Claustrophobia, and the lack of open spaces in Dhaka
Ever since I started living in Dhaka, I feel suffocated.
16 June 2022
Adapting students from diverse academic backgrounds
Helping first year students from diverse academic backgrounds adapt is a challenge for universities.
2 June 2022
Have you become disenchanted with university?
Only you know what you are good at, and what you can be good at if you try.
20 April 2022
Why do prices increase every Ramadan?
According to Macrotrends, the population of Dhaka is more than 22 million. The most common food that sells in Dhaka is eggs. Even if one in two people eats an egg every day, the daily demand for eggs is over 11 million.
30 March 2022
The day the music died
Say what you will, Warnie was different.
16 March 2022
How social media shaped my teaching experience
Online classes opened a window none of us knew was possible.
2 March 2022
How I learned my mother language
It makes me feel happy I have roots embedded in Bengal.
16 February 2022
How I kept my New Year’s resolution
It was, without a doubt, a challenging task.
29 December 2021
Marriage, through the lens of an economist
The thought of getting married is now more complex than ever.
8 December 2021
Another side of the story
Skill, grades and universities – which one matters the most?
24 November 2021
One side of the story
Are skills more important, or grades?
10 November 2021
The BBA Boom in Bangladesh
Rise of the BBA program in Bangladesh.
27 October 2021
A Professor Writes About Letters of Recommendation
Letters of recommendation and what you need to know about them.
29 September 2021
Breaking the Myths of Investment
Look at this... article about investment.
15 September 2021
Do I need to be more like them?
Childhood is fantasised in most cultures. In the West, Mum and Dad read Grimm’s Fairy Tales or Hans Christian Anderson. In Bangladesh, Mum and Dad read Dakshinaranjan Mitra’s Thakurmar Jhuli.
1 September 2021
Nazrul, Rabindranath, and Their Admiration for Each Other
Today is the 45th death anniversary of the younger of the two icons.
27 August 2021
Charlie Watts: To the Beat of the Rolling Stones
The quiet man of the Rolling Stones passed away August 24, 2021.
25 August 2021
My first encounter With Cinema Paradiso
Rafael, my housemate at Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, asked me one day if I had watched Cinema Paradiso. When I said no, Rafael looked at me in silence for a moment. ‘Tomorrow’s the last day, they’re screening Cinema Paradiso at the Arts Theatre. Do watch. You’ll like it’.
18 August 2021
Do You Know the Meaning of Friendship?
Muhammad Ali said, “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain”.
4 August 2021
The Debut Album of Pink Floyd ft. The Beatles
How did the Beatles influence Pink Floyd's debut studio album?
4 August 2021