Many Bangladeshi historians and intellectuals have reinforced this habit of seeing ourselves only as victims.

While history has never been a one-man show, viewing it through the eyes of influential leaders can lend us a bigger picture.

A large number of contemporary writers in the country think of avoiding politics. But that itself is also a kind of politics—the politics of the status quo.

Can a political party – regardless of whether they are in power or in opposition – use public property to attend a party rally?

Political violence remains inseparable from Bangladeshi politics and election violence is an integral part of that violence.