Three Poems

Life is a bundle of mingled yarn
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Azfar Hussain’s Dorshonakkhyan: Materialist Philosophy

In Hegelian philosophy, the dialectical relation between appearance and reality is an important relationship. Marx brought this
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Grace

Gabriella is a 40-year-old obstetrician-gynaecologist from Australia, a godsend for the violated women spat out by the nine-month
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Romanticism and Gothicism through literature and arts

The second day of the event included the cultural competition, where students from five different universities presented their interpretations of Romanticism and Gothicism through poetry
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM

An Anchorite’s Call to Reread Tagore

Tagore is almost a century-old fixation with the Bengali-speaking world. A continual sprightly stream of books, writings and speeches
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM

On (Dis)connection between Reading and Writing

Back in 2005 in California, I was reading Edward Said’s Power, Politics, and Culture. This book is a collection of twenty-eight interviews
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM

You Were Never Really Here

The eyes often grow heavy
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Necropolis

The empty lane of the cemetery was lit by the ancient stars flickering above. The wind had leaves dancing on their branches. It was a
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The Living Fountains

There is a buzz in the house this morning. Things are on the move. Nishat has taken full command, directing her troops to advance swiftly. I look at my watch and ask chotu to fetch my briefcase and the driver to get the car out.
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Stranger to Myself

MD Sharif Uddin's memoir Stranger to Myself: Diary of a Bangladeshi in Singapore was awarded best non-fiction at the Singapore Book Awards in 2018.
18 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Hunting for Hilsa

My mother told me to get a big Ilish maach for Pohela Baishakh. My face went pale. However much I claimed to love my mother, I had no wish to go to the maachher bazaar.
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The Charyapadas: Where Bangla Began

Creating the world and nirvana on their own,
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

My Aunt Summer, a Sonnet

Summer! My aunt in red, redundant words,
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Muse of Baishakh

Baishakh is yet to show up,
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Pohela Baishakh My Bengali New Year Musings

Pohela Baishakh, in other words, got momentum as a kind of counter-discourse -- a vibrant collective and spontaneous response to the damming of the Bengali nationalist consciousness by successive Pakistani military governments working in cahoots with Muslim League politicians.
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

TOMORROW'S NATION BUILDERS

Ecstatic high achievers and proud parents of tomorrow's nation-builders filled the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium
6 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The College Professor

My cousin Nirmalya was born and brought up in Delhi. He would visit us in Kolkata occasionally while visiting his ancestral home and
5 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Two Poems

Autumn leaves are seasoned
5 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The Last Burger

A brown, robust dog looks on anxiously while sitting at a busy intersection of the city. The male dog has chosen a dark and safe place
5 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Touring the Land of the Lake Poets

The picturesque mountainous area in the north-west part of England, commonly known as the Lake District, is a top favorite tourist
5 April 2019, 18:00 PM