The military coup in Myanmar is terrible for the Rohingya
The saying goes, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. In Myanmar, the government is learning a different lesson: allying with the military junta is a double-edged sword, and…
Author: Rabbil Sikdar
Writer, leftist. Interests: Islamophobia, south Asia, inequality, social cohesion and integration.
Is France’s fight against extremism criminalising Islam as a whole?
If there is a saying that serves as a snapshot for the times we live in, it’s Ibn Khaldun’s remark that “the past resembles the future more than one drop…
The nostalgia of watching classic Bollywood films
“Dearly beloved. Look how the distances have closed. I am here, I am here, I am here.” The opening lines for Veer-Zaara’s iconic “Main Yahaan Hoon” are enough to sweep…
What will the gentrification of Brick Lane do to the British Bengali community
The journey to a new country for a new life is often a frightening one. The weather can be very different, your stomach responds differently to the new foods, and…
Why Avatar: The Last Airbender is loved by fans to this day
In a time marked by a frightening global pandemic and a social uprising in America, the search for the warm glow of something nostalgic, familiar, and reassuring is understandable. Yip…
Are current conversations on racism achieving anything?
It is difficult not to feel that the reaction to George Floyd’s murder has been about cosmetics. We have been treated to woke capitalism as corporations gorged themselves on a…
What Liverpool’s long-awaited victory means to me and my family
At last, the storm had ended and there was a golden sky for Liverpool. The title was decided by an old enemy against a contemporary one. At the end of…
Are criticisms of the race inequality commission’s Munira Mirza valid?
A storm of anger at racial inequality and injustice might have gripped America, but no-one from the British government could say that they haven’t felt some of it too. One…
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