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Biden Deeply Concerned Over Bangladesh's Democratic Future In a recent phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden expressed concerns over the political situation in Bangladesh, particularly regarding the safety of its people and the future of its democratic institutions. Read More: https://lnkd.in/d2iRenE9 #BidenConcern #BangladeshDemocracy #PoliticalUnrest #USBangladeshRelations #ModiBidenCall #GlobalSecurity #DemocraticInstitutions #DiplomaticTensions #HumanRights #BangladeshCrisis

While India deals with terror groups with its usual efficiency, there must be no political haste to speed up the normalisation process before the overground workers, collaborators with anti-India forces and deceptive politicians are kept in check. Attitudes take centuries to change, and racist, communal and bigoted attitudes developed by the petro-dollar imported Wahhabism will take a long time to change. New Delhi needs to tread carefully. My article: https://lnkd.in/g3pM6Rr2

Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party of consistently aligning with forces that seek to divide the country and making anti-national statements. “Supporting JKNC’s anti-national and anti-reservation agenda in Jammu and Kashmir or making anti-India statements abroad has become a habit for Rahul Gandhi,” Shah said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). #AmitShah #RahulGandhi #CongressParty #BJP #NationalSecurity #Reservations #PoliticalDebate #IndianPolitics #AntiNational #RegionalDivide #ReligiousDivide #LinguisticDivide #IndianPoliticsUpdate #NorthNews

In a significant political development, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a vote of confidence in parliament. With only 63 votes in favor and 194 against, Dahal’s tenure has come to an end after 19 months. He will now serve as a caretaker until a new government is formed. This event marks continued political instability in Nepal, which has seen 14 governments since abolishing its monarchy in 2008. #NepalPolitics #PushpaKamalDahal #ConfidenceVote

https://lnkd.in/gGUFpf2J Totally second our external affairs minister in this matter. Nobody can deny that few decades ago Undivided India got partitioned on the basis of religion. But the hatred from Pakistan is still there for which we still continue to bleed. So while granting shelter to any outsider , we must judge their religious and social background. Those Muslims who claimed a separate Islamic Republic had already received their portion of land . Now they should not unethically seek refuge within India's soil , just because the social economic and political condition at Pakistan, Afghanistan or Bangladesh are not as good as India. Our foreign policy should not entertain such double standards and prevent those people from entering our territory. Doors should be opened only for non Muslims who suffered on the above mentioned countries and did not enjoy normal citizen's rights . Our constitution speaks about equality amongst Indian citizens, it does not apply to potential citizens.

🚨 Where is Hasina Wajid Right Now? 🇧🇩 🔍 Resignation and Unrest: Simmering dissatisfaction over Hasina’s authoritarian rule and unemployment led to mass protests. ⚖️ Quota Controversy: The reinstated 30% quota for freedom fighters' relatives fueled discontent, sparking anti-government movements. 💥 Violent Clashes: Protesters and government forces clashed, leading to a tragic death toll of over 300. ✈️ Resignation and Escape: Amid nationwide unrest, Hasina resigned and fled Bangladesh, reportedly seeking asylum abroad. 🤝 Interim Government: Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman announced an interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. #HasinaWajid #BangladeshCrisis #PoliticalUnrest #FreedomFighters #BangladeshPolitics #MuhammadYunus #AwamiLeague #InterimGovernment #CivilDisobedience #AsiaNews

The election process in #pakistan has been completed today. The lessons for us are as follows; #Establishment has to find a way to reduce its overarching role in running the country. It is unsustainable. #Judiciary has to be seen to be neutral and effective. It should not be part of the problem. #ImranKhan has to strategise as to how to spend next 5 years just as Nawaz Sharif found himself in a similar situation in 2018. #IK has not been making wise decisions. Belligerence has its shelf life and it expired a long time ago. #PMLN will be under intense scrutiny of the public, especially from #PTI and therefore, margin of error is zero. We the people have to find a way to peacefully coexist & not become slave to its political biases. IK because he has been a big destabilising force in Pakistan. He is corrupt as person and didplayed #nepotism in governance. He colluded with the establishment from 2010-2021. First he was instrumental in destabilising NS govt and then his own govt was spent in jailing the opposition. Since his ouster, his focus is coercive means to regain power. It doesn’t mean I support others. I want to see peaceful co-existence. Our #governance system is totally gone. We can attribute blame based on our own political biases. It will not help. Weak political foundations since inception, disjointed identities forced to live under one identity and some decent share of bad luck (no army general was benevolent) were responsible for political vacuum which was filled by a more organised force, the establishment. Now we have to move on. Only grand reconciliation can heal the wounds. Or we can continue with killing & jailing each other. The choice is here & its upto as a nation.

Bangladesh is facing an escalating political crisis following the dissolution of Parliament and the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The nation is trapped by unprecedented violence by student protestors who took to the streets opposing a 30 per cent quota in government jobs for those who fought in the 1971 India-Pakistan war. This situation has led to tragic violence, with loss of over 106 lives. #bangladeshcrisis #violence #humanitariancrisis #climateaction

#politics #sustainability #NobelPrize Economist Amartya Sen's The Nobel Prize welfare economics monograph Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation https://a.co/d/2raiY90 was motivated by The Bengal famine of 1943 which affected Bengal in British India, leading to the deaths of about three million people from malnutrition and disease. Unlike many famines caused by inadequate food supply, this famine occurred without a significant shortfall in food production. Sen, who experienced the famine as a child, attributed it to an entitlement failure meaning economic factors disrupted the distribution of both money and food, preventing certain groups from being able to purchase it even though it was adequately available. I discuss Sen and other economists in this very short paper of mine to argue that the climate problem, which Sen did not take into account in 1983, could render availability of Sen's entitlements to a broader population useless because of a Malthusian shortage of food itself, no matter the level of technology as Norman Borlaug of the Green Revolution might concur The Nobel Prize, which was not the problem when Sen was a boy: TAMIRISA, One World, The Prescience Of Thomas Malthus, https://lnkd.in/dT4j35t. Now Muhammad Yunus The Nobel Prize, a social entrepreneur like me, and former managing director of Grameen Bank, the name translating to village bank, a very simple and unassuming man, who rose to global attention and prominence by inventing microfinance for women to allow them to buy cellphones they could rent to others, who I had the occasion to meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Rio+20, in 2012, is the prime minister of the country. India, as Mahatma Gandhi discovered, is its many villages, where still a significant portion of its population lives and constitutes nearly half of the country's labor force. The world and India need smart villages, a better quality of life where food for the rest of the country is grown: TAMIRISA, Sustainability In India, 2012, https://lnkd.in/e9CwN9G3. Hope Yunus can make this happen for Bangladesh. Sign this for September 24th Summit of the Future in Manhattan António Guterres. Sustainability. What is it? A primer: https://lnkd.in/eJQvnCa8. #OurCommonFuture https://lnkd.in/eaZe52sD. Vulcan Love 🖖❤️

https://lnkd.in/giPJGZVM As an immigrant, you cannot divorce yourself from the country of your birth. The last 48 hours in #Bangladesh have been a whirlwind, with the sudden collapse of the government after months of civil protesting, the former PM in exile, no interim government and an extremely tenuous hold by security services that are both mistrusted but necessary for the peace. I, like many, are rallying to do our bit to stabilize the country and I hope (if you are able) to boost the following message for the sake of the country's future: - Protect secularism: Bangladesh has always been multicultural and cosmopolitan at heart, something that is enshrined within its secular constitution, even though it is muslim-majority. This needs to continue moving forward. - Protect minorities: Leave no Bangladeshi behind, regardless of race or religion. Defend Christian, Hindu and Buddhist communities and include them in the rebuilding of the government. - Term Limits on the Prime Minister: I believe this is an important check on power and will allow for fresh thinking to enter the political arena. - Justice, not Vengeance: There can be no place vengeance in the path forward. However, we shouldn't shy away from justice for past crimes via fair and transparent legal mechanisms where required. - Structural Anti-corruption: The tales of corruption were eye-wateringly bad in the country. The civil and public service need to be brought to cleansed via an arms-length, apolitical, anti-corruption unit. - Freedom of speech: The old government had draconian restrictions on free-speech. These need to be overturned to allow for civic society to engage with government constructively where they disagree with a policy initiative - No extra-judicial detention: You're either charged with something or let go. - Independent Judiciary: A lot of effort had gone into twisting the judiciary into an arm of the governing political party over the last decade. This needs to be undone. There are plenty of other things that could be talked about, but these I believe are the foundational basis for a prosperous Bangladesh. I am happy to chat about all of this, time permitted (I DO have a day job). In solidarity. NR