On social media, Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen shared pictures of her visiting Durga Puja pandals. Her post claims Hindu culture is the foundation of Bengali culture. Taslima Nasreen, a Muslim by ...
Forty-one years ago, on February 18, 1983, a barbaric slaughter targeting innocent Bengali-speaking Muslims took place in the hamlet of Nellie and fourteen neighbouring villages in the north-east ...
I wrote this book before the July uprising, so the issues I discuss are not new developments but part of a much longer process.
The museum had on display items like agricultural and fishing equipment and attire that the Miya or Bengali-origin Muslim community identifies with. In late October, the police in the northeast Indian ...
Chief Minister Sarma has consistently targeted the Bengali Muslim, or Miya, communities, alleging their involvement in various forms of “jihad,” broadening the term beyond its conventional religious ...