How did Nazrul perceive the world literature of his time? Was he widely read, and did he interact with the literary ideas shaping

I visited Havana, Cuba, in January this year. I was invited there to give a lecture on the significance of Fidel Castro and the reception of

On 25 October 1917 in Russia – 7 November in India – the Bolsheviks led an armed insurrection against Petrograd. News of the

Dearest, even if you won't love me

I want to write a letter to a woman from a time now past.

Digging his grave in a mine,

Women and children in masterly works of fiction tend to be endearing. From Bengal to Russia, the endearment lasts a lifetime;

Though times have changed, in the several visits I made to the US over the last twenty years, one headache has remained constant –

Light, heavy, or both? History offers the reader a choice among all three, or a combination of them.

At 80, which he reached on May 19, Hasnat Abdul Hye can look back, and certainly feel a sense of pride, accomplishment, and joy for a productive life, where he has not only been a leading bureaucrat of the country, but also a prolific author of distinction.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's entire life bears testimony to his lasting love and passion for Bangladesh and Bengalis.

Her hair

Mohammad Shafiqul Islam's book of translation, Aphorisms of Humayun Azad appears to be almost as pithy and barbed as the famous

Published as early as 1978, Rizia Rahman's Rokter Okshor is an acclaimed fictionalization of prostitution in post-Liberation War

A motorcar

As its title suggests, this is a collection of plays from South Asia which deal with the social and political performance of Islam in the

Let me dedicate my inaugural musing in this page to the writers of the Bangladeshi diaspora spread all over the world; after all, I

Last women's day, I saw many statuses on my news feed preaching many different things.

From 1891-1901 Tagore was continuously in Bengal. He used to come in Naogaon’s Patisar to observe the estate’s condition till 1937. His grandfather Prince Dwarkanath Tagore bought this estate in 1830. Actually to look after that estate Tagore came to Patisar in 1891.

This remarkable book records a unique feat. In sequenced essays, its many contributors led by their mastermind...