Reading Bellow in Chicago

Last month Donald Trump and I happened to be in Chicago at the same time. He was there for the Republican primary. I wasn't.
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Mor Bhabonere Ki Haowa

What wind is it lilting my thoughts so amazingly?
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM

The Enigma of Articles

Language mold me, Its structure and form bind me
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM

BEFORE THE CITY IS DESTROYED

If the city is razed to the ground, the last clock stopped ticking...
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Smart Stories

The title and the epigraph of Zafar Anjum's Kafka in Ayodhya give a good indication of the central concerns of the short story collection...
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM

The life journey of a theatre actress

Binodini is the life story adapted from her two autobiographical notes titled My Story and My Stage Acting.
8 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh: Reform Agenda for Local Governance

Local government is a constitutionally mandated system in our country.
8 May 2016, 18:00 PM

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Muhammad Zamir has worn, and continues to wear, different hats. A former career diplomat...
8 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Tagore's encounters with luminaries of the West

Rabindranath Tagore, during his visits abroad, he engaged in intriguing conversations with brilliant minds from across the world – starting from British sci-fi master HG Wells to French dramatist-art historian Romain Rolland to genius German physicist Albert Einstein – where he spoke about the correlation of art and science, international relations and religion, and multiculturalism.
8 May 2016, 08:08 AM

OH TO BE IN PARIS

It's over half a century since France – its thinkers, writers, artists, film-makers – became an object of fascination with
6 May 2016, 18:00 PM

The Triumph of the Snake Goddess: an excerpt

Behula silently prayed to Padma and stepped on the walkway. Even a fly falling on it was sliced instantly. Nothing
6 May 2016, 18:00 PM

A Sort of National Epic for Bangladesh: Kaiser Haq's The Triumph of the Snake Goddess

Kaiser Haq, The Triumph of the Snake Goddess. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 2015
6 May 2016, 18:00 PM

THE TIPPING POINT

Before going into an in-depth review, just to ensure a better and more meaningful reading experience, let me give you an outside view of how Malcolm Gladwell non-fictions are formulated and constructed.
4 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Tagore for Hipsters

A compilation of some of his lesser-known works.
4 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Tête–à–tête

and where will you be when I feel pain?
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Banalata Sen

Thousands of years, I've been knocking around the world's ways
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Sarbojaya and Surabala

Written words last forever. Women and children in masterly works of fiction are endearing characters. The endearment lasts a lifetime.
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Stories for the Summer

It's been an embarrassingly long time since I sat down to write something.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Words and phrases you won’t believe Shakespeare invented

The English language wouldn’t be the same without Shakespeare. He is credited with inventing over 1700 common words and phrases we still use today
23 April 2016, 15:31 PM

We Are At Odds

Time changes
22 April 2016, 18:00 PM