
Pinaki Bhattacharya
@PinakiTweetsBD
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Exiled blogger, online activist and human rights defender from Bangladesh
Paris, France
Joined August 2012
In #Bangladesh, it seems human life is given no value. This is why air force drills and related exercises have been going on for years over Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Fighter jets and helicopters can be seen flying in the sky of the capital
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The decision to destroy "Satyajit Ray's ancestral home" in Mymensingh, #Bangladesh, to create a new Shishu Academy, has elicited “sadness” and “concern” from Mamata Banerjee. In fact, the Ministry of External Affairs in #India has reached out to participate in renovating and
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RT @PakBanglaConect: At the launching ceremony of #BanglaEdition by @Eliashossainx .Brilliantly articulated insights by @PinakiTweetsBD 👏🏽….
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In the meantime, #GodiMedia of #India keeps churning out #FakeNews about #Bangladesh as usual. It is known to all that the man who was stoned to death in Dhaka last week was Mohammad Sohag, a Muslim trader. Yet, many Indian mainstream media outlets identified the victim as a
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Without a doubt, we appreciate the young Pakistani generation’s initiative and enthusiasm for reconciling with Bangladesh. But, #Pakistan must understand the sheer agony and terror that loomed over East Pakistan during the partition. Without acknowledging that painful history,
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It is not any political party that will be able to protect #Bangladesh from the return of the fascist Awami League. Rather, it is the common people--mostly, the ordinary #Muslims of Bangladesh, who will stand as the first and final resistance against the return of the Awami.
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Stop spreading #FakeNews!. It was a makeshift tin-and-bamboo structure that was erected last year, just before the Durga Puja. They did not remove the idols after the Puja. A few days ago, they made an attempt to raise a permanent structure at the site. The railway authority was.
Demolition of a 300 year old Durga temple in Dhaka should not go unpunished. A temple older than the country can't be illegal. This is a blatant attack to erase the hindu existence in Bangladesh
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RT @BernieSanders: Mamdani won. The establishment is in panic. Billionaires are raising money against him; Trump is ranting; Islamophobes….
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Student leader Hasnat Abdullah is one of those few youths in #Bangladesh who are fighting against the establishment, Islamophobia and the so-called “Sushil” or liberal elite class. In New York, #ZohranMamdani has won the city’s Democratic mayoral primary. As it is widely
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