Back and Forth in Bangla Politics

Why Bangladesh's recent student protests and answering state violence were too steeped in history to write about easily for "Tough Times Tuesday"

Above, a screen-cap of the 1971 article that transformed regional thinking about the Pakistani violence that yielded modern Bangladesh. Its one prominent word, “GENOCIDE”, prompted surrounding countries to take the independence movement seriously. Photo sourced by the BBC.

Yesterday I thought I’d write a simple piece about the current crisis in Banglades…