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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Zeenat Khan</title>
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<title>Red Dust on a Clean Screen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ To remain silent under the pretext of “not being close enough” is not humility. It is an abdication of awareness. The burden of witnessing belongs to anyone willing to look. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:15:35 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>diaspora, philosophical</media:keywords>
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<title>Let the Barber Read Kafka</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Literature resides in the public domain of human consciousness. It resists those who aim to claim an exclusive license over it ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:00:32 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Class hierarchy, Kafka, Metamorphosis, Elitist society, Barber, literature</media:keywords>
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<title>Beautiful Lies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A group was huddled within the narrow shadow of a work pickup truck eating a minimal meal, beneath that smile lies an invisible, chronic condition damaging the lungs with microscopic sharp particles ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:40:52 +0600</pubDate>
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<title>Bhuna Khichuri, Monsoon Memories</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A warm plate of bhuna khichuri is both a memory left behind on a map across oceans, and a treasure brought along in my portable Samsonite suitcase in keeping the monsoon memories alive. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:41:48 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
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<title>Kulsum’s Disconnected Island</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Bangladesh, we nonstop speak of institutional reform, a tech-forward future, and human potential, but willingly deprive the people in char areas entirely of essential infrastructure. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:21:58 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
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<title>Sugar in the Daal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ History’s most captivating chapters are often lived in tranquil drawing rooms or in the kitchen of minorities who refuse to blend in completely. When we examine the 1947 Partition, most stories are about violent fractures and Hindus in thousands fleeing to India due to communal riots. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:09:52 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
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<title>The Digital Shalish Court</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The most obvious solution is the legal system must criminalize online shaming and punish the cyber-harassers instead of forcing women to disable their accounts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:49:23 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Social media, Women, Harassment</media:keywords>
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<title>The Shroud of Sexism over Parliament</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A parliament is not a place to demean women for their Islamic attire; its primary mandate is to protect and uphold the rights of every citizen. Failing to do so violates the democratic principles that the very institution was built to safeguard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:03:15 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Monirul Islam Chowdhury, MP, Sexism</media:keywords>
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