Flash Fiction / The knife seller
18 July 2026
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Books & Literature
What Jamir Nazir’s Commonwealth win tells us about literature in the age of AI
3 July 2026
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Literature
Reflection / Harper Lee at 100: An enduring echo of justice
28 April 2026
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Literature
POETRY / Take me to a hibiscus field won’t you
13 December 2024
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Star Literature
POETRY / Our Bangla
13 December 2024
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Star Literature
THE SHELF / Pages for freedom: Book recommendations for Victory Day
13 December 2024
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Star Literature
Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 92
14 May 2024
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Literature
POETRY / Be a tree
15 March 2024
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Star Literature
FICTION / The loss of essentiality
15 March 2024
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Star Literature
POETRY / THE OTHER WAY ROUND
8 December 2023
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Star Literature
AND SO THIS LONG EXILE
Two pieces of roti or a red earthen plateful
18 November 2016
Dhaka Lit Fest 2016: VS Naipaul raises the curtains
Nobel Prize winning litterateur VS Naipaul inaugurates the Dhaka Literary Festival, with this the three-day festival kicks off at the Bangla Academy premises.
17 November 2016
Nobel laureate VS Naipaul to inaugurate Dhaka Literary Festival Nov 17
Nobel Prize winning litterateur VS Naipaul is coming to Bangladesh to attend the Dhaka Literary Festival that will be held at the Bangla Academy on November 17-19.
13 November 2016
A Sojourn in Time
My long desired visit to Meghalaya this year in fact pushed me back to the landscape of the days we spent here taking refuge in 1971
11 November 2016
Meeting Liz
“No need to pay, I like you enough to give a free night,” Liz said to me.
11 November 2016
Nothing is Lost
He watched from his window as the seasons changed. There was no yearning in his gaze, just a weary observer looking through glass
4 November 2016
VERNAL VISUAL: MELBOURNE DIURNAL
The diurnal and the nocturnal gyrations of the earth, the magnetic and gravitational attraction and repulsion of the celestial spheres
4 November 2016
Into the Heart of Bengal
If literary delights are more to the taste than culinary, George Thompson englishes the improvised songs of the palky-bearers taking
4 November 2016
Bob Dylan breaks silence on Nobel Prize
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature earlier this month, has finally told the Swedish Academy that he will accept the prize.
29 October 2016
The Other Handmaid's Tale
I happened to be living in California when the twin towers were destroyed and, although a long way from New York, I observed
28 October 2016
Into the Heart of Bengal
“Most men carry weapons of defence with them. I carry none. A revolver was offered me before I started but I declined it. My
28 October 2016
The $900,000 question behind Dylan's Nobel
Many writers might give their right arm to be paid almost $1 million to deliver a lecture. But Bob Dylan's silence since he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature might mean he never sees the award money.
25 October 2016
Monster in Us
Nowadays I dream too much
21 October 2016
In This Winter
And these buildings wearing out this winter's heart –
21 October 2016
THE AIM OF YOUTH
This is 'youth' and the religion of 'youth'. We have no other country, no nation, no religion. Their cantonment belongs to no country,
21 October 2016
A TRUE MAN OF LETTERS:
Bernard Bergonzi, poet, literary critic and novelist, died on 20 September at the age of 87. He was born in the Southeast London suburb
14 October 2016
THE AIM OF YOUTH
My dear younger brothers!
14 October 2016
No response yet from Bob Dylan on Nobel literature prize win
Twenty-four hours after awarding Bob Dylan the Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy says it had still not managed to speak to the reclusive US singer.
14 October 2016
Awaking
I shall be waiting for you
23 September 2016
Are you a mere portrait painted on canvas?
Are you a mere portrait painted on canvas?
23 September 2016