BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Sports journalism and Bangladesh
9 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Books & Literature
'Independence': A painfully poignant Partition story
22 June 2023, 08:16 AM
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Professing criticism: On Naeem Mohaiemen's new book of essays
8 June 2023, 06:59 AM
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Flesh in ruins
18 May 2023, 07:33 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Family of feelings: Iffat Nawaz's 'Shurjo's Clan'
26 January 2023, 10:20 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / The Bhawal story through women’s voices in Aruna Chakravarti’s ‘The Mendicant Prince’
8 December 2022, 04:00 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Andy Warhol & Truman Capote talk out their anxieties
1 December 2022, 12:00 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: A relative’s perspective on an enigmatic hero
17 November 2022, 05:46 AM
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Nothing matters, but Albert Camus’s 'The Stranger' does
7 November 2022, 11:42 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Life in modern Dhaka as portrayed in 'A Strange Coincidence and Other Stories'
3 November 2022, 12:00 PM
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The Death of SUPERMAN
Are you a true Superman fan? If you have not read The Death of Superman, I believe the answer is a NO.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The Essential Rokeya
In Bangladesh, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 – 1932) is highly regarded as a literary, cultural icon and reformist writer who
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Shiksha
Although most of us know Nurul Islam Nahid as the minister of the Ministry of Education, very few know that he always had a knack
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Manabjameen: Untilled Earth
Set in the troubled last quarter of the twentieth century, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay's Manabjameen is an expansive saga that charts the
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Yoga for Dummies
This revised edition of Yoga For Dummies provides 25 percent new and revised content, presenting new concepts for the yoga
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In this age of post 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Johnny Depp fans, very few people are unaware of Washington Irving's tale of fear and
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
WANT TO PLAY?
Grace MacBride and the other five partners of her software company, Monkeewrench, have created a new game titled “Serial Killer Detective'' where the good guy always catches the bad guy.
20 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Decoding Rooppur...
In the opening, the book printed by Madhyama Media and Publications points to the fact that publishers in this country – though slowly but are finally becoming skilled. Hat’s off to the publisher.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Frog By Mo Yan
The pages are full of references to modern Chinese political history and its cultural and social practices.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is both a spiritual treatise and a decisive effort of ancient literature.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The Last King in India: Wajid Ali Shah
AN affectionate biography of a much-maligned king who had the misfortune to be on the throne when the East India Company decided to usurp him.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
An endearing, predictable portrayal of Calcutta life
Amit Chaudhuri writes on nothing in particular. His novels scarcely have any plot. They are written in a relaxed manner, with almost each line containing delightful descriptions that are meant to be read slowly, in leisure.
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-er-Swadhinota Sangrame Shilpishomaj By Biren Shome
IT'S not often you come across artists writing on artists.
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The Fall of the House of Usher By Edgar Allan Poe
CRAVING for some spinal tingling horror story? How about some classic Edgar Allen Poe Gothic Fiction that will leave you scared and confused?
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Cat and Mouse By Gunter Grass
I bought a copy of Cat and Mouse by Gunter Grass (1927—2015) around four years ago from Aziz Super Market, Dhaka and while going through the moving novel Gunter Grass seemed to me very close to Victor Hugo in terms of characterization.
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Political Parties in Bangladesh
I congratulate Prof. Dr. Raunaq Jahan for her book Political Parties in Bangladesh- Challenges of Democratization. I would also like to
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Gender and Development By Janet Momsen
GENDER and Development by Janet Momsen (2009) is an empirical study considering position of women in developing countries.
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Northanger Abbey
NORTHANGER Abbey is a novel, written by Jane Austen. The story is set in early 19th Century England.
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM
"In The Light of What We Know" By Zia Haider
ZIA Haider's 'In The Light of What We Know' is a recent addition to the long list of post colonial literature by a host of post colonial authors.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Travel Adventures in the Balkans and Tibet || By Akhter Matin Chaudhury
HARDLY travelogues are written in English here in book form that deserves a review. But Travel Adventures in the Balkans and Tibet is a different
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM