Durian Sukegawa’s ‘Sweet Bean Paste’: On second chances and the plight of leprosy patients
Sweet Bean Paste (2013) by Durian Sukegawa is a tale of friendship and redemption in an unforgiving society.
Sally Rooney's conversations on suppressed female hysteria: A review of the adaptation
Sally Rooney is well known for transforming her novels into visually pleasing and satisfactory adaptations.
Sabyasachi Hazra’s unique perspective on Bangla typography
The exhibition ends today (June 25) at 9 pm BST.
Understanding the modern woman in 'Tokhon Golper Tore'
Tokhon Golper Tore (Pendulum Publishers, 2022) is Rifat Anjum Pia’s debut collection even though she has been writing for quite a few years now.
Budget 2022-23: Is the publishing industry only an inconsequential afterthought?
With the Russia-Ukraine war continuing and the (consequent) wave of inflation that has struck the world, serious concerns for
ULAB Literary Salon in discussion with Saad Z. Hossain, author of ‘Cyber Mage’
The English and Humanities Department at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) is organising its second session of ULAB Literary Salon on June 18, 2022, from 5 to 7 pm, at the ULAB Research Building auditorium in their Dhanmondi campus. In discussion this session is the critically acclaimed novel, Cyber Mage, which will also be launched at the event. ‘Cyber Mage’ is a new novel by Saad Z. Hossain, who is amongst some of the most remarkable English fiction writers of modern Bangladesh. He has been published by top imprints in South Asia and the world. His novel, Cyber Mage, is proudly published in Bangladesh by ULAB Press.
'Untranquil Recollections': Reviewing the memoir of Rehman Sobhan, an incurable optimist
The second volume of Rehman Sobhan’s memoirs, Untranquil Recollections: Political Economy of Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh (University Press Limited, 2022) deals primarily with the years of 1972 to 1975,
'Love and Gelato': Lost love and Italian summers
On May 25, Netflix shared a teaser for their upcoming feel-good romance, Love & Gelato, and as an ardent reader of young-adult romance, I could not keep calm.
Anushay Hossain's 'The Pain Gap': Labour pains worsened by faulty healthcare
“My pain was so severe that I ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as I shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section”, reveals Anushay Hossain, author of The Pain Gap (Simon and Schuster, 2021), in the introduction of her book.
Enter 'Alphabetica': Vowels form a unique minority in Roy Phoenix’s satire
At its core, Alphabetica is a satire on majoritarianism.
What we readers want from Zoya Akhtar’s ‘The Archies’
What we want to see is the original comics' innocence revisited.
For fans of ‘Heartstopper’, an Alice Oseman reading guide
I wanted to share my personal reading order of Alice’s work and a glance into what you can expect from each.
Durian Sukegawa’s ‘Sweet Bean Paste’: On second chances and the plight of leprosy patients
Sweet Bean Paste (2013) by Durian Sukegawa is a tale of friendship and redemption in an unforgiving society.
Sally Rooney's conversations on suppressed female hysteria: A review of the adaptation
Sally Rooney is well known for transforming her novels into visually pleasing and satisfactory adaptations.
Sabyasachi Hazra’s unique perspective on Bangla typography
The exhibition ends today (June 25) at 9 pm BST.
“We have Rashids, Laylas, Mariams in each society”
“Read Books, Widen Your Horizon” is a joint initiative by The Daily Star and United International University (UIU).
Manash Ghosh's ' Bangladesh War': Dispatches of independence
Bangladesh War resembles a journalist's diary. Ghosh's tone is neither that of a critic nor a judge.
From Feni to New Zealand: Trinkets of a life lived
Mastura's penning is sincere. She crafts the details like a watchsmith, a representation of which could be found in the very first piece of the book, named "Feni".
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ‘Desertion’: The politics of leaving
Zanzibar-born (now Tanzania) writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. One of his 10 published novels, Desertion (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005) is about—like many of his other works—colonialism, racism, cultural and religious biases, migration, and of course, desertion.
Five books I would sell my soul to re-read for the first time
Honeyman gives Eleanor a personality beyond her mental illness.
Boitoi and Walton hosting e-book fair
Boitoi, the largest e-book platform of Bangladesh, is organizing a 15-day ebook fair from June 16 to June 30.