Tangents / The Allure of Little Birds
4 February 2022
Birders may go through many phases in their birding life.
4 February 2022
TANGENTS / Book Hounds
7 January 2022
We are a perpetually curious group. Like members of secret societies of the Middle Ages, we quickly recognize each other.
7 January 2022
Tangents / The Enigmatic Thick-knee
31 December 2021
Whenever I hear “Thick-knee” I think of Majeda Haq, birder, conservationist and friend who left this world too soon in 2019.
31 December 2021
Tangents / Good-looking Birds
24 December 2021
We all have our notion of “good-looking” when it comes to people. This idea extends to other creatures.
24 December 2021
TANGENTS / The Dining Room
17 December 2021
One of my most memorable jobs was being waiter. My cousins in Chicago had invited me to spend the summer after college freshman year. Looking for summer work there, I responded to a newspaper advertisement and was hired after an interview. My title was Waiter at the restaurant of Metropolitan Club on the 67th floor of Chicago’s Sears (now Willis) Tower.
17 December 2021
TANGENTS / Predators of Muhuri
10 December 2021
Screaming loudly and wildly flapping their wings, the ducks abruptly took off from the water about two hundred feet from our boat.
10 December 2021
TANGENTS / Red Munia
3 December 2021
The Red Munia entered my childhood through a story about the Creator painting birds after creating them. However, one fidgety bird has flown off before being painted and returns just when He finishes. There are a few drops of paint remaining with which He splatters this bird. And so this exquisite bird was created with spots of white sprinkled on red.
3 December 2021
TANGENTS / Primates of Bangladesh
26 November 2021
On a summer morning several years ago I climbed up the watchtower in Satchori National Park looking for birds. In two hours I saw little.
26 November 2021
The World Of Insects
Which group of living beings on this earth are the most successful at survival? If you answered “humans” or “large mammals” you might
16 October 2015
Picturing Kamalapur
The massive railway station at Kamalapur attracts photographers because of its architecture, lighting, open urban
9 October 2015
The Smooth-Billed Ani
So much of birdwatching depends on luck.
11 September 2015
Birds of Central Park
Central Park is an urban park of 843 acres in Manhattan, New York, in the heart of the city that never sleeps. It was designed by
4 September 2015
Back to Arakul
Friday evening I received a call from the birder Omar Shahadat. He had seen some interesting birds in Arakul, including families of
28 August 2015
Monsoon Cruise
Monsoon brings life to this country. It is only then that our land comes alive. Rivers swell with runoff water from the mountains which
14 August 2015
The Art of Foraging
When U.S. Air Force pilot Scott O' Grady was shot down over Serbia in 1995, he survived several days in the mountainous wilderness
7 August 2015
The Magic of Mathematics
When my college-bound daughter recently informed us that she wanted to study mathematics as an undergraduate, I was delighted. I
31 July 2015
Eid Thoughts
The movement of people during Eid is a long tradition. Take my childhood which was spent in Sylhet in the 1960's. My extended
24 July 2015
Iftar Bazar
Each afternoon of Ramzan presents an opportunity for the photographer in me. As early as two hours before sunset, people set up
10 July 2015
The Allure of Beautiful Places
I still remember the first time I saw the Grand Canyon - in 1987. After leaving Las Vegas, my wife and I had been driving north for
3 July 2015
In Iceland
I visited Iceland last month. I had been there once before in 1986. It was not on the tourist map then, but its sheer beauty had left me
26 June 2015
Our Egrets
Beauty does not have to be rare. Often, I get lucky and find that the common and bountiful is also beautiful. That is the case with the
19 June 2015
Agami for the Future
Bangladeshis living abroad often want to help the development of their native land. In 2003, non-resident Bangladeshis in the San
12 June 2015
The World of Whales
Whales capture our imagination like no other creature. Their size is one reason why: for example, the blue whale, at thirty metres and
5 June 2015
The Arctic Tern
I first read about the arctic tern while researching bird migration. It is a special bird because it flies more distance in migration than
29 May 2015
Asian Openbill
Some years ago, I was in Jahangirnagar University early one morning for birdwatching. The campus was enveloped in dense winter fog.
22 May 2015
Places From Our Childhood
Sometimes I run into people who have lived in the same small town all their lives. When I was younger, they did not impress me, but
15 May 2015
Chasing “the One”
As a photographer I am constantly searching for “the One”, that special photograph that shows something never seen before, evokes strong feelings – even passion - from the viewer, perhaps breaks some rules, and, most of all, leaves its imprint on your memory.
But how do you find that photograph? I turned to the great photographers for an answer.
8 May 2015
The Amazing Gamcha
In February 2013, I went on a birding trip to Tanguar Haor. It was a long day's boat journey starting from Sunamganj town. As we
24 April 2015