Jyoti Rahman

Jyoti Rahman

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Member since May 5, 2025

Chronicles of Coups Foretold

Now that Hasina is gone, it is time we explore these deep fissures in our formative years, not just through political thrillers, but also serious, scholarly enquiries.

The Third Act

The Interim Government as the mirror image of the 1/11 regime

PR Upper House 101

Everything you wanted to know about a proportional representation-based upper house and were afraid to ask

When the world was ours

Harkening back to a more hopeful time amid war cries

Monsoon Aspirations

Putting the Monsoon Revolution in historical context

Three anniversaries and a corridor

Professor Yunus needs to be more transparent and accountable about foreign liaisons

The kids are alright, how about you?

An appeal to fellow 40-plus folks to wake up from selfish slumber and join our kids

The reform options

Assessing various reform ideas that have been floated

The fundamental problem

Extreme centralization of power made Bangladesh vulnerable to despotism

Papye et fe

Three months on from the onset of the Monsoon Revolution, time to reset expectations about politics, and remain hopeful

Sheikhdown

A personal reflection on the cult of personality that underpinned the Hasina regime