Mrittika Anan Rahman

Mrittika Anan Rahman is a daydreamer trying hard not to run into things while walking. Find her at mrittika.anan@gmail.com

Navigating culture shock when moving abroad

Remember that you will feel isolated, you will feel homesick but know that it takes time for a new place to feel like home.

1y ago

MONSTERMANIA

Ghost stories for a local Halloween experience.

2y ago

Brahmastra: Bollywood’s failed superhero experiment?

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.”

2y ago

Editorial

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.

2y ago

Is bite-sized news making us lazy readers?

Bite-sized news portals essentially operate as highlights, without the full story.

2y ago

Editorial

Change is hard.

2y ago

A loving send-off to our favourite Derry Girls

The appeal of Derry Girls lies in finding comedy in absolute tragedy.

2y ago

Editorial

This week’s cover story is about young people looking to pursue theatre.

2y ago
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019

Snail mail My (mostly) failed experiment

My knowledge about sending mail is limited strictly to how it’s portrayed in the wizarding world. If I am writing a letter I assume there

June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019

HIGH SEAS More drama, less mystery

Murders, family secrets, a wedding and a voyage - Netflix’s latest Spanish period drama ‘High Seas’ (or Alta Mar) (both dubbed and

June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019

ALADDIN We know the story and we’ll watch it anyway

How do you draw audience to theatres when they already know the full plot of a movie? Simply banking on nostalgia is a risk Disney

May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019

THE GAME OF GAWSIA

In a galaxy far far away lies the Bangladeshi equivalent of Mordor, the land known as Gawsia. Feared by many but revered by even more, the strange land seemed like a completely different planet. One fateful day, four friends took it upon themselves to bravely venture into the heart of this land they’d heard so much about.

May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019

TIME TRAVEL IN ROM COMS: AN ANALYSIS

Is the real reason why your life’s quest of finding true love is so difficult because you only have one shot? Rom-coms at times have an

April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

WORLD BOOK DAY 2019

April 23 is World Book Day and in its honour I took a trip to Dhaka’s unrivalled book buying and selling hub – Nilkhet. With rows after rows of alleys circling around each other and tiny lanes that lead to an unending number of shops, Nilkhet sells just about every type of book one could possibly want.

April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019

ONLINE COMMUNICATION TODAY

The most popular online communication platforms today create a framework for an open environment where every move of one person is clearly visible to the other.

April 4, 2019
April 4, 2019

Jobs from the past, today

We have read online that our jobs will no longer exist 40 years into the future because of rapid changes in technology and society. Besides scaring us, this thought also leads us to wonder what life would be like if jobs from the past - and jobs currently at the threat of extinction - continue to shape our days.

March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019

Making a Case For the News

Who needs more mundane updates about the world when your own life is stressful enough? Surely a dose of environmental disasters, pictures of one foreign leader shaking hands with another, and news of a Chinese robot mastering yet another task that makes you less valuable as a human being isn't going to lift your spirits at the start of the day.

March 14, 2019
March 14, 2019

Honest Beauty Pageant Responses

Beauty pageants were always an interesting affair, even before the Miss Bangladesh contest propelled them to national attention.