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Nogor Baul: fusion music in contemporary Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-05-14)
Nogor Baul who is also known as James, is a very important figure in our country. Through his
great contribution he has made a special place in the hearts of the people. He flourished rock music
in the context of Bangladeshi ...
A study on the socio economic realities of Bangladesh based dancers: understanding their financial struggles and industry issues that set dance as a marginalized profession in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-12)
This paper highlights the major nuances that constitute the life of a professional dancer in Bangladesh, within the local dance industry that exists. Given the socio-economic backdrop that Bangladesh has, earning from ...
Minority politics of Bengal muslims in late colonial era and their understanding of Pakistan
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-01)
This thesis reviews how the idea of Pakistan was accepted and explicated by the Bengali Muslims in late colonial era. The question of cultural autonomy was resolved by them based on linguistic, cultural and religious aspects ...
Identity in flux: a comparative study of Manta and Beday
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-07-11)
Manta is one of the oldest traditional occupational communities who live in the southwest region of Bangladesh. This traditional occupational community lives on a boat which is severed as their own residence where they ...
A new world view and the promises of Tabligh: an ethnographic study
(Brac University, 2019-07)
The Tablighi Jamaat is a self-proclaimed non-political, transnational Islamic reform movement which was initiated in India in the 1920's. The founder of the Tablighi Jamaat, Moulana Muhammad Ilyas (1885-1944), founded the ...
Landholding as a lifeline: The impact of the Rohingya Crisis on farmers in Teknaf and Ukhia
(Brac University, 2023-01)
Most cohesion and host community reports regarding the Rohingya crisis frequently mention the
adversities faced by farmers as a result of the mass exodus, even though their adversities are discussed
vaguely, with farmers ...
Revisiting women empowerment: a retrospect on the other side of readymade garment industry
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016-12)
Empowerment in the garments industry is the pivot of a seesaw, where at one end there are
women and then there’s the other end that carries all the obstacles. This study works with
women empowerment concentrating on ...
Memories of the partition and the formation of identities
(Brac University, 2019-12)
The story of the Partition serves as the origin story of the modern Indian sub continent and continues to be relevant in the context of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Communal differences among the citizens of these three ...
Ontological formation of the Otaku subculture and subjects in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2016-04)
Travails of an Insider: An Inside View on the Social Place of Mental Wellbeing
(Brac University, 2019)
Psychiatric illnesses are certainly no elusive phenomena, though continuing to be a
seldom conversed taboo. Societal neglect does not make it simple to treat patients and it need
not be mentioned that it is diametrically ...