Responsible is something to be
24 June 2024
The book explores how people can regain their political fate from professional politicians and be the heroes we need today.
24 June 2024
Walk to be free
18 January 2023
What is it about our own thoughts that are so awful that we cannot spend a minute alone with them? There is only one way to find out. Unplug, go outside, and walk.
18 January 2023
What the story of Kaavan tells us
12 December 2020
Amid the sad, the sordid and the sensational, let us look at some other news. On November 30, Kaavan, dubbed the “loneliest elephant” arrived from Islamabad to Cambodia to start a new life.
12 December 2020
Efficacy of the home-made mask
29 April 2020
The recent back-and-forth debate over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of covid-19 has settled. In the beginning, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that there was no need for people who are well to wear face masks.
29 April 2020
The moral rot that threatens Bangladesh
20 June 2019
No two countries that share borders are more different from each other than Mexico and the United States. The contrast between the quality of life in these two countries could not be starker.
20 June 2019
The value of writing letters in a digital society
8 June 2019
Social media, texting and emailing have revolutionised the way we communicate. These technologies have enabled us to be more efficient and stay in touch more easily. But they have also altered the dynamics of some of our most important relationships.
8 June 2019
The changing nature of work
26 May 2019
Most of us have serious reasons to worry about the future of work. The development of automation powered by robotics and Artificial Intelligence has enabled higher productivity, increased efficiency, safety, and convenience. At the same time, these technologies pose difficult questions about the larger impact of automation on jobs and wages. But perhaps we need to pay attention to another aspect of work: how we look at work is changing as well.
26 May 2019
How volunteering can help the youth
3 May 2019
Each year, more than one billion people are engaged in volunteering worldwide. Their actions have economic, private and social values. You may wonder how helping others has economic value when no monetary transaction is involved.
3 May 2019
What a Piece of Work is Man
Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid. If you don't agree that men are stupid just check the newspapers.
5 March 2015
THE GROWTH OF THE SOIL
For a TV show about farmers—thin, bony, illiterate peasants, and agriculture—the mundane business of producing rice and jute, Mati O Manush might not have been a bright idea.
27 February 2015
Open the Door
The reigning assumption these days about courtesy, civility, and manners is that they are merely frosting on a cake. The clear connection between courtesy and kindness is generally not understood.
20 February 2015
BEING ALONE TOGETHER
Friendships are built over time, and increasingly we don't have enough. The world has speeded up, and so have we. Families are busier. Kids are overscheduled. It's the great paradox of the Internet age: The more connected we are, the less we get to know each other.
At home, each of us is in our own bubble, furiously connected to keyboards and tiny touch screens, texting and reading emails. The house is quiet, a quiet that does not ask to be broken. Hanging out with pals in the neighbourhood after school is passé. Who has time left for live people? We have sacrificed conversation for connection.
6 February 2015