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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Protik Bardhan</title>
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<title>Nation, Religion, State, and the Plural Nature of Being</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Whenever one reads the great poets and writers of China, India, Russia, Latin America, West Asia, or any other part of the world, they can find themselves inhabiting their worlds and seeing life through their eyes. Their experiences become part of my own intellectual and emotional landscape. In that sense, I cannot confine myself to being only an ethnic Bengali. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:32:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Protik Bardhan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bengal, Muslim, Amartya Sen</media:keywords>
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<title>The Four Bangladeshes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The country is no longer simply divided by class and by geography. It is now divided into four different kinds of society defined by education, language, migration, and access to power: expatriates, English-medium graduates, Bangla-medium graduates, and Madrasa-educated students. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:40:30 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Protik Bardhan</dc:creator>
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<title>The Mamdani Moment and Bangladesh’s Missed Chance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The NYC mayor-elect did what Bangladeshi politics refuses to do: Connect democratic renewal to economic dignity. He showed that when people believe their material lives will improve, they don’t hesitate to show up. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:27:57 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Protik Bardhan</dc:creator>
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