In Bangladesh, a young Hindu woman named Pulon Rani Barman (22) was doused in kerosene in Birpur, Narsingdi District by some men. The case got highlighted on June 15, after a fierce condemnation by Bangladesh Jatio Hindu Mohajote (Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance). Pulon was allegedly burned on June 13th by unidentified miscreants at around […]
Tag: Minority rights
Books chronicling minority rights violation runs into Islamist wall in Bangladesh
Sitangshu Guha is a journalist and writer based in the USA, but his roots are in Bangladesh and he has spent a lot of time in the country documenting violent incidents against minorities. Two books of his published in 2019 made an appearance in the February bookfair in Dhaka. The names of the books are […]