Episode 8 of Counternarrative featured Mahmuda Habiba—Joint Secretary of the Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal and a core member of BNP’s Media Cell—alongside Rezaul Karim Rony, poet, writer, and founder of the independent media platform Joban.
With years of organizational experience and prudent understanding of political communication, Ms Habiba discusses grassroots mobilization, women’s leadership, and the urgent need for democratic reform. Mr Rony—often hailed as an “intellectual rockstar” by the youth—brings a fearless, poetic voice to political discourse, merging cultural critique with bold commentary on state power and social change.
Together, they shed light on the identity, activism, and the shifting landscape of political resistance in Bangladesh in present and in years to come.
