Be Selfish For Once
My mother suffered from stomach ailments for over a year before she told anyone about it.
5 March 2015
The Bizarre, the Weird and the Fantastic
In my two years working with The Star, I had the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful magazine in a number of capacities. I wrote features, often helped with the editing and collected the entries for Star Diary and Write to Mita. Of all these responsibilities, I felt a particular affinity for Star Diary.
27 February 2015
STORY OF THE BANGLA PRESS
A teacher of a small village was so overwhelmed by the atrocities of the landowners or zamindars of colonial India that he decided to write something in protest.
20 February 2015
Rooted in Rythm
The music of the people for the people, by the people – that's probably one way of describing folk music. Shikor, a Bangladeshi traditional folk music band, will be representing the very roots of our culture at two international music festivals to be held in the UK this summer.
6 February 2015
KNOW THY FOOD
You'll not meet a Bangladeshi ready to pass up free food. In fact, Bangladeshis don't really mind paying for their food, either. As long as we get to eat and feed others, we are a happy bunch. However, our connection to food is limited to just the taste buds.
16 January 2015