Essay / Poet Shamsur Rahman’s drama translation: Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Marco Millions’
15 August 2026
John Dryden, an English poet, literary critic, and social reformist of the 17th century, believed that “it is only for poets to translate a poet”.
15 August 2026
Essay / Rabindranath, Nazrul, Jibanananda: Predecessor and contemporary
7 August 2026
So, unlike Rabindranath Tagore, who left documented comments on Jibanananda, Nazrul did not leave an authenticated body of criticism on him. What survives is essentially that famous humorous remark, whose authenticity cannot be verified beyond later recollections.
7 August 2026
BOOK REVIEW: POETRY / The spark of ‘Red Spark’
27 March 2026
Though human beings speak in prose in everyday life, the astonishing truth is that poetry is humanity’s first artistic love.
27 March 2026
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Bangladeshi theatre: A sociopolitical study
24 September 2025
Theatre in Bangladesh has never been merely a form of entertainment. It has always served as a mirror to society, reflecting its contradictions, struggles, and aspirations.
24 September 2025
Poetry / Sindbad
11 November 2023
Time to set sail for a new cruise, oh dear voyager Sindbad!
11 November 2023
Poetry review: Moon’s madness
5 October 2022
Protiti’s poems are mostly ‘bare’ conversational musings exploring ‘selfhood, separation, exile, love and longing’.
5 October 2022
Dramangle: The best that theatre had to offer in 2020
29 January 2021
2020 was not a very eventful year for live theatre, as the world of performances, where social mingling is one of the prime cultures, was viciously invaded by the Covid-19 pandemic.
29 January 2021
Remembering my Galileo
4 December 2020
Aly Zaker, my Galileo, made his final exit in the early hours of November 27, 2020, bringing about a nationwide realisation of loss and shock.
4 December 2020
ITI Bangladesh Centre
International Theatre Institute (ITI) Bangladesh Centre completed its thirty-six years in March 2018. Throughout the long 36 years, it has proved to the world of performing arts that sans so-called professionalism, theater workers of this country have been able to create an ambiance of professional skill in theatre.
10 August 2018
70 Years of International Theatre Institute (ITI)
Just after two years, that is, in 1948, International Theatre Institute (ITI) was created aiming at building 'an organization that was aligned with UNESCO's goals on culture, education and the arts.'
27 July 2018
What's in the theater?
Thus in Greek city states, especially for Athenian citizens, it is rumored, watching theater was mandatory. But that was fine with city states with a handful of population.
13 July 2018
Back to the wilderness, take away the town
About ninety years ago, Rabindranath Tagore felt apprehensive about the rise of materialistic approaches in our so-called civilised society and expressed his uneasiness in at least three, if not more, of his literary works: “Raktokarabi”, a play; “Sabhyatar Sankot”, an essay; and “Sabhyatar Prati”, a poem.
10 November 2016