Khwabnama: The Bangladeshi Epic
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Khwabnama: The Bangladeshi Epic
A few months ago, during the height of the pandemic, my teacher and mentor who is now a UGC professor called me up one morning to convey to me that he has finally finished reading Akhtaruzzaman Elias’ novel Khwabnama.
April 27, 2019
Azfar Hussain’s Dorshonakkhyan: Materialist Philosophy
In Hegelian philosophy, the dialectical relation between appearance and reality is an important relationship. Marx brought this
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Poetry
A morning perennially haunted by the memories of lovemaking
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Professor Fakrul Alam: Literature, Life and Translation
He is surely one of the most loved and respected professors in Bangladesh. Even though he was mostly anchored at the Department of
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Some Scattered Thoughts on the Russian Revolution
It seems our era has just stumbled upon its second major crisis—one brought about fascism. The rise of xenophobic racism, religious
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Literature and the City
Urban spaces have deeply contradictory existences in our imagination. We love cities and the goodies they offer; we also hate them
June 3, 2017
A writer's writer: Akhtaruzzaman Elias
His style and content both grew organically out of the soil of the world he built in his works.
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