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Site of neoliberal governance of exclusion

A SERIES of viral videos filmed and posted on social media platforms by the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union leader Sarba Mitra Chakma, enthusiastically evicting the poor, the homeless, and street vendors from the university campus, putting the cosmetic face of power at the DU campus on display. In the footage, Sarba Mitra can be seen confronting those...

DISCOURSES OF NATIONAL LITERATURE: Exclusion of indigenous people’s literature

THE fifteenth amendment of the Bangladesh Constitution mentions, ‘The state shall take steps to protect and develop the unique local culture and tradition of the tribes, minor races, ethnic sects, and communities’. The suffix ‘adivasi (indigenous peoples)’ is not in the constitution. The ‘Small Ethnic Groups Cultural Institutions Act, 2010 broadly defines the term...