musings
Of place and places: Perspectives, positions, and propositions
To speak of place is to speak of the topical, the toponymical, and the topographical.
Conquering fears: Sayma Rahman’s remarkable trekking experience
Fast forward 10 years, Sayma went ahead and decided to go on a 14-day hike to Mount Everest base camp, this time at almost 5000 meters, in a journey worth reminiscing.
Coming to terms with the fact that nothing lasts forever
The transience of things might be disturbing and extremely overwhelming.
MUSINGS / The sound of Dhaka city
Once on a particularly smothering hot day, on a CNG ride to work, I was stuck in the most heinous traffic for over two hours. Over the yelling drivers, honking cars, and incessant cursing over why the CNGs were trying to overtake the expensive cars, I was listening to my usual cycle of songs. As coincidence would have it, David Gilmour in his seraphic voice posed the question: “So, so you think you can tell/ Heaven from hell?”
MUSINGS / The matriarchy of food
It is a truth universally acknowledged that food is the undisputed sixth love language that Gary Chapman forgot to mention in his 1992 book. Or maybe it’s just the gastronome in me speaking.
MUSINGS / Of lost recipes and forgotten flavours
I have always had a rather avoidant recoil to the aftermath of death.
Musings / Why I learned more from reading fiction books than nonfiction
It is deeply saddening that this discouragement to read fiction is coming at a time when we as a population are suffering from a crisis in empathy.
The art of breathing
How do the monks on ice live magically and produce wonders through detachment from worldly angst?
Age IS a number – get over it
It’s always a bit of a jolt when one is reminded of one’s age.
Of place and places: Perspectives, positions, and propositions
To speak of place is to speak of the topical, the toponymical, and the topographical.
Conquering fears: Sayma Rahman’s remarkable trekking experience
Fast forward 10 years, Sayma went ahead and decided to go on a 14-day hike to Mount Everest base camp, this time at almost 5000 meters, in a journey worth reminiscing.
Coming to terms with the fact that nothing lasts forever
The transience of things might be disturbing and extremely overwhelming.
The sound of Dhaka city
Once on a particularly smothering hot day, on a CNG ride to work, I was stuck in the most heinous traffic for over two hours. Over the yelling drivers, honking cars, and incessant cursing over why the CNGs were trying to overtake the expensive cars, I was listening to my usual cycle of songs. As coincidence would have it, David Gilmour in his seraphic voice posed the question: “So, so you think you can tell/ Heaven from hell?”
The matriarchy of food
It is a truth universally acknowledged that food is the undisputed sixth love language that Gary Chapman forgot to mention in his 1992 book. Or maybe it’s just the gastronome in me speaking.
Of lost recipes and forgotten flavours
I have always had a rather avoidant recoil to the aftermath of death.
Why I learned more from reading fiction books than nonfiction
It is deeply saddening that this discouragement to read fiction is coming at a time when we as a population are suffering from a crisis in empathy.
The art of breathing
How do the monks on ice live magically and produce wonders through detachment from worldly angst?
Age IS a number – get over it
It’s always a bit of a jolt when one is reminded of one’s age.
Why so serious?
Falling into the comfortable rhythm of a familiar form, it took scant minutes to bang out a silly poem that made me laugh and melted away all the tension, and it took me back to why I created Sehri Tales in the first place.