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EVENT REPORT / When dreams refuse to stay silent

9 September 2025
The launch brought together literature, art, and reflection, marking the arrival of Breaking Dreams as a work that speaks both to individual lives and to the wider social realities of Bangladesh.
9 September 2025
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / No heroes in Shonagachhi

20 August 2025
Don’t mistake A Death in Shonagachhi for a murder mystery, or you’ll be setting yourself up for disappointment. Some moments will remain unexplained, threads will refuse to tie neatly, and certain ends will stay frayed. Strictly speaking, Rijula Das’s explosive debut can be classified as literary noir. More poetically, it is a soul-baring depiction of a community built in the most unexpected of places—a testament to resilience in the face of crushing blows, and a promise that love can overcome the agony of circumstances beyond one’s control.
20 August 2025
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / All our heroes end up dead

6 October 2024
Review of ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ (Sort of Books, 2022) by Shehan Karunatilaka
6 October 2024
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REVIEW: SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH / Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding": The uglier side of holiday parties

22 December 2021
Two years ago, I read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Christmas Tree and the Wedding”(1848), and even though I don’t celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense,
22 December 2021
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian': Surrealism and suffering in South Korea

24 November 2021
Han Kang’s atmospheric novel, The Vegetarian (Portobello, 2016), is an evocative look at the psychosis of a woman plagued by her own humanity. In a masterstroke,
24 November 2021
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