For the past 20 years, globalization and new media have been influential in shaping the religious landscape of South Asia. The Shia imagination, even in the remotest villages of Bengal, was first fired by the era of analog technology via cassettes and then caught in the web of digital media.
For the past 20 years, globalization and new media have been influential in shaping the religious landscape of South Asia. The Shia imagination, even in the remotest villages of Bengal, was first fired by the era of analog technology via cassettes and then caught in the web of digital media. This is a phenomenon more apparent in the traditions of Muharram, as the Shia religious morality is performed through mourning over the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in the battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Long sessions of sermons narrating the traumatic events of the battle are a...
সাবস্ক্রাইব করুন বা কিনুন
সম্পূর্ণ লেখাটি পড়তে এবং স্বাধীন বাংলা সাহিত্যকে সমর্থন করতে, এই লেখাটি কিনুন বা সম্পূর্ণ জার্নাল আর্কাইভ উন্মুক্ত করুন।