Review: Short story of the month / Anxiety, unmarriedness, and ‘An Eye and a Leg’
6 August 2026
Anxiety as an emotion is revelatory of not only individual fears, but structural ones.
6 August 2026
Can matchmakers succeed where dating apps fail?
20 July 2026
Discover how Nerissa Nashin transforms modern dating through Deshi Cupid in Bangladesh, replacing superficial apps with human-led data verification to help global clients find meaningful, cross-generational relationships rooted in privacy, shared values, and lasting love.
20 July 2026
The hope is not there
7 January 2025
It feels wrong in myriad ways to say that hope isn’t there when an autocrat fell
7 January 2025
THE SHELF / Post-July remembrance
6 November 2024
With the departure of an autocrat and the period of semi-expected-still-frightening chaos after, comes the period when we have to sit down to think of what comes ahead, know what we must not do, and get some direction on how we are supposed to go on. In light of this, the following articles and/or chapters have been curated for perspectives that might be needed in this unprecedented situation we’ve found ourselves in.
6 November 2024
Apathy, Han Kang and the Nobel Prize for literature
18 October 2024
At this point, controversies should not be a surprise when it comes to the Nobel prizes, especially not for literature.
18 October 2024
The psychological costs of an uprising
10 October 2024
The systemic issues make even the admission of one’s struggles a minefield
10 October 2024
‘Workers must be allowed to speak up’
18 September 2024
In light of the recent development in the RMG sector, where factories have started to open, Taslima Akhter, president of Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati (BGWS), talks about the workers’ protest and their demands and plights in an interview with Aliza Rahman of The Daily Star.
18 September 2024
Protests, deaths and a collective breakdown
23 July 2024
It is a special kind of horror to see the semi-abstract theories you studied for your semi-abstract major come to life, and begin to apply to events 20 minutes away from you.
23 July 2024
On discovering the poetry of Louise Glück, Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
Louise Glück’s poetry is at once deeply personal and ubiquitous. Articles explaining her work demur from calling it confessional, and they may be right. It doesn’t feel like the thoughts and feelings of another; the speaker confessing seems more vulnerable, as if they’re opening up directly to you. The sceneries she weaves are odd and alluring, and behind the deceptively simple lines are layers of meaning.
14 October 2020
Living with Autism
Even though children with autism are a part of the youth and society, we fail to include and invite them in our lives.
30 September 2020
LET’S TALK ABOUT POLITICS
Right from where you live to what you eat to the number of board exams you have to take in school to even the quality of the air you breathe in is impacted by politics, and being in denial of that is dangerous both for you and others surrounding you.
1 July 2020
Fighting the Infodemic
As people reading these might have already guessed, these behaviours have been influenced by information regarding the coronavirus outbreak. However, a more accurate thing to say would be misinformation or misguided ideas about the global pandemic.
29 April 2020
FOR THE LOVE OF WORDS
Babbel, the language learning app, has a channel on YouTube with 240 videos. But unlike many other YouTube videos that merely tell you how to say common words in different languages or focuses on a single language,
19 February 2020
The Bangla dictionary we want
A search on Google for ‘dictionary’ gives us results for various dictionaries, each with its unique characteristics. Looking for Bangla
19 February 2020
The Public Display of Grades
This practice often causes students to feel ashamed.
19 February 2020
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST REVIEW OTHERS AND US
Often in our lives, we need a fresh perspective in our relationships. Friends and family may not always be available, and you may sometimes dread making that call to someone to discuss deeply personal issues that have been aggravating you for a while.
12 February 2020
TUITION WANTED: At what cost?
“At the beginning of 2019, I found myself desperately in need of a job. With no other alternative, I resorted to looking for a job as a tutor and found myself in direct contact with one of the many tuition media pages on Facebook.
15 January 2020
Are we doing enough for our mothers?
Like many others, I took everything my mother did for me for granted.
25 December 2019
Channels That Talk Business
It is often interesting to learn how companies started, why certain products cost a certain amount, and what factors affect how a company does business. However, reading about businesses can seem tedious. Fortunately, there are YouTube channels covering these topics.
18 December 2019
Dressed for the past
I didn’t think I’d care to watch videos about dresses worn by people in the centuries past. But that was only until I stumbled upon the YouTube channel of dress historian Bernadette Banner.
4 December 2019
The pointlessness of using difficult words
It is not the least uncommon to see people use unnecessarily complex words when a simpler one would suffice. You may have come across people using “quintessential” instead of “essential”, and several other similar mistakes.
4 December 2019
CHANNELS WE NEED
YouTube in Bangladesh is in its budding stages in terms of quality, but its potential is easily visible. There are hundreds of channels, and some have over thousands of subscribers and millions of views. You will find videos on food, health and nutrition, and study tips along with the regular music and comedy.
13 November 2019
A carnival of colours at IUB
October 23, 2019 marked the beginning of Independent University, Bangladesh’s annual three-day Club Carnival. Inaugurated by the acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Milan Pagon, and attended by the deans, faculty members, and students of IUB, the event started with music, dance, and bicycle stunts.
30 October 2019
Extra Explanations
About 13,000 miles away, dressed, bejewelled, and illuminated by blue, pink, and red lighting is Natalie Wynn, better known as “ContraPoints”.
23 October 2019
Applying Abroad US Edition
For those looking to study in the US.
23 October 2019
TEACHERS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
When semesters are about to end, students in many universities are asked to complete faculty evaluations.
2 October 2019
Potluck recipes for painful reunions
For many, life after school is great simply because their time in high school was just varying shades of constant awfulness, and it was awfulness of such great intensity that the responsibilities and pressures that come with adult life all pale in comparison.
18 September 2019
Etiquette: Why we need it
What is the point of etiquette? Maybe to ensure we don’t repulse or offend others.
28 August 2019