Bangladesh Divided: Political and Literary Reflections on a Corrupt Police and Prison State (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements ? Foreword ? A Sour and Bitter Taste of Bangladesh Under Sheikh Hasina: Extracts/Excerpts From the International Media ? Part A. The Main Text ? Preface and Introduction ? Bangladesh Dented, Demoted, and Demented Under Sheikh Hasina’s Digital Carnival of Corruption and Ruthless Repression ? Sheikh Hasina’s Fascist Accumulation of Power and Control Through Her Police Force and Her Machiavellian Malarkey ? Sheikh Hasina’s Terror Police (Police League?) and the Brutal Repression of the BNP, the Largest Political Party of Bangladesh ? Sheikh Hasina’s Egotistical and Egregious Personalization of Democracy and Her Steamroller Suppression of the People’s Choices and Voices ? Sheikh Hasina’s Dirty Policy of Divide and Rule, Sabotage, and Subversion: An Impediment to Peace, Freedom, and Unity ? Forty-Eight Questions for the Fantastically Fascistic Sheikh Hasina ? Top-Notch Treatment of the Top Court in Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina’s Convenient Redefinition of Contempt of Court ? Strong Election Commission (EC) but Stronger Neutral Care-Taker Government (CTG) ? Unwanted Indian Interference in the Politics, Economy, and Culture of Bangladesh ? Muslim Rohingyas and the Buddhist Myanmar: Is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh Hopelessly Abandoned by Her Too Friendly, Yet More Unfriendly Master Neighbor India? ? On Those Bumps and Blunders and Bloopers by the Opposition BNP ? Miracles? Only Plus (+) Hasina the Horrible? Only Minus (?) Khaleda the Admirable? ? Conclusion and Postscript ? Part B. Five Political Poems on the Divided and Authoritarian Awami Bangladesh ? Beauty of Bangladesh: The Obverse ? Bangladesh: As Split as Us and They ? No Matter What, Let’s Go Digital ? The Awami Principles Versified ? Beauty of Bangladesh: The Reverse ? Part C. Two Short Chapters on Academic and Cultural Divide in Bangladesh ? Master’s Degree Holding Teaching Faculty and the Higher Education in Bangladesh ? Standard/?????? ?? ??????? Bangla and Mixed/???????? ?? ????? Bangla: In Favor of the Latter ? Part D. Pieces on Donald Trump: Lessons and Implications for Bangladesh ? Hazlitt’s "The Indian Jugglers" and Donald Trump’s Visit to Riyadh: A Successful Circus? ? A Pre-Election Who Said What Account of Donald Trump: Lessons and Implications for Bangladesh ? On Certain Aspects of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump ? A Portrait of Donald Trump: Concordances With the Characters in Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (1913) ? Barack Obama’s Last Presidential Looks at Michelle: Shakespearean, Da Vincian, and Wordsworthian Elements? ? Part E. Five Political Poems of International Interest ? On Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration (20 January 2013) ? Poetry, Critical Theory, and the Princess ? Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 1995 ? CNN Footage of a Kosovar Mass Grave (1995/1996) ? Happy New Year (2009) to Israel ? Part F. Appendices ? Appendix A: Displacement/Replacement of Islamic Religion in Bangladesh ? Appendix B: Alleged Conspiracies Behind the (25 February 2009) Pilkhana BDR Massacre ? Appendix C: 15 August: Know the Facts, Not Fiction by Abu Obaid Chowdhury (Ranu Chowdhury) USA ? Appendix D: Hasina’s Zia Phobia by Abu Obaid Chowdhury (Ranu Chowdhury) USA ? Appendix E: Unforgettable Zia That I Knew: A Flashback by Abu Obaid Chowdhury (Ranu Chowdhury) ? Appendix F: Three Summaries of How the 3?7 November 1975 Events Unfolded ? Appendix G: ????????? ??? ????? ??????? ????? ???? ?????? ??? ??? ???? ??????? ? ? ? ????? ????? (??.) ? Appendix H: A Declaration of Independence Article ? Appendix I: ??????????? ????? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ? Appendix J: Selected Independence-Related Political and Historical Works on Bangladesh ? Appendix K: Links to a Few Media Reports of Endless Awami Vote Rigging on 30 December 2018.