Book Review: Nonfiction / Fara Dabhoiwala’s history misses the one thing that truly matters

1 May 2026, 00:00 AM Non-fiction review
That censorship is not only malign but also stupid and, in the long run, futile, is a lesson that every tinpot dictator and overzealous bureaucrat has to learn afresh.

Interview / Writing what silence carries: Mohua Chinappa on memory, pain, and inheritance

Thorns in My Quilt (Rupa Publications India, 2024) unfolds through address rather than disclosure. Written as a series of letters to her father, Mohua Chinappa’s memoir traces memory not as a sequence of events, but as an emotional inheritance shaped by silence, expectation, and the subtle negotiations that govern family life.
EVENT REPORT / Md Ashanur Rahman receives the International Creative Arts Award 2025
19 January 2026, 17:38 PM
On January 18, 2026 novelist and essayist Md Ashanur Rahman was awarded The International Creative Arts Award 2025 by the International Creative Arts, Language & Development Research Centre of the University of Dhaka for his outstanding contribution to literature and its role in Enriching Minds and Inspiring Lives. 
EVENT REPORT / Bangladesh’s first interactive mental health book launched
15 January 2026, 13:43 PM
The book features 15 chapters covering essential topics such as attachment styles, love languages, and shadow work.

In This Winter

And these buildings wearing out this winter's heart –
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM

THE AIM OF YOUTH

This is 'youth' and the religion of 'youth'. We have no other country, no nation, no religion. Their cantonment belongs to no country,
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM

A TRUE MAN OF LETTERS:

Bernard Bergonzi, poet, literary critic and novelist, died on 20 September at the age of 87. He was born in the Southeast London suburb
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM

THE AIM OF YOUTH

My dear younger brothers!
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM

No response yet from Bob Dylan on Nobel literature prize win

Twenty-four hours after awarding Bob Dylan the Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy says it had still not managed to speak to the reclusive US singer.
14 October 2016, 12:19 PM

Corrigendum

In an article of Book Reviews page titled “Valiant freedom fighters of the soil” published on September 26, 2016, the word should have read “Melaghor”, instead of “Khelaghor”.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Sriti Bisritir Ami

The author goes on a time travel through the streets and alleys of his mind in search of the golden moments as he went on his journey of life.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Works

This book includes some sketches by Hans Christian Andersen and surprisingly, there is an illustration of some dancing dervishes which reminds of a philosophical trajectory marked by the mystic thoughts of Jalal Uddin Rumi, the most famous Persian scholar of all times.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Essays on Bengal of a Bygone Era

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar was at the forefront of providing educational opportunities for the Bengalis. He wrote, according to Chandicharan Bandopaddhay, 52 books, of which 30 were in Bangla, 17 in Sanskrit, and 5 in English. He was also in service of the British government. Allegations were rife that he used his position and closeness and influence with the British to push for his own books to be incorporated as school textbooks.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

The Cosmic Detective: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe

This slim primer on Cosmology for general public is an Official Product of International Year of Astronomy 2009, declared by the UN
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

What Can I Give?

Abook in memory of the country s most loved teacher. DrKalam is often remembered as a teacher par excellence, whose words, thoughts
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

A saga of love, sacrifice and the French Revolution

Atale of Two Cities is one of the greatest novels by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It tells the story of the French Revolution that had a
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Valiant freedom fighters of the soil

Of the few books written in English on the liberation struggle and the war of independence of Bangladesh, some cover either a specific
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Awaking

I shall be waiting for you
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Are you a mere portrait painted on canvas?

Are you a mere portrait painted on canvas?
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Smells of a Frozen Fire

So weird a moon is now up,
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Seafarers

The sea holds the ship like one might hold a gemstone, lightly gripped between the tips of its forefingers, stuttering. It tries to be
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

If Fitzgerald wrote The Devil Wears Prada

The bald-headed Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada says to Andrea Sachs, “You think this is just a magazine?
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Flash Point

An explosive yet poignant account of the lives of those who walk the red carpet and those who photograph them.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus is set in Nigeria at a time when the country was on a verge of a military takeover.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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