Launch of Deep Halder & Avishek Biswas’s ‘Being Hindu in Bangladesh’ saw discussion on their place in society with economist-writer Sanjeev Sanyal & ThePrint's editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta.
‘Being Hindu in Bangladesh’, Deep Halder and Avishek Biswas is a result of their extensive research to find the truth behind the statistics on atrocities against Hindus in the Muslim-majority state.
On 26 May 1949, Constituent Assembly member Tajamul Hussain argued against the idea of reservation for Muslims, adding that such measures would do ‘more harm than good’.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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