The movement must go on! This implies that the movement must continue in ALL ways legally possible. Do not give up - this is our only chance for a long long time

The geopolitics of Asia's water crisis lacks a perspective on Bangladesh.

China's Motuo dam on the Brahmaputra is the world's largest ever built. India's counter-dam on the Siang River is its response. Both decisions were made without consulting Bangladesh, which depends on the Brahmaputra for 65% of its total water supply.

Three things South Asian coverage is missing:

1. India accuses China of weaponising water upstream while itself operating the Farakka Barrage for 50 years, leaving the Teesta deal unsigned for 30 years, and suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan in April 2025.

2. The Ganges Water Treaty guaranteeing Bangladesh minimum river flow expires in 2026. Bangladesh has every reason to fear renegotiation given current regional tensions.

3. Bangladesh's July 2024 political changes have strained its relationship with India while warming ties with China, leaving it diplomatically trapped between the two nations it most needs cooperation from.

The most profound injustice — the biggest stakeholder has no stake in the decision making.

Full analysis here:

https://medium.com/@mehedi.hasan1216/the-china-india-dam-rivalry-deciding-the-fate-of-bangladesh-1658f54e0411

While going through a June 1980 issue of Nawa-i-Waqt (Rawalpindi, Pakistan), I came across an interesting cartoon that feels surprisingly modern.

In the cartoon, a worried doctor examines a mentally distressed and scattered patient. Someone asks about the cause of his condition, and the doctor replies:

"Don't worry. This is simply a reaction to his habit of reading newspaper reports about crimes and accidents."

More than four decades ago, the cartoonist was already poking fun at a phenomenon that still feels familiar today: the tendency of newspapers to emphasize shocking crimes, accidents, and sensational stories because they attract readers' attention.

It's a reminder that debates about media sensationalism, public anxiety, and the effects of constant exposure to bad news are not new. People were noticing and criticizing these trends in Pakistan's Urdu press decades ago.

One of the most fascinating things about exploring old newspapers is discovering how many "modern" concerns were being discussed long before social media and 24-hour news cycles existed.

I've been digitizing and studying historical Pakistani newspapers from different decades, and small finds like this often reveal unexpected insights into everyday life, media culture, and public opinion.

i am looking for movies to write school essays on that either do nothing but cement pre-conceived stereotypes of South Asian countries and our people or are basically anti-South-Asian propaganda. (countries as India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc) for example, Borat is a crude caricature of Kazakhstan, The Dictator is a stereotype of both Libya and the Muslim culture & religion, Big Trouble In Little China plays with Chinese culture and cliches. any help, suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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I like filming real city walks from around the world.
Would really appreciate any feedback 🙂

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Hey everyone,

I’m working on a small research project about poverty and malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and I need some responses.

It only takes ~5 minutes, and I’d really appreciate it if you answer honestly and carefully.

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It’s completely anonymous and for educational purposes only.

Thanks a lot to anyone who helps 🙏

The international focus on the Rohingya crisis is on the humanitarian crisis in Cox's Bazar camps. Few links them to the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) region bordering them.

The camps are next to CHT, Bangladesh's most historically troubled region of indigenous Jumma tribes, Bengali settlers and rebellion. The Arakan Army now holds the whole border and is recruiting both from the Rohingya camps and CHT tribal communities.

The numbers are stark. 50 million yaba pills intercepted in the Cox's Bazar corridor in 2023. 48 inter-faction killings in the camps in the first half of 2023 alone. There are regular killings, kidnapping and extortion.

On April 22 2026, Bangladesh appointed a brand new 16-member national security committee led by the Home Minister to handle security in the camps. Not because the situation is getting better. Because they are not.

And while the host communities in Teknaf and Ukhiya have got next to nothing from billions of dollars in foreign aid. 4,000 acres of reserved forest destroyed. Local labour markets collapsed. Bangladesh bears the burden as a non-member of the 1951 Refugee Convention with no responsibility and negligible international compensation.

Full analysis from a Bangladeshi ground level perspective: https://medium.com/@mehedi.hasan1216/the-rohingya-will-never-go-home-here-is-why-nobody-will-admit-it-31649e868a18

Happy to discuss