A tale of slavery on Caribbean islands

When I read The Book of Night Women by Marlon James a few years ago, it took away my peace of mind for some days with its terrific
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM

A historical fiction on the liberation war of Bangladesh

The book Dus k Dawn And Liberation is compelling reading. This is the ultimate test of any book, fact, fiction or fusion of both.
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Memoirs of a nonconformist

There are people who seem to be genetically inclined to act like Mary's contrary lamb. Kamal Siddiqui, a former civil servant who had
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Two Songs

I pray not for you to guard me in danger time and again
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM

SLEEP

Whatever bravado I might show to the world, only I know how greedy I am for a night's – even a single night's – sleep. I have read an encyclopaedic amount of literature about insomnia, I have heard lullabies in thirteen different languages, I have tried lavender aromatherapy and temple massage techniques.
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Tales of Tagore in Latin America

Tagore's reception outside India is quite an interesting subject. He was an insatiate globetrotter who had travelled vastly on both sides
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Love story packed with passion and vengeance

Wuthering Heights is one of the best-known novels in the history of English literature. This novel tells a love story packed with passion
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Elegant, graceful, and heart-warming stories

The book, “Family Furnishings”, is the most recent collection of short stories written by Alice Munro and includes 24 stories written
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM

The Power of a Poet

Only poets can heroically sacrifice the golden throne
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM

SLEEP

Sleep is an allergy, a reaction against the day's useless welfare programmes. It is alright for people to have no memory of dreams in their sleep, but to have no memory of sleeping is a nightmare.
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Rejected Bestsellers on the Rebound

If you ever feel like you've made a wrong decision in life, just think about the 12 publishers who rejected Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone before finally the 8-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's editor demanded to read the rest of the manuscript her father had shown her.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Man Booker Prize 2015: Marlon James wins for A Brief History of Seven Killings

Jamaican author Marlon James wins the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
14 October 2015, 05:07 AM

Rabindranath: Ashukh Bishukh

Rabindranath: Ashukh Bishukh is an outside-the-box but well-written book on Rabindranath Tagore by Mihirkanti
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Reform for Economic Development

This book is a build-up on the theories and experiences of a patriot, teacher and business thinker. Constructed in
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM

The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

The book, “The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East”, is a popular history book by Oxford
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Diagnosis of a Half Crazy Moon

Local time is now twelve past one
9 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Syed Akram Hossain - The Making of Modern Literary Studies in Bangladesh

Very few books ever fail to draw us into an ever deeper contemplation of literature, no matter how many times we turn to them. Rabindranath's Novel: Patterns of Thought and Representation ([1977] 2014) by Syed Akram Hossain belongs to that slim, selective canon.
9 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Nobel laureate for Literature Alexievich: Exposing stark Soviet realities

Svetlana Alexievich, this year's Nobel laureate for literature, says her approach is to let "human voices speak for themselves".
9 October 2015, 04:55 AM

Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature prize

Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich wins the 2015 Nobel Prize for literature.
8 October 2015, 11:14 AM

Nobel Prize in literature: What to look out for

Will the prize awarding body choose to honor the occasion by picking a female winner? Will it break new ground by giving the prize to a journalist? Or will it rush to bestow the coveted prize on one of the many aging favorites?
8 October 2015, 05:37 AM