Amreeta Lethe

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

To flee, to remember

Every year, on June 20, World Refugee Day calls on us to remember and hold in our hearts the millions displaced by conflict, persecution, and political upheaval around the world.

1w ago

The thief

Farid Shaheb earned a fair bit at the office today. These days, because of the Anti Corruption Commission and newspaper journalists’ incessant pestering, he can no longer directly take the money offered to him.

2m ago

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.

7m ago

On travel and writing

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

9m 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.

11m 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

11m 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.

1y ago

Tongue

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

1y ago
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.”

May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023

A new digital font brings back the letterpress typeface of old Bangla books

The font can be installed on and used with Kindle without breaking juktakkhor apart.

May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023

Bigolas Dickolas and the power of a heartfelt ‘Read this NOW’

One random tweet by a fan account has sent a 2019 book flying off the shelves, climbing bestseller charts.

May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023

What to make of the diversity in the International Booker shortlist

Several threads of commonality tie the books together just as their origins showcase their differences.

January 29, 2022
January 29, 2022

Dilemma

Pushing the glass door open, Anita heaves a sigh of relief as she leaves the office for lunch. The sun is blazing down outside. Sometimes this place feels like a gold cage.

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