Musings
Kaleidoscope of flowers
During this pandemic, we are all trying our best to stay indoors to keep ourselves healthy. Some have become creative and found themselves embracing their dreams, which remained unfulfilled all these years.
musing / A small step to self-sufficiency
This COVID-19 lockdown has seen so many firsts. It has seen the birth of many gardeners, chefs, bakers, painters, singers, dancers, comedians, and even, hairdressers.
musing / So old-fashioned!
The noise of every shifted gear was awesome. On a zigzagging upslope, playing catch-up to keep the car from rolling back with the perfect mix of clutch and accelerator wasn’t easy.
Monsoon and memories
The English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damp days and slicks the stones already smoothened by the ravages of a thousand seasons.
#Perspective / A Father’s Day tribute to Don Corleone
The Godfather portrays a father-and-son bond in subtle, but strangely at the same time, monumental ways! And you have to agree that the Vito-Michael Corleone duo is one of the most iconic father-son relationships in fiction.
Musing / Rise of the Covidiots
Corona! A word striking fear into everyone’s hearts. People are indeed petrified and panic-stricken by the Covid-19’s lethality. Some people more than others. It is these people who belong to the notorious community, the Covidiots.
musing / You are what you make
I believe this is when it rises to the level of a delicacy. Others might define a delicacy to be something rare, not common, or off limits because of price, or controversy. Truffles for the price, and foie gras for the controversy? But both are praised for their taste too.
musing / Reasons to love the holiday season
In the West, ‘it’s the most wonderful time of the year’, because the holiday season is just around the corner.
Eid Day Magic
Eid is almost here and there is a lot to be thankful for. First of all, the streets are going to be empty and for anyone living through countless hours of Dhaka traffic...
Whatever happened to reading for pleasure?
I grew up reading a lot of books. Reading is an old habit and a way for me to get away -- sometimes from problems, sometimes from reality and sometimes even from myself, and become immersed in a completely different world.
Oh, limes and lemons!
Lemon was always just lemon to me. When I lived in Bangladesh, I wasn't even aware of the difference between a lime and a lemon.
Hard life of a struggling writer
A bit of background – Ikhtisad Ahmed is a writer, playwright and poet. He is the author of Cryptic Verses and Requiem, two poetry collections...
Driving in Dhaka
Have you ever taken a drive out of Dhaka? If you have then you will know that the highways in Bangladesh have more twists and turns
What Happened To Happily Ever After?
For all of my 20-something years, I have been a hopeless romantic. Give me all the romance novels and movies that there are and I will devour them with zeal and passion hitherto unknown, may God bless my tender heart!
My mother, my love
Sometimes the emptiness one feels for the recently demised can only be compensated with warm emotions and memories of the past which we carry for the rest of our lives.
By the beach
I'm on the longest beach in the world right now. It has been a while since I last came here, almost eight years I think.