Crosstalk : Essays

Contents: Foreword. 1. An apology not accepted. 2. Measure of man. 3. Three gates of Busyrane gates of Busyrane gates of Busyrane. 4. Giornata. 5. Begums bounced back. 6. A river in the World Bank. 7. That other building. 8. Bangladesh rising. 9. Life cycle of revolution. 10. The zoo and the prison. 11. Going after the thought criminals. 12. An open response. 13. Life for sale. 14. We want televised trials. 15. Fumes of remorse. 16. Aim in life. 17. A parrot for president. 18. Why a revolution is not possible. 19. A ventriloquy of death. 20. A probable conspiracy theory. 21. Ershad lost and found. 22. Looking for the harvest moon. 23. The parallax view. 24. A colony for corrupt men. 25. The Sunday Night Schtick. 26. The pride of a Nobel Prize. 27. Dialogue or no dialogue. 28. Moths and butterflies. 29. They drowned, we sank. 30. Dialogue of the deaf. 31. Let us go against the stream. 32. The Shapla revolution. 33. Many happy returns, Madame PM. 34. Last word in politics. 35. Take care of friends. 36. Blame it on the budget. 37. The Ershad curve. 38. Is it too late to ask? 39. News for newspapers: readers are leaving. 40. Dear politicians. 41. Short shrift to the people. 42. Get rich, if you wish. 43. Formula of Honesty. 44. Is Bangladesh blinking? 45. Trial by Jury, not perjury. 46. The new slaves. 47. Why cartoons animated outrage? 48. From dogfight to divinity. 49. The dog and pony show. 50. Greetings from the posters. 51. New year\'s resolution. 52. New law of attraction. 53. Inmate of illusion. 54. Where is the state? 55. Militant Islam. 56. Who gets the respect? 57. When the earth breaks. 58. What we eat is eating us away. 59. Brand Bangladesh. 60. Drop a dime on them. 61. Identifying with Islam. 62. Intelligent is stupid. 63. A deal on the wheels. 64. ....Ergo Ershad!. 65. The gulags of our time. 66. Flowers to the grave. 67. Times in the world. 68. We want a brave new country. 69. Leaders and politicians. 70. Whims, eccentricities and perversions.