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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Faruq Hasan</title>
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<title>Bangladesh Chose Normal Over Revolutionary, and That Tells Us Everything</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Voters opted for political change at a moment of acute economic strain and fraying public security. They desperately want stability and tangible economic recovery. That&#039;s what they voted for. That&#039;s what they now expect to receive in return. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:10:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faruq Hasan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BNP, Jamaat, Elections</media:keywords>
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<title>From Davos to Dhaka: How Mark Carney Predicted Exactly What Just Happened to Bangladesh Cricket</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The question isn&#039;t whether Bangladesh made the tactically perfect decision. The question is whether middle powers everywhere -- in cricket, in trade, in international relations -- are ready to stop performing compliance and start building alternatives. That&#039;s what sovereignty looks like when the old order collapses and the new one hasn&#039;t been built yet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:23:32 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faruq Hasan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mark Carney, Davos, Cricket, New World Order</media:keywords>
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<title>When the Joke&amp;apos;s on Democracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here&#039;s the test: Can our leaders take a joke? Can they handle criticism without reaching for handcuffs? Can they distinguish between dissent and disinformation? Because if they can&#039;t, we haven&#039;t replaced one authoritarian regime with democracy. We&#039;ve just swapped the faces. And that&#039;s not funny at all.

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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:32:28 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faruq Hasan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dissent, Satire, Earki, Freedom of Expression</media:keywords>
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<title>The Men We Forgive, the Women We Destroy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ So yes, what Tangia did was wrong, absolutely no doubt. But let&#039;s not pretend this outrage is about justice. Justice would mean holding everyone to the same standard. This is about control. And we really need to talk about who we&#039;re controlling, and why. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:47:31 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faruq Hasan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tangia, Misogyny</media:keywords>
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<title>My Father’s Manila Folder and How Politics Lost Its Memory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ IN a post-modern Bangladesh where everyone has their own truth and we have no shared history or experience, how do we come together to build the nation? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:26:17 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faruq Hasan</dc:creator>
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