Musings of a romance reader
Navigating the lines between gender politics, feminist beliefs and love for romance
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Disempowering voices of propaganda: The BDS movement in books
When millions of lives are at stake and indiscriminate violations of human rights are perpetuated, there is no longer space to entertain the debate on whether the art should be separated from the artist
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Remembering Dr. Saleemul Huq, the climate stalwart
Dr. Huq steered a generation of climate researchers and activists, having inspired most of the leading climate activists and actors active currently
1y ago
Exploring the transformative power of fanfiction
While the term "fanfiction" may not have existed, the practice certainly did. Fanfiction has been argued to have influenced significant literary works such as the Homeric epics, Shakespeare's plays, and even Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote.
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Browsing les bouquinistes of Paris
It was impossible to explore all the kisoks in a single outing, with there being 900 of these bookstalls in total hosted by around 200 sellers, straddling both sides of the Seine riverbank.
1y ago
My first foray into fiction with Feluda
Growing up, I never analysed what drew me to the Feluda novels. It is only now that I marvel at how Feluda remained the fiction novel read at leisure by a self-proclaimed Bookworm such as myself for so long in my childhood.
1y ago
'The Last Queen' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A fierce queen overlooked by the history books
Little has been written about Maharani Jindan Kaur, the youngest and last queen of the Sikh empire. Born as the humble daughter of the royal kennel keeper, Jindan saw a life of massive upheaval, living as the youngest queen to a regent and then ultimately a rebel and an exile.
3y ago
For lovers of traveling and history
Shamsul Alam’s From Love Lane to the World: Tales of Travel & More (Sea Sands, 2021) is a selection of his magazine and newspaper articles, based on his many travels over the years.
3y ago
May 15, 2024
Musings of a romance reader
Navigating the lines between gender politics, feminist beliefs and love for romance
November 28, 2023
Disempowering voices of propaganda: The BDS movement in books
When millions of lives are at stake and indiscriminate violations of human rights are perpetuated, there is no longer space to entertain the debate on whether the art should be separated from the artist
November 1, 2023
Remembering Dr. Saleemul Huq, the climate stalwart
Dr. Huq steered a generation of climate researchers and activists, having inspired most of the leading climate activists and actors active currently
July 17, 2023
Exploring the transformative power of fanfiction
While the term "fanfiction" may not have existed, the practice certainly did. Fanfiction has been argued to have influenced significant literary works such as the Homeric epics, Shakespeare's plays, and even Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote.
July 9, 2023
Browsing les bouquinistes of Paris
It was impossible to explore all the kisoks in a single outing, with there being 900 of these bookstalls in total hosted by around 200 sellers, straddling both sides of the Seine riverbank.
May 2, 2023
My first foray into fiction with Feluda
Growing up, I never analysed what drew me to the Feluda novels. It is only now that I marvel at how Feluda remained the fiction novel read at leisure by a self-proclaimed Bookworm such as myself for so long in my childhood.
August 12, 2021
'The Last Queen' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A fierce queen overlooked by the history books
Little has been written about Maharani Jindan Kaur, the youngest and last queen of the Sikh empire. Born as the humble daughter of the royal kennel keeper, Jindan saw a life of massive upheaval, living as the youngest queen to a regent and then ultimately a rebel and an exile.
June 17, 2021
For lovers of traveling and history
Shamsul Alam’s From Love Lane to the World: Tales of Travel & More (Sea Sands, 2021) is a selection of his magazine and newspaper articles, based on his many travels over the years.
March 1, 2021
‘Tumi Kon Gogoner Tara’: In remembrance of a mother
A solemn tribute to mothers and to our nation’s unrelenting humanity, Hussain’s novel shows us the people and the Bangladesh we could more often be.
February 11, 2021
The Glamour and Darkness of the Spanish Dictatorship
Ruta Sepetys’s The Fountains of Silence (Penguin Books, 2019) takes place in the 1950s, in a Spain reigned by fear and stifling laws, caught between the dichotomy of non-existent human rights on the one side, and a flourishing tourist scene and wealthy visitors wooed by the national regime on the other.
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