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Sara Kabir

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The Shelf / The quiet grief of becoming ordinary

19 June 2026
There’s a very specific kind of heartbreak that arrives on a random Tuesday—one morning, you simply wake up and realise that the big, successful life you had envisioned for yourself as a child is not quite the same as the quiet life you are leading now.
19 June 2026
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Off Campus / Delving into Bangalee folklore through the world of Goheen

5 March 2026
Goheen is a card game built around characters and creatures from Bangalee folklore.
5 March 2026
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Anime / Why Love Through a Prism is this season’s quiet standout

26 February 2026
A quiet, romantic anime blending art school melodrama with breathtaking landscapes.
26 February 2026
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FROM PAGES TO PIXELS / A dream rewritten: Rokeya’s radical vision and its cinematic afterlife

5 February 2026
“There is no place on earth where women are safe,” declares Inés, the protagonist of Isabel Herguera’s animated film Sultana’s Dream (2023).
5 February 2026
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ESSAY / The anti-dystopia: Why solarpunk is the future of science fiction

29 January 2026
For years, speculative dystopian fiction has trained readers to expect the worst: scorched planets, collapsing governments, ruthless technologies, and futures where survival is the only victory left. Solarpunk pushes back against that narrative. Instead of asking how the world ends, it asks a far more radical question: what if we fix it? What if cities worked with nature instead of against it? What if technology served communities, not corporations? And what if hope wasn’t naive, but necessary?
29 January 2026
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EVENT REPORT / NSU DEML Winter Fest 2025 celebrates storytelling, art, and youth voices

14 December 2025
North South University’s Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) concluded its first-ever Winter Fest spanning December 10-11, bringing together literature, performance, film, and visual art in a two-day celebration of creative expression on campus.
14 December 2025
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NEWS REPORT / NSU’s DEML ‘Winter Fest’ to debut with art, literature, and campus-wide celebrations

9 December 2025
A lively winter fair will present locally crafted accessories and seasonal favourites, celebrating community creativity and winter warmth
9 December 2025
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EVENT REPORT / Zia Haider Rahman on his award-winning novel at NSU’s Colloquium series

7 November 2025
The Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) at North South University hosted a session of its Colloquium series titled “Zia Haider Rahman in Conversation with Dr Nazia Manzoor” on Tuesday, this week.
7 November 2025
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Stranger Things

With the news of the confirmation of Season 3 of this series being at the top right now, the excitement over Stranger Things is bigger than ever. Stranger Things is an American science fiction-horror Netflix
6 May 2018
Why is K-Pop so popular

Why is K-Pop so popular?

You might think you know a thing or two about K-pop if you've listened to Gangnam Style but K-Pop is so much more than this one song.
17 January 2018
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The struggles of being a bookstagrammer

I have been a book lover since childhood and I found various ways to spread the joy of reading. Now as a teenager, I have access to social media, which has not only broadened my horizon as a reader but also as a “bookstagrammer”.
20 September 2017
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Going Outside: A Guide for the Socially Awkward

If you are a teenager, there's a chance that you suffer from the symptom known as “social awkwardness”. Or you are a party animal who can and does socialise with literally everyone you meet and in that case, teach me your secret. Being less social is not a disability or disease which can be addressed by popping a pill or visiting a doctor.
14 December 2016
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