APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The man who exposed the economics of British colonialism
8 September 2026
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Untold stories of 1971 through private letters
7 September 2026
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The extraordinary journey of Atish Dipankar Srigyan
6 September 2026
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Forgotten story of Jeanette Van Tassel, the American woman who flew over Dhaka in 1892
5 September 2026
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Beyond 1947 / A personal essay
4 September 2026
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Abul Mansur Ahmad / A global quest in search of a nation
3 September 2026
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Chand Bibi and the forgotten history of Muslim women’s political resistance
2 September 2026
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Women’s voices in Nazrul’s Dhumketu
31 August 2026
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How Milad-un-Nabi shaped Muslim cultural life in colonial Bengal
26 August 2026
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The bureaucrats and intellectuals who shaped the Mughal Empire
Mirrors of Empire reveals how Mughal intellectuals and bureaucrats shaped imperial history through their intimate personal memoirs.
14 August 2026
To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
Sociologist Dipankar Gupta critically examines Bengali identity, the bhadralok construct, and his intellectual evolution across the decades.
11 August 2026
The enduring allure of vintage photographs
Vintage photographs preserve more than images of the past, revealing forgotten histories, memories, people, and the changing society around them.
10 August 2026
The enduring legacy of the 2nd Bangladesh Liberation War Course
Explore the history of the 2nd Bangladesh Liberation War Course and the officers who helped build the Bangladesh Army after independence in 1971.
7 August 2026
Beyond kings and dynasties: Rethinking medieval Indian history
Beyond kings and dynasties, historian Harbans Mukhia explains how people, ideas and imagination fundamentally reshape our understanding of medieval India.
7 August 2026
What a 17th-century merchant's autobiography reveals about Mughal governance
A Jain merchant’s autobiography reveals Mughal India as complex, pragmatic and less communal than modern myths suggest.
5 August 2026
The blind spots of Bangladesh studies
Willem van Schendel challenges traditional nation-state paradigms in Bangladesh studies, urging a broader trans-regional and environmental perspective.
3 August 2026
Rediscovering Santal history through Scandinavian archives
A groundbreaking study uncovers how Scandinavian archives restore Santal voices, reshaping colonial history through Indigenous memory, agency and resilience.
31 July 2026
Asma Abbasi: The essence of orange
A daughter's intimate tribute reveals the remarkable life, quiet strength, and enduring legacy of Professor Asma Abbasi through cherished memories.
30 July 2026
Tigers and the empire: A history of hunting, power and resistance
World Tiger Day invites us to remember how empire, hunting, and colonial power shaped the tiger's contested survival today.
29 July 2026
A life so full: Remembering Ahmed Sofa
Bangladeshi intellectual Ahmed Sofa remains a multifaceted revolutionary, mystic, and dreamer, best understood through extraordinary personal stories.
28 July 2026
Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury and the idea of Bangladesh
On Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury's birth centenary, his son reflects on Bangladesh's founding ideals, contested history, and uncertain present.
27 July 2026
Bengal's forgotten slave trade: Portuguese, Arakanese and Dutch trafficking networks
The seventeenth century Bengal slave trade by Portuguese and Arakanese networks paradoxically accelerated regional economic and urban growth.
27 July 2026
The Tagore paradox: Why critique strengthens his legacy
Tagore’s literary authority endures because even attempts to challenge his canonical status ultimately reinforce his centrality instead.
24 July 2026
What Sufism can teach us about the modern world
Islam, and Sufism in particular, often regards the diversity of peoples, cultures, and religions as an expression of divine wisdom rather than a deviation from it.
24 July 2026
Thinking with Partha Chatterjee
A tribute to Partha Chatterjee, whose groundbreaking scholarship transformed debates on nationalism, subaltern politics, history and democracy worldwide.
23 July 2026
The journey of Qawwali across South Asia: Music, mysticism, and cultural exchange
The highly melodic nature of qawwali enables listeners to memorise and sing it with ease.
23 July 2026
Why secularism is losing ground in South Asia
The decolonial vocabulary of postcolonial theory inadvertently empowers Hindu nationalism by legitimising reactionary, religious cultural traditionalism.
22 July 2026
Modern Islam has always been a 'secular' entity
Iran provides an interesting example of the fate of Islamism and its ideological state
20 July 2026
How the banned film Satluj reopened the darkest wound in Punjab's history
What Satluj has achieved is not a guaranteed result in 2027 but something arguably more consequential for now.
19 July 2026