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Mounting rape and sexual harassment in Bangladesh
In the first two months of 2025, nearly 400 women and children have raped or sexually harassed in Bangladesh
Malaysian video mocking Hinduism reflects religious polarization
By Iman Muttaqin Yusof/ Benar News Kuala Lumpur, March 7 -A seven-second video clip on social media targeting a Hindu festival is the latest incident that reflects growing polarization in multi-faith, multi-ethnic Malaysia, analysts say. The clip, posted Tuesday on a radio station’s social media...
India’s north-south divide over Modi’s plan to redraw constituencies
The BJP is in power in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh while an allied party controls neighbouring Bihar. India’s north-south divide over Modi’s plan to redraw constituencies
Bodh Gaya: Why the Mahabodhi Temple must be handed over to Buddhists
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat/Sabrang India New Delhi, March 3 -When all progressive political thought have acknowledged Bodh Gaya’s identity as a Buddhist shrine, what stops political parties from ensuring that this demand becomes a reality? Buddhist Bhikkhus, activists and various organisations have been sitting on...
Trump’s disdain for soft power opens doors to China
Soft power was one of democratic America’s most effective weapons against communist totalitarianism. But President Trump has discarded it with contempt.
“Saying Silly Things”: Centre On MK Stalin’s “Hindi Destroyed 25 languages” jab
Stalin's sharp jabs underline the friction between Tamil Nadu, and other southern states, and the centre over the three-language push in the National Education Policy.
Tamil Nadu’s fight against “imposition” of Hindi
While the world was observing the International Mother Language Day on February 21, a decades-old but simmering Tamil-Hindi conflict resurfaced in India
Evolution of the Dhakaiya Bangla
By RBR (The Daily Star) Dhaka, February 24 -The evolution of language is a continuous progression, flowing with civilisation through the ages. Languages develop and change as big cosmopolitans and metropolitan cities become melting pots of ethnicity, culture, and diversity. This mix of people gives...
Influence of Chinese Mandarin and the need for strengthening intercultural communication in global diplomacy
By Shikha Pandey/Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing, February 24 -In this increasingly integrated world, there is a need to know other cultures to have better a understanding of the “other”. The influence of the Chinese (Mandarin) language has grown significantly in the 21st...
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