Saturday, July 14, 2012

Book on War-crime likely to be banned in Pakistan

The book "A Stranger in my own Country East Pakistan, 1969-1971" written by Late Major General Khadim Hussain Raja and published by OUP, Pakistan has caused an uproar in the Pakistan government. The book has reportedly brought to light the war-crimes and genocides performed by the Pakistan army under the command of General A.A.K Niazi during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
The book was published according to the last wishes of the author expressed to his family as he feared that publication of the book during his lifetime may put his life at risk.
Reports indicate that Pakistan government is trying everything it can to ban the book in the country. The book hasn't made its way into Indian markets yet and doesn't looks like it will.
I don't know whether we will get to see another government "sponsored" book-burning in this 21st century but we should try to get hold of a copy, if possible, before the last wishes of the author gets wiped out from the face of the earth.
Useful link:http://www.oup.com.pk/shopexd.asp?id=2265


Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Obama "Joker" Poster

Firas Alkhateeb, an American citizen of Palestinian origin designed and uploaded the Obama "joker" poster on Flickr in January 2009. Described by 'The Guardian' as "America's first successful use of street art", the poster has been a symbol for anti-Obama protests. Following media coverage, Flickr deleted all the available digital posters and the forums discussing it. This action was met by severe backlash which caused Flickr to change their Copyright Infringement Policy. As a result of Flickr removing the image, some online communities viewed Alkhateeb as the most visible representative of free speech on the internet in August 2009.
Details of the poster controversy are available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Joker%22_poster.

Sunday, July 08, 2012

Class groups for assignments

Group 1
Bidisha UG3
Utsarjana UG3
Anwesha RayUG2
Subhajit DasUG2
BhagyasreeUG2
ShourjoUG2
 IshitaUG2

Group 2
Aratrika UG3
Raahi UG3
DebjaniUG2
SaibalUG2
Sayantani UG2
DhaibhatUG2
DeviyankaUG2

Group 3
Aritra Sengupta UG3
Deeptarko UG3
AnanyaUG2
AshavariUG2
Ankita RoyUG2
AbhijitUG2
SohiniUG2

Group 4
Ankita UG3
Arshia UG3
SaptakUG2
AishwaryauG2
Saswati UG2
Sayani UG2