Nasrin Khandoker

The authorship and voice in Bhawaiya are not about who wrote the songs but about how emotion, desire, and defiance are collectively expressed and reinterpreted over time.

Tagging a group of people with a derogatory name and thereby erasing the individuality of its members is one of the most effective ideological tools used by fascists. It is the starting point of the process of racialisation, leading to the construction of labels that are often associated with stereotypes, discrimination, and social hierarchies. Labelling a group of people with a derogatory name is also the first step to denying their humanity.

Bhawaiya, produced and reproduced by both men and women, bears the elements of subverting Bengali gender norms.

In a leaked phone conversation, the VC of SUST claimed that nobody wants to marry the female students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) because they stay outside till late at night.