Dhaka Lit Fest
Event report / Discussion on power inequalities
As the guests arrived, the room brightened up and a conversation began that would eventually go on to deeply invest in exploring the nature of power and of defiantly opposing the status quo.
Book Review: Fiction / Homegrown heroine
This story, which originally began as a short story, features a headstrong heroine putting her desires above what society expects of her, in order to realise her destiny.
MY DHAKA / The pleasure of knowing your neighbourhood
Safe, vibrant public spaces are so rare in Dhaka that the months from January to early March feel like a gift from the universe when the Bangla Academy comes alive with the Dhaka Lit Fest, followed by the Dhaka Art Summit and the February extravaganza of the Ekushey Boi Mela. Since 2020, the Gulshan Book Fair has added to the series of treats for those of us who crave creative festivals in this city.
Lit Fest and Boi Mela: A linguistic, cultural apartheid?
Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.
Amitav Ghosh visits ancestral home in Gopalganj
Ulpur village served as the seat of the Zamindari and Jagir of the Basu Roy Chowdhury family.
POETRY / On a Thursday on Kazi Nazrul Avenue
On a Thursday, I went back home, and I took a walk./ On the sidewalk, I saw a splash of maroon on a grey block.
BOOK NEWS / Hanif Kureishi's Twitter diary and why he couldn't make it to Bangladesh
"I realised I had to start again as a person and a writer. I had to become a comic writer, a serious writer, a writer who could integrate the madness and most interesting elements on the same page."
DHAKA LIT FEST 2023 HIGHLIGHTS / ‘Khandito Nazrul’: Why he is and should be relevant
The difficulty of translation is one of the reasons why Nazrul is not discussed as extensively as Tagore in the west.
FEATURE / The art of moderating literary conversations
Rifat Munim highlighted how a moderator can be a catalyst to an engaging dialogue between the panellists and the audience,
Discussion on power inequalities
As the guests arrived, the room brightened up and a conversation began that would eventually go on to deeply invest in exploring the nature of power and of defiantly opposing the status quo.
Homegrown heroine
This story, which originally began as a short story, features a headstrong heroine putting her desires above what society expects of her, in order to realise her destiny.
The pleasure of knowing your neighbourhood
Safe, vibrant public spaces are so rare in Dhaka that the months from January to early March feel like a gift from the universe when the Bangla Academy comes alive with the Dhaka Lit Fest, followed by the Dhaka Art Summit and the February extravaganza of the Ekushey Boi Mela. Since 2020, the Gulshan Book Fair has added to the series of treats for those of us who crave creative festivals in this city.
Lit Fest and Boi Mela: A linguistic, cultural apartheid?
Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.
Amitav Ghosh visits ancestral home in Gopalganj
Ulpur village served as the seat of the Zamindari and Jagir of the Basu Roy Chowdhury family.
On a Thursday on Kazi Nazrul Avenue
On a Thursday, I went back home, and I took a walk./ On the sidewalk, I saw a splash of maroon on a grey block.
Hanif Kureishi's Twitter diary and why he couldn't make it to Bangladesh
"I realised I had to start again as a person and a writer. I had to become a comic writer, a serious writer, a writer who could integrate the madness and most interesting elements on the same page."
The art of moderating literary conversations
Rifat Munim highlighted how a moderator can be a catalyst to an engaging dialogue between the panellists and the audience,
‘Khandito Nazrul’: Why he is and should be relevant
The difficulty of translation is one of the reasons why Nazrul is not discussed as extensively as Tagore in the west.
Local publishers, sales, and the 2023 Dhaka Lit Fest
This year a ticketing system was imposed. As such, sales were lower than expected.