A timely conversation on media, culture, and power, as Professor Rehman Sobhan and Zafar Sobhan reflect on recent events shaping Bangladesh’s democratic landscape.
As we move forward to build a new Bangladesh, we need to put minority protection and minority rights front and centre, not because of inflammatory accusations from across the border from those who frankly need to do better protecting the rights of their own minorities, but because it is the right thing to do.
Debate is one thing. Disinformation is quite another. Let us have an open, honest, nuanced conversation about the Liberation War, but let us always be guided by the truth.
Hadi wanted elections. He believed in the electoral process. He believed in democracy. He was running for election in Dhaka-8. He believed in the slow, painstaking process of building a new Bangladesh and knew there could be no short-cuts.
In Episode 3 of Counterpoint Generations, Professor Rehman Sobhan and Zafar Sobhan revisit the 1971 Liberation War through rich personal memory and historical reflection, from turmoil to triumph.
The shooting of Osman Hadi becomes a lens through which Jon Danilowicz and Zafar Sobhan examine political violence, institutional accountability, and the deeper fault lines shaping Bangladesh’s current moment.
On this December 14 we should neither forgive nor forget the atrocities that were committed against the Bangladeshi people, not just on that day in 1971 but throughout the nine months of the Liberation War. Some sins are unforgivable, and December 14, 1971 is one of them.
A thoughtful examination of leadership, party dynamics, and the unfinished story of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh, as discussed by Rehman Sobhan and Zafar Sobhan.
If Tarique wishes to be prime minister and lead this nation, as his mother and father did before him, then a time comes when he needs to step up and stand up, and show the nation that he too is made of the stuff of leaders. This is such a time.
Welcome to the first episode of Counterpoint Generations, a new Counterpoint original series where ideas, insights, and experiences meet across generations.
What is needed is neither complacency nor catastrophizing, but a sober, hard-headed assessment of the threat and a realistic and tough-minded plan for how we should deal with it.
In Episode 10 of The J-Z Show, Zafar Sobhan and Jon F. Danilowicz take a close look at the unfolding situation around Khaleda Zia’s health and what her condition means for Bangladesh’s shifting political landscape.
If anyone is in a position to claim that they have not received a full measure of justice, it is the victims and their families, and not the fugitive from Bangladeshi law contemptuously evading justice from her safe house in New Delhi.
A deep dive into the July Charter, referendum debates, and NCP’s roadmap for the coming national election.
Jon and Zafar talk with Dr. Saimum Parvez about Bangladesh’s shifting political landscape, the BNP’s evolving strategy, and what lies ahead in the country’s path to reform.