Md Raihan Raju

The idea of river agency is not new, but we are unfamiliar with it because human agency dominates our knowledge practices; as a result, we skip river agency.

Every year, the Sundarbans is closed to Bonojibis during June, July, and August, a period that coincides with the breeding season of fish and other aquatic species.

Beyond conservation narratives, Sundarbans Bonojibis imagine the forest as kin, revealing alternative ways of living together.

At the heart of Bangladesh’s brick kiln industry lies a recruitment system that quietly sustains inhumane exploitation.

The Ashtomashi Badh, or eight-month embankment, historically shaped the southwest coast of Bangladesh into an ek fosholer desh—a single-crop landscape—where peasants cultivated rice once a year using fresh water.

An incomplete list of Martyred Intellectuals

During the First World War, he served in the Royal British Army, fought in Iraq with the Bengal Infantry (Bengali Paltan), and later joined the 1919 Victory March in London, where he was awarded the prestigious Sword of Honour.

The letter was both personal intimidation and a symbol of the regime’s determination to silence intellectual resistance.