Afsan Chowdhury

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Afsan Chowdhury is a researcher, professor and media worker. He has been working on the history of Bangladesh Liberation war for a long time. He has received Bangla Academy award for his contribution in this field. He has also written short stories in three languages. His publications include Bangladesh 1971 (2007); edited GramerEkattor (2019).

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Pimps don’t write Greek tragedies.

A few days before it was officially announced, that famine had struck the countryside, a woman of unbelievable beauty, came and stood on the balcony of a reasonably decrepit house of Mughal Road and drove the neighborhood insane with desire.

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Bangladesh in 1971 and the Media

The media in time of war and during peace are often discussed in historical analysis. In the case of Bangladesh in 1971, there is another stage when media overlapped both phases. It’s the interregnum when society is in turmoil as it moves towards state making, but is not yet established particularly through confrontation and violence as it was in the early months of 1971.

Appears in 220414033404 (2021) Read Article →