Who gets to say what Bangladesh means? In a political climate where competing stories about the country are used to build and to resist hegemony, Mobashar Hasan’s ‘Narratives of Bangladesh’ looks for neutral ground. The essays here, written over five years, treat the country’s politics, history, society and culture with an academic’s caution rather than a partisan’s certainty.
Hasan, who grew up in Dhaka, asks how a researcher can make sense of a changing Bangladesh without bowing to pressure to tell the ‘right’ story. The pieces are deliberately open to interpretation and debate. Published by Prothoma Prokashon, the book is for readers who want to think about Bangladesh rather than be told what to think.
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