Faridul Alam

Dr Faridul Alam is a former faculty member at the City University of New York (CUNY) and a licensed social work practitioner. He writes full-time on interdisciplinary issues, primarily through the lenses of postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Wording the word and worlding the world: Poetics and politics of translation

The translator is not a neutral bridge but a creative curator.

2m ago

From the end of empire to China-centric unipolarity

The 21st century’s centre of gravity is quietly shifting from Washington to Beijing.

2m ago

The Secret Deal that Carved Up the Middle East

In the annals of modern Middle Eastern history, few documents have cast a longer or darker shadow than the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916.

3m ago

Humanity is losing its war against an impossible predator

Unlike lions or metaphysical plagues, the mosquito kills without spectacle—its victims slip away in silence, far from poetry and pageantry.

3m ago

The architectonics of mob violence in Bangladesh

Mob violence has become one of the most pressing challenges confronting Bangladesh.

3m ago

The weight of counterfactuals in Bangladesh’s politics

Counterfactual thinking is not idle speculation but political vigilance.

3m ago

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangladesh’s unfinished reading

Hubris that had been a weapon in resistance became a liability in governance.

3m ago

The interplay of doxa and episteme in Bangladesh's politics

We need a political ethic that resists collapsing into either technocratic detachment or populist fury.

4m ago
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025

Wording the word and worlding the world: Poetics and politics of translation

The translator is not a neutral bridge but a creative curator.

September 9, 2025
September 9, 2025

From the end of empire to China-centric unipolarity

The 21st century’s centre of gravity is quietly shifting from Washington to Beijing.

September 2, 2025
September 2, 2025

The Secret Deal that Carved Up the Middle East

In the annals of modern Middle Eastern history, few documents have cast a longer or darker shadow than the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916.

August 25, 2025
August 25, 2025

Humanity is losing its war against an impossible predator

Unlike lions or metaphysical plagues, the mosquito kills without spectacle—its victims slip away in silence, far from poetry and pageantry.

August 24, 2025
August 24, 2025

The architectonics of mob violence in Bangladesh

Mob violence has become one of the most pressing challenges confronting Bangladesh.

August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025

The weight of counterfactuals in Bangladesh’s politics

Counterfactual thinking is not idle speculation but political vigilance.

August 15, 2025
August 15, 2025

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangladesh’s unfinished reading

Hubris that had been a weapon in resistance became a liability in governance.

July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025

The interplay of doxa and episteme in Bangladesh's politics

We need a political ethic that resists collapsing into either technocratic detachment or populist fury.

July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025

To mourn meaningfully is to demand change

To grieve without demanding reform is to accept the inevitability of recurrence.

July 19, 2025
July 19, 2025

Looking at the July uprising through Actor-Network Theory

The July uprising was a networked event, a convergence of actors both familiar and unexpected.