Latest from Jennifer Chowdhury
A Police Officer’s Death Divides Bangladeshi Americans
The death of NYPD officer Didarul Islam brought rare recognition for Bangladeshi Americans in the force but, for the younger generations, shaped by post-9/11 surveillance and Black Lives Matter, it exposed painful questions about representation and belonging.
In Bangladesh, a Personality Cult Gives Way After Student Protests
Recent protests in Bangladesh spotlighted former leader Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year tenure — marked by high youth unemployment and crackdowns on press, dissenters and the opposition — and her attempts to create a personality cult around her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the “Father of the Nation.”