To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
11 August 2026
Sociologist Dipankar Gupta critically examines Bengali identity, the bhadralok construct, and his intellectual evolution across the decades.
11 August 2026
In conversation with Harbans Mukhia / Beyond kings and dynasties: Rethinking medieval Indian history
7 August 2026
Beyond kings and dynasties, historian Harbans Mukhia explains how people, ideas and imagination fundamentally reshape our understanding of medieval India.
7 August 2026
The blind spots of Bangladesh studies
3 August 2026
Willem van Schendel challenges traditional nation-state paradigms in Bangladesh studies, urging a broader trans-regional and environmental perspective.
3 August 2026
Interview / Modern Islam has always been a 'secular' entity
20 July 2026
Iran provides an interesting example of the fate of Islamism and its ideological state
20 July 2026
Bengal’s forgotten connections with Nazi Germany
15 July 2026
From 1933 onwards, Hitler and Nazi Germany were admired by certain groups of right-wing Indians, who were often anti-British nationalists.
15 July 2026
500 years after Babur's victory / How the Mughal legacy continues to shape South Asia
16 June 2026
In the realm of everyday culture, Mughal influence permeated cuisine (techniques, dishes, and courtly food culture), dress, etiquette (adab), and aesthetic sensibilities, creating a shared repertoire that cuts across religious and regional boundaries.
16 June 2026
The making of India’s Bengali Muslim problem
8 June 2026
I wrote this book before the July uprising, so the issues I discuss are not new developments but part of a much longer process.
8 June 2026
Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
23 May 2026
In conversation with Sahana Ghosh, author of A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the India-Bangladesh Borderlands and assistant professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore.
23 May 2026
For heart’s sake
Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s leading cause of mortality, claiming an estimated 17.9 million lives each year, according to the World
28 September 2022
Post-Partition period in books: Prabhas Chandra, Tajuddin, and Ahmed Kamal offer testimonies
On the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Partition, we look back at the testimonies of the veteran politician, Prabhas Chandra Lahiri; the young political activist, Tajuddin Ahmed; and Professor Ahmed Kamal's book comprising research on and stories of the time.
15 August 2022
“A transformational infrastructure”
The Daily Star (TDS): What possible changes could there be in our national transport system after the inauguration of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge?
24 June 2022
Rooftop gardening: Making our living space greener
A buzzword that one will hear at least once or twice every day in Bangladesh is “development”. And with development comes an even greater push for urbanisation, which brings with it certain consequences for the environment.
4 June 2022
'If Pakistan acknowledges what its Army did in 1971, it will do a favour to itself'
The Daily Star (TDS): How do you look at the events of 1971 and the birth of Bangladesh?
25 March 2022
“Most of the commentators are unaware of the importance of the events between 1948 and 1952.”
Badruddin Umar: As a general student, I participated in every public event of the Language Movement in 1952. On February 21, for example,
20 February 2022
Decent work and migration: The path towards sustainable remittance growth
Twenty-eight-year-old Ahmed Jamal, from Barishal, was working as a labourer in Oman since 2018. He was forced to return to Bangladesh during the pandemic. As a result, he lost his primary source of income along with the hefty recruitment fee he had paid to secure the job initially.
24 November 2021