Pahela Baishakh in Carbondale

Celebrating Pahela Baishakh is only getting more and more colorful. It is no less than a carnival these days. As far I can remember,
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

A Review of His Chariot of Life: Liberation War, Politics and Sojourn in Jail

After Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury was slapped an uncertain prison term at the end of what he describes as a 'kangaroo trial,' on 18
13 April 2018, 18:00 PM

One heirloom, many wolves

There are books that you read just for the sake of reading. There are books that make you skip a bundle of pages to avoid the dullness. And then there are books that don't allow you to skip even a single page. Rich People Problems is one such book.
11 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Poetry

Some days I come knocking at your door
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM

In Search of a Hero

“If I were a hero …” Arif stopped suddenly.
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: KUTCH

Imagine Bengal like this: all the rivers have dried up. Periodically, there are earthquakes. For mile after mile there is only desert scrub:
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Women at War: Shongramee Naree 52 and 71

Since the Liberation War in 1971 the readers in Bangladesh have seen many narratives on 1971 and 1952. In most of these, the central
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM

A GREEN DOVE IN SILENCE: FORTY PROSE POEMS IN TRANSLATION

There is a feel good factor about Gauranga Mohanta's collection of prose poems A Green Dove in Silence. A neat jacket, crispy pages,
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Poetry

It doesn't want a handful of puffed rice
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Pity

From behind a counter inside Tasty, her brother Anik's bakery shop, Hridi watches an old Westerner repeatedly tug on the glass door
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

EXAMINATION WOES

With the examination season on, people feel pity for the stressed students burning the midnight oil as well as for their parents who, in
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

I Can Choose to Go, But Why Should I?

Perhaps, it is better to turn around.
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Snippets

Her: Seen yesterday's sunset?
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

BLRC Observes World Poetry Day

“Poetry should be free from Royalist Canada's university elites' hierarchy to come down to mass people” - was the resounding declaration
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

REMINISCING HALCYON ELITE DAYS

Days with Dinko and other Memories, written by Monica Chanda, and edited and published by her daughter Malavika Karlekar, is a
30 March 2018, 18:00 PM

The Days of War

On March 1 at 1.00 pm when Yahya Khan declared on the radio that he was suspending the National Assembly session because of the
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Skull among Bricks− a Grey Frame

Right now, I am all blue. I was supposed to have my feet on the ground, and study for my upcoming exam–which is in two days.
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM

The Death of Sorrow

Azgar Ali was not worried when the war broke out. Theirs was a quaint little village hiding by the slopes near the Garo Hills. It took
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM

MY USELESS WEAPON

As Bird flocks take wing at the rattle of sten guns
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Ferdousi Priyabhashini: “A Lifelong Impression of Eternal Struggle”

The indescribable grief and agony the aftermath of 1971 had set off in the eventful life of Ferdousi Priyabhashini can be perceived
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM