‘Belonging’: Sonia Gandhi memoir set for November 10 release
19 August 2026
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Books
John Cusack backs NEET protesters, shares Arundhati Roy’s article
24 July 2026
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Entertainment
Flash Fiction / The knife seller
18 July 2026
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Books & Literature
Veteran singer Ferdausi Rahman’s autobiography launched at Bengal Shilpalay
8 July 2026
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Books
What Jamir Nazir’s Commonwealth win tells us about literature in the age of AI
3 July 2026
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Literature
The Shelf / The quiet grief of becoming ordinary
19 June 2026
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The Shelf
What to read / What we’re reading this week
14 May 2026
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What to read
Book Review: Nonfiction / Fara Dabhoiwala’s history misses the one thing that truly matters
1 May 2026
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Non-fiction review
Reflection / Harper Lee at 100: An enduring echo of justice
28 April 2026
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Literature
Tribute / Humayun Azad and the courage to dissent
24 April 2026
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Books & Literature
Two Poems by Maruful Islam
The last traces of water evaporate from the beak of the wind
19 January 2018
Through Time and Tide
Boats: A Treasure of Bangladesh acts as a paean to the ancient, yet now sadly dying craft of naval carpentry in Bangladesh. Its roots in the region go back far enough for Ibn Battuta...
19 January 2018
From an untitled,unfinished, unpublished 1971 story
I knew it was Tipu, without even looking at the blanket-wrapped body they were carrying on their shoulders. I knew it was Tipu, because as always, he had filled up every space with his presence. He was my only child, and I often
19 January 2018
Syed Manzoorul Islam: “A Veritable Man of Letters”
Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam – or SMI sir, as he is popularly known to us, his current and former students – is one of the most dynamic people I know. I first met him about twenty-five years ago in an undergraduate classroom where he
19 January 2018
Unknowable
how do you explain that love
is a monstrous shape-shifting beast
12 January 2018
Grief Tourist
Stepping into unknown spaces,
12 January 2018
Bewitching Heidelberg
Much like the famous German song “Ichhabmein Herz in Heidelberg verloren” by Fred Raymond, which later became the theme song of
12 January 2018
Music, the Goddess of Passion
I confess: music for me is intimate. I don't know about genres and canons. Nor do I know the reasons that compel a composer to
12 January 2018
Myanmar's Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other”
As Bangladesh continues to grapple with the massive influx of Rohingya refugees, an unprecedented spotlight has been shone on the
12 January 2018
Why I started writing in English
I am Bengali. I am a writer.
12 January 2018
Artemis - A porter's guide to the moon city
I haven't read “The Martian” yet, but the reviews steaming with overwhelming appreciation definitely had me hyped for the author's latest title, Artemis. Did I enjoy my first Andy Weir book? Keep reading.
10 January 2018
Inspirational, Imaginative, Unconventional-Razia Khan Amin
There is hardly anything anywhere in the net to indicate how good Razia Khan Amin (1936-2011) (aka Razia Khan, or Mrs. Amin to us
5 January 2018
Imagination's winter
When snow falls, people at a distance
5 January 2018
Rediscovering Origin
These two questions happen to be at the heart of human knowledge and rationality, and the focal point of Dan Brown's ground-
5 January 2018
SKETCHES ON A WIDE CAMPUS
This book's subtitle, Sketches from my Life gestures helpfully at the book's content for it is about the full and colorful life lived by its
5 January 2018
Specks of Dreams and Polarized Dusts
I fell asleep within my sleep and woke up to find myself in your dream, which is also mine.
5 January 2018
From Enchanted Delta
Nadeem longed to join the crowds in the streets. When no one was around, he watched his own face in the mirror as he improvised a
5 January 2018
Stairway to Wonderland
Past giant mountains, which collide with the blue linings of the abyss,
29 December 2017
Reincarnation
We were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, waiting for a table at a popular restaurant. There were only two benches and a chair arranged
29 December 2017
Reminiscing Comilla
This evening, it's my nose or maybe I've been getting intimations of the sweet odor of burning incense!
29 December 2017