Risky play and adventure playgrounds
Children flourish when given the opportunity to explore their environment and calculate risks.
1m ago
Acknowledge negativity, but don’t ignore the positive
People assign varying weights to their experiences, and so some of us focus on the positive.
2m ago
Respecting boundaries and holding men responsible
I wish we lived in a world where the perpetrator, not the survivor, was blamed for their actions.
3m ago
Can we have bicycle highways, too?
Let’s get over the prejudice that expressways are for cars.
4m ago
A plea for common humanity
Attitudes that insist on finding differences rather than commonalities are troubling.
6m ago
World Car-free Day: Decarbonise transport for climate justice
What happens to be a great solution for decarbonising transport is enabling and promoting walking, cycling, and pedal-powered rickshaws.
7m ago
Our forgotten elderly
In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.
8m ago
July 21, 2022
Less flooding, more liveability
Our craze to build and pave has led us to create cities of concrete and asphalt. Canals and wetlands are paved over.
July 3, 2022
Roe v Wade: The (Questionable) March of Progress in the US
People tend to believe in progress. As the decades advance, we become more civilised. We expand important freedoms, like voting rights. Except that time and time again, some events prove otherwise.
June 23, 2022
Inflation, globalisation, and localisation
It is difficult these days to go anywhere or do anything without thinking or hearing about inflation – what is less obvious is what to do about it.
June 2, 2022
Gun violence in the US: Bullets, politicians and corporate lobbyists
Even the children who have never had a shooting at their own school are not free from the damage.
April 10, 2022
Girl, boy, person—let everyone blossom
Funny how this question often preempts concern about the health of mother and baby. Why are we so obsessed with a baby’s gender?
March 29, 2022
Learning to Love Dhaka
The other day, a Dutch friend of mine and I were having lunch when I mentioned how chaotic I’d heard the Dhaka airport was now.
March 13, 2022
Is democracy worth fighting for?
The eyes of the world are on Ukraine as its citizens fight to uphold their democracy in the face of Russian aggression. But how many people are aware that American democracy is similarly under grave threat?
February 27, 2022
Pandemics, pain and prosperity
After two years, it is no wonder that people are fed up with the changes the Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted on us.
February 18, 2022
If I am not for sale, what am I?
Recently, I was chatting with a young friend. She mentioned that, with all the Covid lockdowns (she is in a country much harder hit than Bangladesh), she has learnt to do business online, selling herself as a yoga and meditation instructor.
January 27, 2022
We need logical thinkers now more than ever
For many people, education means sitting in a class and mindlessly repeating what the teacher tells you. But is that really what education is about?
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