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" Adolescents ranging in age from 10 to I9 years constitute alarge population group in the world. They number over one billion and thenumber is increasing. Since the International Conference on Populationand Development (ICPD) in Cairo 1994 a radical development has markedthe field of adolescents' reproductive health. Today population studies arecentred more on an individual's rights, needs. and ambitions than ondemographic targets. The present paper is an attempt to study the socio-cultural and gender aspects of adolescents' reproductive health inBangladesh from a process-context approach. This means that theadolescents reproductive health behavior is seen as the outcome of process involving a series of individual decisions and actions occurringwithin social, economic, ecological. cultural and political contexts.Therefore, the needs and aspirations of adolescents are not only determinedby biological and behavioral factors, but through socio-cultural andgender attitudes. Culture specific researches, policies, and programs canhelp adolescents to meet their fresh demands, flourish their innovativeideas, thoughts and equip then: with the kind of education, shifts, andoutlook they need in a changing environment."

"Rahman's book offers us some rich insights about the workings of cultural hegemony of Bollywood cinema in Bangladesh, not least relating to middle class media consumption practices. This book is a welcomed addition to the literature on film and media studies in the Bangladesh and popular Indian cinema contexts.' -- Professor Rajinder Dudrah, Birmingham City University, UK 'In the world of film scholarship, as in the world(s) of South Asian popular culture, Bollywood has enjoyed a hegemonic position. Rahman's work opens a unique window on the social, political, academic, technological and cultural dynamics of that hegemony. He provides a long-needed voice for Bangaladeshi film culture and film industry.' -- Professor Gregory D Booth, The University of Auckland, New Zealand 'In an engaging and comprehensive manner the book provides an overview of the circulation of Bollywood films in Bangladesh and their impacts on society and culture industry. A must read for anyone interested in exploring the relationship between film consumption, cultural hegemony and social inequality.' -- Professor Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway This book examines the circulation and viewership of Bollywood films and filmi modernity in Bangladesh. The writer poses a number of fundamental questions: what it means to be a Bangladeshi in South Asia, what it means to be a Bangladeshi fan of Hindi film, and how popular film reflects power relations in South Asia. The writer argues that partition has resulted in India holding hegemonic power over all of South Asia's nation-states at the political, economic, and military levels-a situation that has made possible its cultural hegemony. The book draws on relevant literature from anthropology, sociology, film, media, communication, and cultural studies to explore the concepts of hegemony, circulation, viewership, cultural taste, and South Asian cultural history and politics. Harisur Rahman is Assistant Professor at North South University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research interests include Film, Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Media Anthropology, Business Anthropology, Advertising Research, Material Culture, Globalization, Consumer Culture, Visual Culture, South Asian Media and Cultural Politics"

"A further reduction in TF R is possible in a short period oftime by meeting the unmet needs of high parity couples inBangladesh. The statement is supported by the fact that 91% of thecouples with three or more living children do not want additionalchildren and that only 51% use family planning methods. However,9% of the high parity couples want an traditional child. In thisconfer! the paper examined whether there exist association betweengender composition of living children and the desire for additionalchildren among high parity couples using the data extracted fromthe 2004 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. The paperalso examined whether education, socioeconomic status, and NGOmembership can modify the influence of gentler compotition ondesire for more children. The findings of the study showed thatgentler preference, particularly of son, was more common among determinant ofthe desire for more children and it was more common among thewomen with all _female children, with odds of desiring additionalchildren was 11,4 times of women those having at least one of bothsexes in rural area while it was 7. 08 times in urban area. The also revealed that the influence of gentler preference wasnor modified by education, socioeconomic status, and NGO of woman."

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ABSTRACTRelatively little is known or understood about Bangladesh by outsiders. Since its hard-won independence from Pakistan in 1971, it has been ravaged by economic and environmental disasters. Only recently has the country begun to emerge as a fragile, but functioning, parliamentary democracy, relatively self-sufficient in food production and with an economy that has been consistently achieving growth. The story of Bangladesh, told through the pages of this concise and readable book, is a truly remarkable one. By delving into its past, and through an analysis of the economic, political and social changes that have taken place over the last twenty years, the book explains how Bangladesh is becoming of increasing interest to the international community as a portal into some of the key issues of our age: the way globalization affects the world's poorer countries, the long-term effects of the international development industry, the potential risks to people and environment from climate change and the political challenges facing modern Muslim-majority nations. In this way the book offers an important corrective to the view of Bangladesh as a failed state and also sheds light on the lives of a new generation of its citizens."