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secularism

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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

The Body That Cannot Be Erased

The Body That Cannot Be Erased

On the Shooting of Osman Hadi