Amreeta Lethe

Amreeta Lethe is a Sub editor at Star Books and Literature and the Editor-in-Chief at The Dhaka Apologue.

Of homes and the worlds: Women, violence, and the domestic space

November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence which goes until December 10, Human Rights Day.

2w ago

On travel and writing

It is perhaps not an overstatement to say that humans are, at their core, wanderers.

2m ago

6 books that shed light on student movements in Bangladesh

One of the movements which helped accelerate the Liberation War of Bangladesh was the Mass Uprising of 1969.

4m ago

The Story of Sharifa: One step forward, many steps backward?

“The Story of Sharifa” is just one instance in a dishearteningly long line of such measures

5m ago

It has to be print

There is something in the tactility of books that even non-readers find themselves admiring, and readers more so.

6m ago

Tongue

I heard myself speak today It made me want to Cut out my tongue.

9m ago

A Solo Exhibition

Never in his wildest imaginations had Aniket thought that everything would come together so well. Nearly everyone he invited had come.

10m ago

The Hermitage Residency: In Conversation with Arif Anwar and Julia Philips

Last week, Daily Star Books interviewed Bangladeshi-Canadian writer Arif Anwar, author of The Storm (2018), and American novelist Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth (2019).

1y ago
November 28, 2024
November 28, 2024

Of homes and the worlds: Women, violence, and the domestic space

November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence which goes until December 10, Human Rights Day.

September 21, 2024
September 21, 2024

On travel and writing

It is perhaps not an overstatement to say that humans are, at their core, wanderers.

July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024

6 books that shed light on student movements in Bangladesh

One of the movements which helped accelerate the Liberation War of Bangladesh was the Mass Uprising of 1969.

July 12, 2024
July 12, 2024

The Story of Sharifa: One step forward, many steps backward?

“The Story of Sharifa” is just one instance in a dishearteningly long line of such measures

May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024

It has to be print

There is something in the tactility of books that even non-readers find themselves admiring, and readers more so.

February 24, 2024
February 24, 2024

Tongue

I heard myself speak today It made me want to Cut out my tongue.

January 27, 2024
January 27, 2024

A Solo Exhibition

Never in his wildest imaginations had Aniket thought that everything would come together so well. Nearly everyone he invited had come.

November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023

The Hermitage Residency: In Conversation with Arif Anwar and Julia Philips

Last week, Daily Star Books interviewed Bangladeshi-Canadian writer Arif Anwar, author of The Storm (2018), and American novelist Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth (2019).

September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023

Of lost recipes and forgotten flavours

I have always had a rather avoidant recoil to the aftermath of death.

May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023

Naeem Mohaiemen discusses ‘Midnight’s Third Child’ at ULAB and Bengal Institute

Naeem Mohaiemen called the book and its selections, which comprise fairly short essays and editorials on contemporary matters, “an argument for somehow recording all that seems ephemeral, so we can then look back and trace what was happening.”