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FICTION / The loss of essentiality
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POETRY / THE OTHER WAY ROUND
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POETRY / Soldier amidst the blood moon: An elegy
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Nature
Not by rules
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
SPQH
Celebration was in the air and the temperature was dipping fast. No-one seemed to care as children were out enjoying snowball fight
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
The Book of Air
I was about to write my promised piece on Anna Karenina, when my editor suggested that perhaps it would be a good idea to mention
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Poet Sazzad Quadir no more
Noted poet and journalist Sazzad Qadir dies of old age complications at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka. He was 70.
6 April 2017, 13:45 PM
Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Prize at last
After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony, the Swedish Academy announces.
2 April 2017, 05:31 AM
Poor Man Eating
Were I a painter
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Our Muktijuddho and the Americans
Prof. Mahmudul Huque concludes his book From Autonomy to Independence: The United States, Pakistan and Emergence of
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
ARCADIA ON THE JALANGI
It was not all utopian: Jones expected his researches, like his law codes, to have practical benefits. While enjoying his Arcadia, he was
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Bohemians and Others
Polyphony of expressions, identity, skill and perspective are the dominant links that connect the books by Khademul Islam, Sayeeda T
24 March 2017, 18:00 PM
ARCADIA ON THE JALANGI
The Jalangiriver snakes across Bengal, as changeable as it is beautiful and impervious to the political divisions that would separate the eastern arm of its mother river Ganga from the western.
24 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Sukumar's Myth and Magic
Silly rhymes, nonsensical verses, absurd characters - that's how Sukumar Ray introduced poetry in to my life with his book Abol Tabol (Rhymes without Reasons), an amazing collection of classic Bengali nonsense poetry.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Abul Mansur Ahmad: A Versatile Genius
It was in a most turbulent period of the history of Bengal that Abul Mansur Ahmad fought hard against social prejudice and religious bigotry.
17 March 2017, 18:00 PM
The Poet and the Emperor
The Emperor became disillusioned &frustrated
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Kamal Chowdhury's soul-searching odyssey
A unique voice that combines passion and fire with utmost discipline, Kamal Chowdhury has been active in Bangladesh's poetry scene
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Language and the Presidency
I ended my last piece with a promise not to waste any more words on the self-publicist and arch-troll Milo Yiannopoulos. I break that
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM
TO RABINDRANATH
You're still fresh in my mind,
3 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Lonely Star
Like a lonely star in the heaven
3 March 2017, 18:00 PM
NUGGETS FROM THE KOLKATA LITERARY MEET 2017
I have always been fascinated by the person and work of the great poet Javed Akhtar and so I am delighted to have a chance to hear
3 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Kamal Chowdhury's Poems
One born in darkness, The other in light
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM
The Inconvenience
The life of a jovial six year old boy
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM