“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt” — Juvenal The Bangladeshi Election On 12 February 2026, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was newly elected in Bangladesh and the people echoed on internet halls and streets that “the Gen Z revolution prevailed”. Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule, which was marked with unruly bloodshed and… Continue reading The psychology of a revolution — why people do ‘nothing’ in the West!
Of all the New Year’s resolutions to have been put forward by various celebrities, I find Zarah Sultana’s message to be the most hopeful. Her short, sweet and simple tweet didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the heart of the matter. It read: “My message of hope for 2026. Abolish the monarchy.”… Continue reading Abolishing the monarchy through identity
It’s been a long, long war. Like the majority of my generation, my memories of peacetime are sparse and foggy. I remember the day I made my Instagram account, in the afterglow of the summer of 2012. The skeuomorphic icon of the colourful camera, the grainy photos of my guinea pigs uploaded for my zero… Continue reading Social justice culture and the New Left — how pragmatism beats idealism
