KNOT SO TRUE
The art of breathing
How do the monks on ice live magically and produce wonders through detachment from worldly angst?
Obituary of Truth
Truth recently decided to die an inglorious death as it got tired of watching rulers leading their nations with lies.
Aabha Limited: The ray of inclusion and empowerment
How do the lives of the underserved women change and who can potentially come forward and become a part of their story?
Ease, isolation and awakening
The apparent return to basics, the turn to healthier living, the leap to soliloquys have turned out to be beneficial. At least in theory, we all agree that the world needed a correction.
Lessons, Reversals and Truth
We are living in a time of self-doubt, of suspicion, of negation, and of regret.
Covid-19, Industry and Bureaucracy
When the sky isn’t looking clear anymore, to say you are watching the clouds go by with the hope of a better day is being cautiously optimistic.
The disconnect between the industry and others
I took a break from writing columns ever since I took over as the President of the Bangladesh Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
Indomitable spirit of private sector can help beat the odds
Over 8,000 km away, everything looks different. The skies, the sunrise, the people and of course, trade. In Paris, the three-day Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector,
I called him Moi
I always need a clean sheet to write on. I always prefer the backside of a calendar month to detail projects.
Not Giving Up
Back from the UNGA. In the last 5 months and 10 days that I have been serving as president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, my brain has been on an overdrive.
Up in the clouds
Your columnist has just completed a little over a month of being a “female” leader of an exporters’ association.
RMG vision: The immediate and the important
It's an era of innovation. It's an era of efficiency. In one part of the world, they are making “smart” jackets, which are creating a microclimate for the wearers, by using carbon fibre heating pads, and are also using Amazon's smart assistant Alexa to even pre-heat the jacket before the consumers are putting them on.
A Wo-man
A friend of mine calls me a “wo-man”. The reason why he hyphenates and breaks the word is a surprise. I asked him why he does so and he explained.
Lounge #2: A Narrative of Pride
Close to midnight, it felt surreal. Being in the Samsun Airport in Turkey, only 1.5 flying hours away from Istanbul, made me feel as if I were in a new world. It wasn't a world of magical surprise or rapid development, but one thing was for sure: it was a land that told and sold stories well.
Here, Now & Forever
I laugh when the western media goes on a rant about us, the eastern democracy, the eastern economy and the eastern human rights condition.
Labour of Love
Ever since 1996, your columnist has been in business. She runs a company that has multiple businesses which once grew from one core business of exporting readymade garments years ago.
In honour of education
Half an hour away from home, the air smells the same; the people seem similar, but there's definitely a lack of ostentation. One does not drive through streets of Kolkata in the latest cars; the roads are still swamped with yellow taxis and a touch of Uber and Ola has changed the scene only a bit.
From Cambodia, with love
Education indeed. Getting to Phnom Penh took me to yet another learning curve. Not being able to fly out of Dhaka for almost close to 18 hours is a story to share, but getting de-planed and watching passengers reacting to the situation is another narrative altogether.
