In an addendum to my previous post on migration in Bangladesh, at Demography Matters I link to an essay by Afsan Choudhary from Himal South Asian, "Ripples from Bengal", which explores migration within and from Bengal as an inevitable phenomenon in a culturally unified--if politically riven--region dependent on migration and trade with the outside ( Read more... )

I've a post up at Demography Matters taking a look at Bangladesh. The country has done quite well for itself since independence, with a relatively advanced demographic transition set to combine with decent enough governance and a moderately dynamic economy ( Read more... )

• blogTO wonders whether, with Starbucks coming, Gerrard Street west of Little India is finally being gentrified.
• Border Thinking's Laura Agustin remarks on the exclusion of illegal immigrants from the German public health system.
• Daniel Drezner suggests that, based on current evidence, Europeans are responding to the Eurozone crisis not be falling ( Read more... )

Is the past decades' globalization politically viable if it amounts to a mechanism for wealth transfers from stagnant wealthy countries to dynamic poor ones? That's the question that's been in my head thanks to the Globe and Mail's Doug Saunders, who has been writing a series of interesting articles examining the consequence sof the collapse of the ( Read more... )

• 80 Beats reports that an island disputed by India and Bangladesh over maritime rights has sunk back into the Bay of Bengal, and that a rain of blazing hot helium falls on Jupiter.
• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait writes about new telescopic studies of the Jupiter's Great Red Spot, its vast hurricane, and its insights into its implications for atmospheres ( Read more... )

Over at Demography Matters I've a post up with links to some population-related news links, everything from the demographic transition in Bangladesh to the assimilation of ex-Soviet Jews in Israel. Go, read.

Googling idly, I came across a filing submiting by the Government of Canada as part of the Reference re Secession of Quebec put before the Supreme Court of Canada in the late 1990s, which examined the "legality, under both Canadian and international law, of a unilateral secession of Quebec from Canada." The court found that unilateral secessions ( Read more... )

Nicholas Keung's Toronto Star article "Bangladesh on the Danforth" explores the local Bangladeshi-Canadian community.

In the Mecca Restaurant, diners are enjoying Mohammad Miah's food the traditional way, delicately digging fingertips into the aromatic biryani. The scene is a lot like Miah's native Bangladesh, and after 25 years here, he couldn't ( Read more... )