Tremor in FIRE City

New York City is famously called "the Big Apple". The euphemistic phrase serves to depict the city as an edifice of success, and grandeur. This great metropolis is actually home to three powerful money making enterprises of modern capitalism-Finance, Insurance and Real Estate and their reign is supreme. Thus, the...

Reflections on a nation in transition

One year on from the historic July-August uprising that brought down Sheikh Hasina's long-standing authoritarian regime, Bangladesh finds itself at a political crossroads. The revolution, hailed by many as a generational awakening and the end of a brutal dictatorship, has yet to translate into deep institutional or constitutional change. While...