Talat is a sub-editor at Shout and a visual artist. Reach him at @talatxhmed on Instagram.
Bangladesh's nationwide vaccination programme began on February 7, 2021. The government has created a web portal, Surokkha, for easy registration for both doses of the vaccine.
Ma comes home with a tiny little piece of haluwa wrapped in taut plastic—the kind you get at hospitals. She holds it up in the air, her fingers a jeweller’s vice, and says, “See the haluwa?”
As someone who’s never quite had the skill and talent to play actual football, my own love for the game is a tad different from those who’s fondest memories take place on the pitch. Rather than being one of the players, I (and I suspect those who also lack the physical prowess) dream of being the manager instead of the player. Football Manager (FM) lets me do just that.
Unpopular opinion: As much as I revel in the satisfaction of throwing “OK boomer” at any senile octogenarian, I can’t help but feel hypocritical somewhat as a generation.
It’s easy to tell if someone likes someone, but infinitely harder to tell if someone likes you.
People don’t really want to go back to a time when the world was simpler. They want to go back to a time when they didn’t understand how complicated the world has always been.
For the longest time, I used to be of the opinion that the only value old, mainstream Bangladeshi cinema had was in ironic viewing. B
For those of us who can remember growing up in the ‘00s and trying to keep up with international pop culture in the form of TV shows,
Bangladesh's nationwide vaccination programme began on February 7, 2021. The government has created a web portal, Surokkha, for easy registration for both doses of the vaccine.
Ma comes home with a tiny little piece of haluwa wrapped in taut plastic—the kind you get at hospitals. She holds it up in the air, her fingers a jeweller’s vice, and says, “See the haluwa?”
As someone who’s never quite had the skill and talent to play actual football, my own love for the game is a tad different from those who’s fondest memories take place on the pitch. Rather than being one of the players, I (and I suspect those who also lack the physical prowess) dream of being the manager instead of the player. Football Manager (FM) lets me do just that.
Unpopular opinion: As much as I revel in the satisfaction of throwing “OK boomer” at any senile octogenarian, I can’t help but feel hypocritical somewhat as a generation.
It’s easy to tell if someone likes someone, but infinitely harder to tell if someone likes you.
People don’t really want to go back to a time when the world was simpler. They want to go back to a time when they didn’t understand how complicated the world has always been.
For the longest time, I used to be of the opinion that the only value old, mainstream Bangladeshi cinema had was in ironic viewing. B
For those of us who can remember growing up in the ‘00s and trying to keep up with international pop culture in the form of TV shows,
Ask just about anyone who’s passed through high school in Bangladesh to talk about the banality of art and music classes throughout school