Essay / Rabindranath, Nazrul, Jibanananda: Predecessor and contemporary
7 August 2026, 20:02 PM
So, unlike Rabindranath Tagore, who left documented comments on Jibanananda, Nazrul did not leave an authenticated body of criticism on him. What survives is essentially that famous humorous remark, whose authenticity cannot be verified beyond later recollections.
7 August 2026, 20:02 PM
BOOK REVIEW: POETRY / The spark of ‘Red Spark’
27 March 2026, 00:11 AM
Though human beings speak in prose in everyday life, the astonishing truth is that poetry is humanity’s first artistic love.
27 March 2026, 00:11 AM
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Bangladeshi theatre: A sociopolitical study
24 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Theatre in Bangladesh has never been merely a form of entertainment. It has always served as a mirror to society, reflecting its contradictions, struggles, and aspirations.
24 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Poetry / Sindbad
11 November 2023, 15:55 PM
Time to set sail for a new cruise, oh dear voyager Sindbad!
11 November 2023, 15:55 PM
Poetry review: Moon’s madness
5 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Protiti’s poems are mostly ‘bare’ conversational musings exploring ‘selfhood, separation, exile, love and longing’.
5 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Dramangle: The best that theatre had to offer in 2020
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM
2020 was not a very eventful year for live theatre, as the world of performances, where social mingling is one of the prime cultures, was viciously invaded by the Covid-19 pandemic.
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Remembering my Galileo
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Aly Zaker, my Galileo, made his final exit in the early hours of November 27, 2020, bringing about a nationwide realisation of loss and shock.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Quintessence of stage creativity
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM
With the slogan, Aai Natoker Ongone, seven new plays, written by young playwrights and directed by young directors, were staged throughout Nagorik Natya Sampradaya’s Notuner Utshab 2019 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, from November 29 to December 5.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM
70 Years of International Theatre Institute (ITI)
Just after two years, that is, in 1948, International Theatre Institute (ITI) was created aiming at building 'an organization that was aligned with UNESCO's goals on culture, education and the arts.'
27 July 2018, 18:00 PM
What's in the theater?
Thus in Greek city states, especially for Athenian citizens, it is rumored, watching theater was mandatory. But that was fine with city states with a handful of population.
13 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Back to the wilderness, take away the town
About ninety years ago, Rabindranath Tagore felt apprehensive about the rise of materialistic approaches in our so-called civilised society and expressed his uneasiness in at least three, if not more, of his literary works: “Raktokarabi”, a play; “Sabhyatar Sankot”, an essay; and “Sabhyatar Prati”, a poem.
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM