
IN AN era of political fragmentation, the concepts of divisive politics and political spirituality provide critical lenses for understanding emerging political realities and perhaps possibilities. Nationalism, initially a unifying force against colonial oppression, has often devolved into exclusionary ideologies, resulting in divisions within the populace of modern...
IN HIS incisive essay 鈥楴otes on Nationalism鈥�, British novelist and poet George Orwell astutely remarked that nationalism often manifests as power hunger tempered by self-deception. This observation finds a striking parallel in the Awami League鈥檚 narrow, distorted narrative of Bengali nationalism. The party鈥檚 appropriation of Bengali nationalism...
EVER since the liberation war, we have accrued so many Gordian knot in body politic that not only one but multiple strikes from an imagined Alexander can free us of such a chokehold. Our social-political divides are so divisive, toxic, and dirty that I wonder if we belong to the same nation. We have spilled blood frequently hoping for a better future...