Development first?
EVEN a cursory review of discussions in Pakistan on the subject suggests that a desperate search for a shortcut to development has been going on for decades. How to attain…
Hasina back at the helm
Bangladesh conducted general elections on January 7. Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wajid has won the fourth consecutive term in another controversial election. She has been in power since…
Bangladesh revolt
A giant statue is being shown on TV screens, with some angry people climbing and trying to knock it down with hammers. This statue belongs to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the…
How long to fix Pakistan?
Too much has already been said about the current Pakistani polycrisis. Nothing said so far is particularly insightful. Of course, nothing said is particularly wrong or off the mark either…
Stability: Dhaka vs Islamabad
A lot of people ask why Bangladesh has been able to manufacture over a decade of economic growth enabling political stability. Part of the answer casts the intensity and transformative…
The West Pakistan model
Two excellent recent columns have marked the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Bangladesh – the first was by Dr Ishrat Husain in ‘Dawn’, and the second by Mihir Sharma…
Modi’s fascist secularism
Arrogance is a killer,": Jack Welch. This statement from a World Corporate Guru is surely not just a good feel quote. This is true. When you see many world leaders…
Jinnah’s Pakistan is back?
With the fall of Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister (PM), Bangladesh has started to move outside the Indian Halo. Once the dust settles, future course of action will unfold as…
As Modi tries to disown Nehru
A CURSORY glance at Wikipedia shows that Pakistan has had as close a relationship with Ukraine as India ever had, or possibly better, including vital defence ties. In fact, in…
Winning the argument
ON Independence Day this year, the custodians of power issued formal statements. As expected, the leaders praised the nation’s resilience in the face of economic hardships and pledged a brighter…
