Rabita Saleh

MONSTERMANIA

Ghost stories for a local Halloween experience.

2y ago

The Midwife

I would remember a face like this if I had seen it around.

3y ago

The Queen's Gambit review: Move aside agenda pushers, this is how you convey a real message

What I really loved about this character is that she's a woman written without the intent of being better than all men.

4y ago

YouTube Discoveries: Quarantine Edition

If you're looking for some "healthy" escapism from the dystopian times we find ourselves in, maybe try these out.

4y ago

Respect Begins at Home

We have a serious problem: People in our society do not see women as human.

4y ago

The fear of realising that your parents are ageing

How do you know if your parents are ageing? Do you remember the first time that thought occurred to you?

4y ago

Two Brothers

On the second floor balcony of their three-storey house on Abul Khairat Road in Becharam Dewri, Dhaka, two brothers were fighting.

4y ago

How to Talk to Your Parents about Coronavirus

These are some of the methods, collected from first and second-hand sources, to help you talk to your parents about the coronavirus.

4y ago
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019

Youth on Wheels

“It’s not just a sport, it is food for the soul,” enthuses Tanveer Alim as he describes what skateboarding means to him. Sport, art and community all combined into one adrenaline-fuelled activity, skateboarding could emerge as a major form of self-expression for Bangladeshi adolescents.

June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019

How not to do food review

I’ll be honest, this was supposed to be a “How to Do a Food Review” article. However, halfway through I realised I have no qualifications whatsoever that would justify my writing such an article. What I do have is a varied palette, a whole lot of food knowledge

May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019

CUSTOM-MADE GIFTS: A Game Changer?

We all remember a time when birthday parties were the norm and you couldn’t just turn up empty handed. The struggle to find something appropriate was real. Did we go the trusted perfume or photo frame route? Or did we try to seem thoughtful with hand-made gifts?

May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019

Not-Scrabble, with Acquaintances 2

In an age where people are increasingly moving away from board games, I would call myself a scrabble dealer. I’ve had to resort to strangers online, which is never a good decision, except in the case of Words with Friends.

May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019

Internal Confusion

Hridoy: Hey, what are you up to? This feels different.

May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019

Origin Stories Street Signs

There are signs in this city that we sweep past every day. We read them purposelessly when stuck in traffic with nothing better to do. Have you ever wondered how they came to be? Here’s how I like to imagine some of the most common ones came about.

April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019

Reviewing why we watch reviews

A couple days ago my mother walked into my room while I was watching a web series online.

April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019

Five stages of dealing with clickbait

Anyone who’s been online long enough knows that most surface-level content on the internet is hogwash. And the worst of it all—the absolute bottom of the barrel—is clickbait.

April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

The Culture of Piracy in Our Institutions

As students, we are repeatedly reminded to not plagiarise our work. We are asked to reference all concepts we utilize from any source we peruse, as we should.

April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

…for our children

It was a regular Wednesday. I was sitting in an auto-rickshaw, feeling like I was being roasted under the Dhaka sun, waiting for the traffic to get moving.