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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Zunaid Kazi</title>
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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>
<media:keywords>Democracy, Intolerance, Opposing views</media:keywords>
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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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