From Bangladesh / Indonesia corespondent Rezwan… One of the most renowned Bangladeshis painters in the world is Shahabuddin Ahmed. He was bo rn in 1950 and studied at the Academy of Fine arts. In 1971 he joined the Liberation war for Bangladesh and fought for independence. Later Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman learnt about his painting [...]

From Bangladeshi / Indonesian Corespondent Rezwan… The international media are at it again. A light of a world wide famine beaconing, which is a favorite topic for any media professional. You will see picture galleries full of hungry people fighting for food, skinny children waiting for help makes any journalistic work easy. ABC News terms [...]

From Indonesia / Bangladesh Corespondent Rezwan… This is a story of any developing country where the rich and powerful reign and the the people do not exercise or do not have their equal right. I was surprised to see some street vendors trying to sell a photocopy version of an edition of Tempo news magazine [...]

From Rezwan… Our mother tongue is more than a language, it is the soul that lives inside us. It is an armory of the human mind; an archive of history. We invent our world through language and bring it to life.   Mrunalini speaks of her mother tongue Telugu: “How sweet our languages are, how [...]

From Indonesia Correspondent Rezwan… Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia after Pakistan to block the entire Facebook domain. On 28th May, 2010 Friday at around 8:30 the ban was executed on charges of malicious propaganda against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hurting religious feelings reports [bn] blogger and journalist Biplob Rahman at MuktoMona [...]

From Indonesia Correspondent Rezwan… We often talk about extending the global conversation to every corner of the world with the use of social media tools. The means to do this are manifold and depend upon the support and implementation of local institutions. The main impediment to this cause is the lack of awareness of the [...]

From Indonesia Corespondent Rezwan… A man should be judged by his deeds and not on his appearance – Al Quran Migrant laborers from South Asia have played a great role in the transformation of Middle Eastern Gulf countries like UAE, Qatar and Bahrain.  Most of construction work that takes place there consists of physical labor [...]

The way the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka is being developed these days, this was inescapable. Every development, every ounce of growth, is densely concentrated and almost entirely unplanned. This has led Forbes Magazine to list Dhaka as the second dirtiest city in the world. The main culprit is lead-poisoned air. Traffic congestion in the capital [...]

The onset of life will always be a traumatic and life-shaping event. Our Bangladeshi correspondent and political activist know only as Rezwan takes RELATIVITY OnLine inside the fragile birth of a struggling democracy, unfolding within the borders one of our planet’s most impoverished countries.  It’s always in our most early days that we are most susceptible to sickness and suffering. The hobbled and humble nation of Bangladesh [...]

Throughout human history, race has been our most defining characteristic. By extension, race has consistently produced powerful forms of judgment and continues to do so today. Although the concept of race scientifically does not exist and is purely a social phenomenon, the social reality of race permeates every part of human life. More than anything, [...]