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Colourful painted masks and a procession float at the Mangal Shobhajatra in Dhaka, representing the contested imagery of official Pohela Boishakh celebrations

The New Year and the Secular Mask

How Pohela Boishakh was turned into an elite ritual, and why Bangladesh must reclaim its public culture

Pinaki Bhattacharya

Graffitti from July 36 Revolution

Bangladesh: The Post-July 36 Syndrome

The BNP is the largest beneficiary of July 36, but does it seek to fulfil the revolution or undo it?

Rashed Chowdhury