Consuming advertisements on television is a fixture of modern life—we are constantly aware when watching TV that we can buy more things, be better looking, have more fun, and treat ourselves to more.
Remember that you will feel isolated, you will feel homesick but know that it takes time for a new place to feel like home.
How can one describe “Brahmastra” as anything but a Marvel movie set in India? Director Alejandro Iñárritu had famously labelled superhero movies as cultural genocide, adding “They have been poison… because the audience is so overexposed to plot and explosions… that mean nothing about the experience of being human.”
I’ve had to make countless adjustments to the way I go about my day thanks to my back pain. No high heels, no slouching, no watching TV from the living room couch, because there is no position of sitting on a sofa for more than 30 minutes that won’t cost me dearly.
Bite-sized news portals essentially operate as highlights, without the full story.
The appeal of Derry Girls lies in finding comedy in absolute tragedy.
In a particular course at university, I wound up as part of a circle that sat, studied and did projects together. This group was welcoming and the coffee runs together when our instructor graciously gave us breaks during class was worth the company kept.
At school where we can learn all about the planet, the solar system and our economy, why can't we learn about our own bodies?
Two youth activists, Mitu and Reneka, took over the positions of important personalities for a part of the day, and asked for commitments from them on what policy initiatives they want taken.
Our social media has been disproportionately unkind to women.
Cramped amidst the rows and rows of books at Bookworm Bangladesh, performers, instruments, and cameras came together to produce music over the past few weeks. On Saturday, November 14, 2020, the first episode of Dhaka Sessions will be aired on YouTube, with the cult favourite band Nemesis as the first performers.
In 2016, while already involved in conducting school-wide workshops on the topic, Sharmin Kabir began to think of ways in which adolescents could be taught about menstrual health in a friendly manner. “What would the children be left with once the workshop was over and Sharmin and her team had left?” she wondered.
Cooped up in my house, away from the rest of the world, I have explored every shade of being lost, stressed and bored over the last seven months.
Even though children with autism are a part of the youth and society, we fail to include and invite them in our lives.
Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics. When and where to begin?
It is said that youth can change the world. Why so?
