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Bangladesh Migrants: A Threat to India; P K Mishra; Gyan Publishing House; PP 304; Price Rs 910

A Diligent Field Report on Illegal Migration and its Impact on India’s Unity and Integrity Bangladesh Migrants: A Threat to india by Mr. Pavas Kumar Mishra , retired Additional Director-General of the Border Security Force, is a rare bo....

August 06, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , national security , Internal Security , Muslim , Supreme Court , Book Reviews , Bangladesh Migrants

Violence Against Minority Hindus in Bangladesh: An Analysis

Dr Prakash Chandra Sahoo

Introduction Bangladesh was born in 1971 premised on a secular and democratic ethos as paragraph 2 of the preamble of the first constitution of Bangladesh which was adopted on November 4, 1972 accepted ‘nationalism’, ‘socialism’, �....

July 28, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Book on Bangladeshi Migrants Released at VIF

‘Bangladesh Migrants - A Threat to India’ authored by P K Mishra, Senior Fellow of the Vivekananda International Foundation, was released at the VIF on 13 May 2014, by Shri Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd) and former Director General, BSF and a member o....

May 26, 2014 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Book Discussions , Bangladesh Migrant , Indo Bangladesh border , Coxs' Bazaar , Islamic interest

Interaction with the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India

On 23^rd August 2013, VIF invited the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, H.E Mr. Tariq A. Karim for an interaction on the present state and future prospects of India-Bangladesh relations. Ambassador Karim began his talk by first brie....

September 12, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , India-Bangladesh Relations , Look East Policy

Political Assertion of Radical Forces in Bangladesh: Impact & Implications for India

On 28 April 2013, VIF welcomed Gen. (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM, AVSM former Chief of the Indian Army, Amb. Satish Chandra, former Deputy National Security Advisor in the Chair, Shri DC Nath, President Patriots Forum and Shri Vikramjeet Banerjee....

May 03, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Radical Forces in Bangladesh , Political Assertion , Bhadra Lok

Indo Bangladesh Relations

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Introduction Pakistan Army surrendered to the Indian Army in Dacca on 16 December 1971. It was a victory which resulted in the creation of a new nation Bangladesh which found its rightful place in the committee of nations. India withdrew it....

April 08, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

War Crime Trials: Bangladesh on the Edge

Neha Mehta

The 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh has been the worst chapter in Bangladesh’s history that witnessed genocide, rape and murder at the hands of the army of West Pakistan and their collaborators in East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh). This re....

April 01, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Political Impasse over the Caretaker Government in Bangladesh

Neha Mehta

The Caretaker Government that was a unique feature of Bangladesh’s democracy was in place over the years to oversee elections in a country that has a history of military coups, political assassinations and electoral fraud. Historically, democracy h....

February 11, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Politics of Corruption in Bangladesh

Neha Mehta

Corruption is rampant in Bangladesh in almost every sphere of life. However, a series of high profile corruption scandals, such as in the Padma Bridge project, the Railway Scandal, the Hall Mark Group scam, Destiny Group and last year’s share marke....

December 04, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Minorities in Peril in Bangladesh

Dr. Anirban Ganguly

‘My civilisation is lost. My lifetime of worshipping has gone in vain. I am a lost man and lost I will be…Please save my future generation! Please’ cried Satyapriya Mahathero, the second senior most Buddhist monk in Bangladesh. The 83-year old ....

October 08, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh