DISCUSSING PUBLIC POLICY, POLITICS, CREATIVE WRITING AND LITERATURE
The so-called scholar, Debapriya Bhattacharya, is rallying against the United States-Bangladesh trade deal. Keep in mind that Debapriya got his PhD degree from the failed Soviet Union. The U.S.-Bangladesh trade deal was signed when Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a renowned economist and a Nobel Prize winner, was in charge of the government of Bangladesh. It is…
The house of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (the former leader of the political party known as the Awami League), located at Dhanmondi Road Number 32 in Dhaka, has been demolished. It has been set on fire, and it has been destroyed by freedom-loving Bangladeshis. As I watch the videos and images of people destroying the property—the…
There is growing unrest in Bangladesh—a country with an estimated population of 167 million people. Having been born and raised in Bangladesh, I am quite knowledgeable about the political landscape of this South Asian country, and I want to draw people’s attention to the need for security of U.S. Embassy officials there. The safety and…
As a child, I did not spend much time around animals. But I have always learnt to appreciate God’s creations. We are all created by the same God – humans, animals, plants, and all other beings. Since my childhood, I have always been fascinated by the wide variety of animals that are here on this…
I am a conservative. Being born and raised in Bangladesh, I did not grow up in a Republican or a Democrat family. I arrived in the United States when I was 19 years old, as an adult. My faith, my family, the way I was raised, and the principles I inherited from my mother make…
New York is becoming unsafe for living and raising a family due to rising crime. This is further exacerbated by the fact that people are calling for police to be defunded. It was recently reported that New York City homicides have risen 21 percent in the first half of the year, and shootings have gone…
Old age is a realization that Nature has bestowed a person with a long life. Yet, the issues surrounding old age are hardly ever easy to deal with, for both the people and their family, friends, and caregivers. The difficulties are not always due to old age itself, but the challenges of old age are…