Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman and top contender for prime minister Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday after nearly 17 years in exile, ahead of the Feb. 12 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/asia-pacific/politics/bangladesh-pm-candidate-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #southasia #dhaka #tariquerahman
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As I study German #folklore , I am constantly reminded how very, very lucky Germany was that there was a mass movement of scholars who had an interest in writing those tales down before the oral storytelling traditions they came from ended.
German folk storytelling thrived in environments when large households - or even several households - gathered together on a regular basis. As a result, such storytelling continued well into the 1950s, but then largely died out as family sizes became smaller and family units became more splintered.
But until then, thousands of people - scholars and lay enthusiasts alike - gathered tens of thousands of tales and published thousands of works - a rich body of scholarship that Germans today (such as myself) still profit from.
So if you live in a part of the world where such oral storytelling traditions still exist (I know that this is the case for parts of #SouthAsia and #SouthEastAsia , for example), then please support any organized efforts to write them down. Future generations _will_ be grateful!
As I study German #folklore , I am constantly reminded how very, very lucky Germany was that there was a mass movement of scholars who had an interest in writing those tales down before the oral storytelling traditions they came from ended.
German folk storytelling thrived in environments when large households - or even several households - gathered together on a regular basis. As a result, such storytelling continued well into the 1950s, but then largely died out as family sizes became smaller and family units became more splintered.
But until then, thousands of people - scholars and lay enthusiasts alike - gathered tens of thousands of tales and published thousands of works - a rich body of scholarship that Germans today (such as myself) still profit from.
So if you live in a part of the world where such oral storytelling traditions still exist (I know that this is the case for parts of #SouthAsia and #SouthEastAsia , for example), then please support any organized efforts to write them down. Future generations _will_ be grateful!
Waiting for floodwaters to recede, women in Chung, Pakistan, have limited access to sanitary pads and essential medicines, including pregnancy-related care. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/society/floods-women-pakistan-camps/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #pakistan #southasia #floods #women039sissues
continuing the thread on the ongoing #Monsoon
Roughly 300 killed by climate across #Pakistan so far, 100s injured, 1000s of families feeling the effects
#ClimateChange is here and its a #ClimateCrisis now
We have all seen the horrific video from #India next door of an entire village being swept away in a #Flood. Same weather systems
Going to share news only instead of forecasts now, getting too much
#SouthAsia #Asia #Rain #GLOF #Floods #ClimateDeaths #ClimateDiary
#ClimateChange continues to devastate #Pakistan 's #Agriculture
"Among export volumes of major crops, maize fell by 70%, banana by 69%, mango by 40% and onion and garlic by 31%."
Media continue to heap blame on the "economics". At least they've started courtesy mentioning "rains / heatwaves" as culprits too
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2558623/farmers-suffer-rs126tr-blow
Hopefully soon they'll be able to recognize its Climate disasters inflating costs and call it out
Plenty of #Monsoon records were broken in #Pakistan this season, as were around the world. There have been so many MSM have been struggling to keep up with covering them. (Or maybe they don't want to?)
Heres one from Chakwal, earlier in July. Almost a foot and half of rain fell (430mm), the highest ever recorded in the district, records going back a century...
https://www.dawn.com/news/1924938
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SouthAsia #Floods #Rain #ClimateDiary
Great summarization of where #Pakistan 's changing climate currently stands, by Ali Tauqeer, a #ClimateAction stalwart in the region.
"intensity of rainfall has increased exponentially, the number of rainy days during the monsoons has decreased"
"with temperatures up to 8°C above normal .. dramatically increased moisture capacity, setting the stage for devastating downpours. "
https://www.dawn.com/news/1927738
#ClimateChange #Floods #Drought #GLOF #SouthAsia #GlobalSouth #ClimateDiary #UrbanFlooding
One year since protests ousted Bangladesh's PM, a geopolitical realignment risks intensifying polarization — and fears of external interference — ahead of elections next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/asia-pacific/politics/revolution-bangladesh-china-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #china #india #southasia #sheikhhasina #muhammadyunus