Masooda Bano, The Rational Believer: Choices and Decisions In The Madrasas of Pakistan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2012, pp. 264, ISBN- 9780801450440
Authored by: Tapas Das The Rational Believer by Masooda Bano provides us with an in-depth analysis of the madrasa system in Pakistan, which helps us comprehend the reasons behind institutional (religious institutions in this case) stability and change. Bano is a Professor in the Oxford Department of International Development. Her interest area lies in studying the role of ideas and beliefs in development processes and their evolution and change. She has written extensively on the Islamic education system and the female educational movements in…
India’s Climate Laws and their Major Consequences Within the Realm of Realism
Author: Shreya Shaw Historically, since the beginning of the modern policy of 'Balance of Power' in International Relations, India and other countries yielded the idea of Non- aligned movement ( NAM ), which aims national interest, economic growth, sustainable development goals and mutual peaceful coexistence among countries with peace and harmony. In international affairs developing countries like India…
Collective Punishment in the Indian-administered Kashmir: Gross Violation of International Human Rights Law
Authors: Adnan Athar Quraishi & Mohd Rameez Raza On August 5, 2019, the Indian Government went above and beyond, and presented what could be known as a typical case of aggregate discipline in the Indian-regulated Kashmir to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The 70-year-old arrangement offereing self-sufficiency to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and incorporated benefits over government occupations, grants, selective proprietorship and ownership of land in the State of Jammu and Kashmir Ensuing to the annulment, the Indi…
Right to Water in Bangladesh and the ‘Minimum Core’ Obligations of the State
Author: Md Azhar Uddin Bhuiyan Introduction Many have lived without the touchstone of love but none without water. This irreplaceable need for water is well understood by all, however, it is yet to be declared a constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right or a normative content of a Fundamental Right. The judiciary of Bangladesh first recognized a right to water under the guise of right to health in 1999, shortly before the adoption of the General Comment No. 15 of the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.[1] Meanwhile the Un…
Founding Bangladesh: OPR-DULPR Joint Panel on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Nicholas Leah from the Oxford Political Review and Md Azhar Uddin Bhuiyan from the Dhaka Law and Politics Review jointly host a panel event titled “Founding Bangladesh: Centenary Reflection on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation”. 2020 marks the 100th year anniversary of the birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of an independent Bangladesh. August 15 this year also marked 45 years since his assassination in 1975. The panel event (which was live-streamed by OPR and DULPR) features three guest s…
Development of Crimes against Humanity and the Bangladeshi Definition
Authored by: Bahzad Joarder Introduction The birth of the nation state of Bangladesh came through a brutal secessionist movement in 1971. This was closely chronicled by the international media at the time. The secessionist movement and the ‘break-away’ of erstwhile East Pakistan (Bangladesh) have been cited as an example in the Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence. [1] The architects of atrocities enjoyed long periods of impunity and many were brought to account for their heinous crimes under a domestic Bangladeshi legislation that included…
