Traveling in Dhaka using public transport has been an ever daunting experience for me as a woman.

The Bengali belle is no longer walking down a street lined by hasnahena trees, as poetry will have you believe; today, she is not only a wife and mother, but an intellectual entity, an artist, an entrepreneur, an officer.

Many a prose has been composed about the Bengali belle. With her long, flowing locks, her practical cotton sari, her dusky complexion and modest earrings.

In the last three decades or so, the Bangladeshi woman has shattered the social boundary and the collective stigma and now walks as equal to men. She is the other half of our economy, our society and our family.

Colours play an important role in making your ensemble. The strongest colours are so defined that they are striking and these colours are powerful when set against each other.

Watching a long cricket match can bring about hunger pangs. Waking up to catch an early game in the morning demands a sugar rush and a bit of good food to keep our tired eyes open, as well as keeping our tummies happy throughout the time.

Over the last few decades the fertility rate in Bangladesh declined to 2.1 births per woman and the use of contraceptives rose to 61percent among women between 15-49 years of age (World Bank 2010-2014).

People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the WHO suggests.

If you feel trapped in eternal childhood, unable to get over all the awesomeness that you experienced as kids, we are here to make you feel worse. Well, not really. We know that growing up was magical and whether you are a 90s' kid or a millennial, you have fond memories from your era that you would never want to let go of.

Be it for a formal party, a corporate event, impressing girls or to effectively grade grub by looking suave in a class presentation – a proper necktie is the way to go to perfectly complement that mad men look you try to imitate with that slick suit and formal shoes.

Books are an invaluable means of keeping your mind busy. Rather than spending countless hours in front of the PC, wasting every spare moment in social media, one should start rechanneling their leisure in more fruitful pursuits.

A nut is a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed and is generally edible. Nuts have different nutritional values and offer health benefits as well as help in losing weight.

Yoga is a much deeper exercise than pilates or interval boot camp or running, cycling, jumping rope, because it works on three levels: body, mind and spirit. It facilitates the opening of mental faculties like the blossoming of a lotus flower.

It was the first time I realised that a Roman holiday could very well remind you of Bangladesh. Oddly, it is a familiar sight across Rome.

It is a fact universally known that diamonds are a girl's best friend. That women love to adorn themselves with jewellery fashioned with them is another well known matter.

TASNIM'S Boutique has emerged as a trendsetter in the fashion world soon after its recent launch.

Stephen Hawking has said, “We should colonise other planets to protect the human race.”

Generating creative ideas can be a very exciting and stimulating process.

In remembrance of the Language Movement, Aranya has designed a special collection of panjabis, saris and kotis.

One of the terms I LOATHE is 'cookie-cutter'. We're all unique snowflakes. Then why should our workout routines be the same?