Flipping the pages of a textbook often makes me feel like I’m trapped in the US. We studied economics from an American lens, using American textbooks,
The only thing I like about this city is the thought of leaving it. And I was leaving it finally, after one and a half months, my longest stretch of stay in the last three years. Juggling my luggage with one hand and my phone with the other to get Google Maps directions while I balance myself on the rickshaw racing through bumpy Dhaka roads–it is a metaphor that sums up my life in this city.
Cooking seemed much easier than I thought until the perils of solo cooking revealed itself.
From the dreamy desire to wear the sky to the energetic expedition of making it a reality – it’s a fun little project.
"Based on my own experience and that of the people around me, here are some factors that can impact your odds of getting in."
How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.
Journals are my way of preserving time and retrieving sand-like memories.
Of all the countless obstacles between a woman and sports, one is her clothes.
It is also etched in the corners of multiple pages of the notebook I am writing this draft in. It is on my passport, also on my pajamas. It is the word the world knows me by—my name. Specifically, my last name, Nuri.
It’s not allowed for the students to physically browse bookshelves in the Dhaka University Library.
Put up my notebook on a shelf, And laid in its sheaves a crimson rose.
As much as we rant about how unlivable Dhaka city may be, most of us would blink in disbelief at the thought of having to move out. We are tied to this city — by obligations and attachments alike.
Unlike most of you, I don’t have the luxury of determining my self-worth.
The unpredictability of the moon brings us closer to ourselves.
The local stand-up scene has often disappointed, but it can do better.
When I find myself sliding into the endless pit called writer’s block, I turn to prolific writers.
