A wound in our experience
“An exceptional novel that makes gender disappear to build unconventional love and friendship”
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The Writer
The lad appeared to be very humble and slowly took a seat. But I noticed that he did not take his eyes off my face even once. He kept on staring at me through his glasses.
1y ago
Sari - The changing tale of draping
In the current fashion world, the sari, a traditional female garment of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka is all the rage.
1y ago
Ghosts in Bangla literature and culture
“Bhoot”, the Bangla word for ghost, derives from the Sanskrit word Bhūta, referring to living beings and the past. Later, it also came to mean ‘disembodied spirit.’ Ghost stories carry a special tradition in Bangla literature and the root lies in folklore and rural culture.
1y ago
Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898- 1979)
A politician and journalist by profession, Abul Mansur Ahmad began his career as a National Congress worker in Bengal.
2y ago
Disrupted Nature and Community in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) is well-known to the literary audience and beyond as the tale of a brilliant and mad scientist who created a horrible monster that in the end brought destruction for its creator.
2y ago
Remembering the Poet Shamsur Rahman -- from Susmita Islam’s Phirey Phirey Chai
Remembering Shamsur Rahman on his death anniversary
2y ago
The Great Divide that brought them together
While the Partition of 1947 is a chapter that historians are constantly bringing up, one question rarely explored is what does the Partition mean for the Millennials and Gen Zs? How much do our younger generations know of the significance of the Great Divide?
2y ago
September 10, 2018
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and the famine of the fifties
September 12 marks the 124th birth anniversary of author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, best known for his novel Pother Panchali. This week's In Focus explores how the devastating Famine of the Fifties was reflected in Bibhutibhushan's writings and how he humanised the suffering of the victims of this "man made holocaust".
August 11, 2018
The Dead
The grove of Srish Poramanik was renowned for nuts. It was right by the roadside and full of ancient trees. It was dark like the night even during day time.
August 4, 2018
The Monster
Lina slumped into the chair as Chameli left her room. She did not know how to tell her mother that she did not like to visit Reba
June 23, 2018
A Tale of Rohingya: A Take on Dislocation and Displacement
The life of refugee people has always been difficult, and in the current world it has taken on a monstrous form across borders.
May 12, 2018
Tagore, Gitanjali and the Nobel
It is perhaps redundant today to analyse the remark quoted above from the Introduction of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali or Song
April 7, 2018
Women at War: Shongramee Naree 52 and 71
Since the Liberation War in 1971 the readers in Bangladesh have seen many narratives on 1971 and 1952. In most of these, the central
March 17, 2018
Bangladesh During those Turbulent Days of March, 1971
The historic announcement of March 7 by Bangabandhu was, in fact, the call for the independence of Bangladesh. The speech inspired
February 17, 2018
Prof. Rafiqul Islam: A Witness to the Language Movement and the Liberation of Bangladesh
He did not look at me once. Or even if he did, I doubt he saw me. His eyes were engrossed in deep thought; to me he seemed to be dipping in the deep waters of memory. Bent with age, he sat at his desk.
February 10, 2018
Companions
They sit on the veranda every afternoon; an old man and an old woman. The man is in his seventies with white hair thinning in the
February 3, 2018
The Three-Legged Cat
Ammu is crying in the next room. Incessantly. I can't stand it any longer. Why did she do it? I have no doubt that she did it even
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