In the face of death

The Plague, a philosophical novel, written by Albert Camus is considered one of the greatest novels of 20th century. Camus was an
12 March 2017

A girl's passage from tears to happiness

JANE Eyre is one of the finest novels by the English fictionist Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855). This novel tells us the story of an orphan
12 March 2017

Job-Makers in the making

AUTHOR: MD. SABUR KHAN
12 March 2017

The Poet and the Emperor

The Emperor became disillusioned &frustrated
10 March 2017

Kamal Chowdhury's soul-searching odyssey

A unique voice that combines passion and fire with utmost discipline, Kamal Chowdhury has been active in Bangladesh's poetry scene
10 March 2017

Language and the Presidency

I ended my last piece with a promise not to waste any more words on the self-publicist and arch-troll Milo Yiannopoulos. I break that
10 March 2017

Penetrative Tales on Social Aberrations

As far as the history of modern Bengali literature is concerned, references to Abul Mansur Ahmed's name come up as an inevitable
5 March 2017

Men-Women Relationship in Nineteenth Century Bengal

The story begins like this. Dr. Bilkis Rahman read the autobiography of noted author Mir Mosharraf Hossain and discovered a rosy
5 March 2017

Of Paths and Walkers

“WHAT is great in the realm of art might not be equally acceptable in the realm of morality; similarly what morality finds laudable
5 March 2017

New Books

Payraband kahini is a book of Puthi Sahitto (a special genre of literature written in a mixed vocabulary drawn from Bangla, Arabic,
5 March 2017

TO RABINDRANATH

You're still fresh in my mind,
3 March 2017

Lonely Star

Like a lonely star in the heaven
3 March 2017

NUGGETS FROM THE KOLKATA LITERARY MEET 2017

I have always been fascinated by the person and work of the great poet Javed Akhtar and so I am delighted to have a chance to hear
3 March 2017

Aphorisms of Humayun Azad

Aphorisms of Humayun Azad is the translation of Humayun Azad's groundbreaking book Prabachanguchchha. The
26 February 2017

Tabuo Bristy Asuk

'Tabuo Bristy Asuk' of Shafiqul Islam is a book of poetry. It was published in February, 2007. This book consists of 41
26 February 2017

Search for Self

Jhumpa Lahiri, a well-known voice of diasporic literature and very popular among the contemporary writers of world
26 February 2017

Poisoned Wells: A Tender Tale of Love and Death

when the well is dry,we learn the worth of water”—Benjamin Franklin
26 February 2017

Kamal Chowdhury's Poems

One born in darkness, The other in light
24 February 2017

The Inconvenience

The life of a jovial six year old boy
24 February 2017

NUGGETS FROM THE KOLKATA LITERARY MEET 2017

The Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet was held from 25-29 January 2017 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. There were two spectacular venues, one under a shamiana erected on the east side and the other within the quadrangle on the western side.
24 February 2017