Essay / A humanist in the age of AI
8 August 2026
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Books & Literature
For centuries, literature asked us to believe that language is more than information, that it’s a rich repository of history, memory, grief, longing, humour, silence, and entire ways of seeing and making sense of the world.
Fiction / Sapiosexual
8 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Essay / Rabindranath, Nazrul, Jibanananda: Predecessor and contemporary
7 August 2026
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Essay
Review: Short story of the month / Anxiety, unmarriedness, and ‘An Eye and a Leg’
6 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Book review: Fiction / Three realms, one unforgettable love story
6 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Poetry / Ode to my girls
2 August 2026
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Poetry
Essay / A beginner’s guide to ‘Khwabnama’
31 July 2026
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Books & Literature
Book review: Nonfiction / Witnessing Alzheimer’s through Ernaux’s unflinching prose
31 July 2026
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Books & Literature
Interview / In conversation with Sonia Bahl: Author of ‘Eighteen Inches Apart’
What becomes increasingly evident across Bahl’s three novels is her sustained fascination with the emotional significance of almosts and maybes.
Event Report / Dhaka Zine Mela 2026: A celebration of creativity and community
11 June 2026
On June 6 and 7, 2026, at Goethe-Institut, Dhanmondi, Zine Mela Dhaka 2026 was held, organised by Sister Library (Dhaka) and Colors Publishing. The two-day event brought together independent artists, writers, and creators to celebrate self-publishing, artistic expression, and community engagement.
Interview / Diaspora, national identity and reality TV with Pajtim Statovci
9 June 2026
Not every story ends with rejoicing. Not all questions are answered within one lifetime. Not everyone will get to fulfil their dreams. All my protagonists are incomplete until the end. And the end itself offers no catharsis. It’s the same darkness that was present when the reader met them the first time. I write about the world and the people within it the way I have experienced the world.
The shelf / 7 Asian healing fiction recommendations for rainy days
18 June 2026
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The Shelf
You know when the sky trades its brightness for a low, silver hue, and you wrap your fingers tightly around your tea, seeking that small, steady pulse of warmth. This is the essence of healing fiction. Often rooted in the Japanese concept of iyashikei, these stories focus on the quiet spirit through small, everyday moments. You may have already heard of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop or We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. While those popular favourites have opened a door for many, there are a few other tales worth the read.
Reflections / In the age of AI allegations
13 June 2026
Fiction / Body Selim
18 April 2026
Men, Memories and Missing Pieces
Men Without Women, Haruki Murakami, ISBN 9780451494, Bond Street Books, 2017
14 July 2017
Diversities in Diasporas
Keeping in view the dichotomy of diversity within unity and unity within diversity, the Department of English, Independent University
14 July 2017
Benimadhob
Benimadhob!My darling Benimadhob!
14 July 2017
Poetry
Poetry springs from childhood memories. It's mother's pale face
14 July 2017
You Said
Notun Bazar was burning, burning!
7 July 2017
Paradise Lost-Dhaka in the 1950s and 60s
Memory always plays tricks on us in old age and nostalgia makes the past appear perennially serene then.
7 July 2017
From Niketan to Mohakhali: A Rickshaw Odyssey
For the three years that I lived in Niketan, Gulshan, I commuted to my workplace in Mohakhali by rickshaw. Each day was an adventure then
7 July 2017
Adventure, Nostalgia and Puran Dhaka
Shahriar Kabir, one of the first and finest children's and "Young Adult" authors of Bangladesh, hails from Old Dhaka. Most fictional works
7 July 2017
Excerpts from The Book of Dhaka
“There is no sound inside the bus now. The thumping in the passengers' chests gets louder in the quiet and the sound throbs inside
7 July 2017
Writing Dhaka
You can judge a book by its cover, banal stereotypes notwithstanding. The red lines on the slightly green graph paper, featuring on
7 July 2017
A Linguistic Examination of Twelve Stories
As part of the Library of Bangladesh series, Dhaka Translation Center (DTC) has published a translation of twelve stories written by Hasan Azizul Haq, one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Bengali literature.
29 June 2017
Like Dark Clouds are Adorned
The rainy season is here. At this time, the river next to our home is filled to the brim.
29 June 2017
THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2017 TO ANNOUNCE ITS WINNER AT THE DHAKA LITERARY FESTIVAL
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has announced that it would be awarding its next winner at the Dhaka Literary Festival (DLF)
29 June 2017
JIMMY, THE DOG
I want to write a poem about a dog
though I've already written some poems
that feature dogs. Sometimes I want
29 June 2017
The Acting Bug and the Curious Adventure of a Long-haired Dude
I guess I was bitten by the acting bug in my mother's womb. Otherwise, how does one explain my fascination for the theater, theatrics,
29 June 2017
Tahmima Anam Wins O Henry Award
Tahmima Anam's short story "Garments" is one of the winners of the O Henry Award this year. She is one of a group 20 writers so
23 June 2017
Unique Glimpses: A Portrait of Bangladesh Through Their Eyes
Until recently not many people were aware of autism or thought about it. The subject was a social taboo. No one talked about it and
23 June 2017
The Burdens of Translation: Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal
In 2003, while getting ready for my PhD oral examination on English women writers of the British Raj, I read Sonia Amin's The World of
23 June 2017
Places
The intimate impersonality of my hotel room
23 June 2017
Thinking Beyond Boundaries: An Interview with Susie Tharu
Susie Tharu and K. Lalita are well-known in India and beyond for their path breaking publication Women Writing in
23 June 2017
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