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FICTION / At home

29 March 2024
This is the first time I let you in, but you’ve already made yourself at home. You are bumbling around in my kitchen, as though you have been making me tea for a lifetime.
29 March 2024
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FICTITIOUS, Volume 3 / Product Placement Gone Wrong

28 July 2022
"But that's not McDonald's. It's MacDonwald's. Must be a knock-off."
28 July 2022
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Response No. 39

9 March 2022
"Thank you for choosing to take our survey."
9 March 2022
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Missing Bangla away from home

16 February 2022
This nightmare made me realise how much I miss my mother tongue.
16 February 2022
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Move Out Day

22 December 2021
From my balcony, I watch the van load up with all their belongings.
22 December 2021
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PLAYWATCH / A Long Awaited Trip through Dune

24 October 2021
Dune is a real treat to the eyes and ears.
24 October 2021
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PLAYWATCH / 27 Years of Jeff Buckley’s Amazing “Grace”

23 August 2021
Jeff Buckley's resplendent debut, Grace, turns 27 today.
23 August 2021
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How Many Copies of the Same Book Do You Need?

11 August 2021
The sneaky connection between publishing industries and your growing bibliomania.
11 August 2021
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Shantinagar

Where could they live happily for the rest of their childhood?
28 July 2021
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New online journal ‘Kitchen Sink’ promises an accessible platform for poets

About a month ago, a few friends sent me invites to follow the Facebook page of a literary journal about to launch their website and first issue. Being an aspiring writer, whose late-night browsing history sometimes consists of visits to international literary magazines, searching for writing opportunities, I was thrilled to see a platform open up close to home.
30 June 2021
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When Bengali Folklore Meets Pop Culture

When the two worlds meet, great things are created.
16 June 2021
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A Cat Reviews Cat Food

What does it taste like?
9 June 2021
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Black Flower

I smiled at what was definitely a bluff. "What's it called?"
9 June 2021
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Judas and the Black Messiah: Trust No One

The doubt arose from my cynical view that a major studio movie about the Black Panther Party would inevitably suffer from negative bias.
2 June 2021
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Foreigners Can’t (or Won’t) Pronounce My Name Right

"If you can pronounce Ansel Elgort, you can pronounce Hasan Minhaj."
26 May 2021
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I Watched Wilderness Survival Videos for a Week

And now I have questions that need answers.
19 May 2021
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Satyajit at 100: A Guide to the Maestro

Ray was much more than a filmmaker.
28 April 2021
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A Cyberspace Unsafe for Women

80% of the victims are girls and women in their early twenties.
7 April 2021
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Learning Our History, on Instagram

These are more than just pages; these are precious digital archives.
24 March 2021
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The Fight Against Patriarchy Doesn’t Stop With Female Leaders

Are the goals of feminism achieved by putting more women in leadership roles?
8 March 2021
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Framing the Life of a Pop Star

If you were growing up in the early 2000s, the name Britney Spears should be familiar to you. Perhaps you’ve even heard of the quote “If Britney survived 2007, you can handle today.”
3 March 2021
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Breakup Blues

Study shows 100 percent of participants enjoyed listening to breakup songs.
10 February 2021
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Switching Schools

It comes with bittersweet moments and deathless challenges.
10 February 2021
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The Double Standards in Beauty Standards

When it comes to beauty in terms of physical appearance, is it really subjective?
3 February 2021
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Two Colours in My Head

As the sun grew hotter and the spots touched his closed eyelids, he slowly fluttered them open.
27 January 2021
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For the Love of Poetry

Shelley once said, it “Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar”.
13 January 2021
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It’s Okay to Fail

The point is, there is no success without failure.
6 January 2021
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A Special New Year’s Eve Just for You

This New Year's Eve, redefine parties.
30 December 2020

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