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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Zunaid Kazi</title>
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<title>The Hi, the Sigh, and the Async Dance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hi isn’t a message. It’s a doorbell. Say the thing, or call. I might even pick up. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:17:34 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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<title>The Water was Never the Question</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We do not have to say goodbye to fresh water because we build an AI data center. We might, however, make an entirely avoidable mistake if we approve the wrong cooling system in the wrong place, drawing the wrong water at the wrong time ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:44:23 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI legitimacy, AI data center, fresh water</media:keywords>
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<title>It Was Finished. It Just Wasn’t Finished Out Loud.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The same discipline runs in reverse. “Got it.” “Saw it, on it.” Two words, and the loop closes from both ends instead of hanging open on one. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:48:28 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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<title>Two Weeks to Sharpen Bangladesh’s AI Budget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The budget should tie its connectivity targets to affordability so that rural and low-income citizens can actually use what is being built, not just live within range of it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:19:52 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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<title>Bangladesh&amp;apos;s Draft AI Policy: Vision Needs Velocity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Success depends on three commitments that cannot be deferred: Speed. Visible, funded action in year one. Not plans for action. Action. Resources. Specific, budgeted commitments, not proposals ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:45:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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<title>Beyond Fault Lines: Bangladesh&amp;apos;s Intolerance Problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What if Bangladesh&#039;s problem isn&#039;t the divides themselves? Secular versus religious. Bengali versus Muslim. Shahbag versus Shapla. Aspiration versus stagnation. What if the real problem is our inability to tolerate disagreement at all? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:10:10 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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<title>On Mudi, Tong, and the Perils of Asking Simple Questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ During the Mughal and Maratha eras, the official in charge of grain supplies and rations for royal households or armies was called the Modi. The storeroom where provisions were kept? The Modikhana: Modi plus Khana, the Persian word for house or room. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:14:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Linguistics, Language, Etymology</media:keywords>
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<title>Will AI Fix Bangladesh’s Inequality or Automate It?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI systems don&#039;t operate in a vacuum. They operate on people and amplify the society beneath them. That brings us to the uncomfortable question at the heart of Bangladesh&#039;s AI future: if we deploy these systems on top of our existing inequalities, do we fix them or automate them? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:28:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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<title>Bangladesh’s AI Policy Needs an Engine, Not Just a Map</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A policy without execution mechanisms is not a plan. It is a press release. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:13:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
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