Daud Haider

Haider is a Bangladeshi poet who lived in political exile in Kolkata before moving to Berlin.

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Bangladesh @ 50: ‘Will you give me a flag of Bangladesh?’Subscriber Only

December 12,2021 06:00:19 AM

Fifty years ago, in the aftermath of a difficult war in which India played a crucial role, a new nation — Bangladesh — was born. Bangladeshi poet Daud Haider remembers the day when freedom came to his people

Mon, Dec 13, 2021

How Bangladesh was bornSubscriber Only

March 26,2021 03:06:19 AM

In the 50 years since its independence from Pakistan, Bangladesh has moved past religion and the two nation theory.

Fri, Mar 26, 2021

In a globalised world, the mother tongue is increasingly losing life forceSubscriber Only

February 20,2021 04:30:47 AM

Indigenous languages increasingly have a localised and restricted existence — overwhelmed by global markets, global economics and global corporates. The mother tongue is gradually being dwarfed by these staggering influences and is relegated to a marginal space in the global village.

Sat, Feb 20, 2021

Revisiting the Berlin Wall: Political and economic divisions continue to haunt GermanySubscriber Only

November 09,2019 00:08:01 AM

For those of us who saw the fall of the Wall, the history of the fall is not yet in the past, the 30 years in between seem like yesterday because the Wall still exists. The fall isn’t complete. This wall is made of politics, economics, discrimination.

Sat, Nov 09, 2019

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Why Rabindranath Tagore is a poet of Bengal, India, the worldSubscriber Only

May 09,2019 08:57:56 AM

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti: Abroad, too, cities with large Bengali populations celebrate the phenomenon called Rabindranath. New York, London, Chicago, Toronto, Paris boast Rabindra Sangeet academies, the number of students increasing by the day. The real reason is the desire to keep close to one's language, the land of one's birth.

Sun, May 07, 2023