‘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
Fiction and the unconscious
The outcome of the referendum seems certain to divorce us from the European Union. But Britain itself has already been internally fractured by an angry campaign full of dishonest threats and promises. The leading promoters of Brexit were mainly responsible.
29 July 2016
Breaking Writer's Block
Whether it's a page or screen devoid of words, writer's block can get crippling. Most of us know “advice” such as taking a walk, having coffee, changing writing tool or going on vacation, is hardly helpful.
27 July 2016
At Last, I Came Back
At last, I came back.
22 July 2016
LINES FROM EXILE
See, such a beautiful sparrow is
22 July 2016
The Man
It was midnight. The man was lying dead; his head had hit the edge of the sidewalk and then cracked open, the blood was slowly but
22 July 2016
Back to Printed Books
Lured by the countless “Addicted to the smell of books” posts and photos of stacks for summer reading, I decided that perhaps it might not be a terrible idea to revert back to paperbacks and hardcover books.
20 July 2016
New Books
New Books
17 July 2016
Mankind's power to overcome adversities
The novel “Mysterious Island” by Jules Verne is an adventure fiction which mixes mystery with mankind's power to overcome hostile circumstances. It was first published in 1874 written in a classical narrative form. This is really exhilarating for me to review this book after 150 years of its publication. Certainly, its writer Jules Verne has been successful that people still remember his works with honour which are still alive and unquestionably entertaining.
17 July 2016
Bangabandhu rejuvenated for children
Amid a plethora of books on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Husne Ara Shahed's “Amader Priyo Bangabandhu” comes as a praiseworthy venture.
17 July 2016
Mahabharata viewed in a new perspective
MAHABHARATA, an ancient Indian epic, literally means 'Great India' and propagates 'eternal truth' for humanity. Of all the epics of the
17 July 2016
MINDFUL MUSINGS - MELBOURNE JOURNAL
Work and hope: the salt and sugar of life. Our future is built on the foundation of these two elements. Grandma is reminded of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, from which
15 July 2016
An Acrostic
Not to embrace.
15 July 2016
The Leader
You are oblivious of the ache in your own heart...
15 July 2016
First Song before My Second Death
Is this the world whose soil gave away for long
1 July 2016
The Shame of Return
To catch the last train, I've kind of run all the way to the station and glimpsed
1 July 2016
West, East
The white woman and her husband fell into silence again. About a while ago the train was heading east, and now,
1 July 2016
Of REDS & Silver
Ever since the end of Harry Potter, I have been searching for a book that would grab a place in my heart like our beloved wizarding world did, and this is it.
29 June 2016
The Great Burial
The heron had dreams in her wings
24 June 2016
Traffic Lights
The traffic signal turned red. I was in the front seat. My nephew, Ron was driving towards home, thoughtful as he looked straight
24 June 2016
Of Music and Passion
The sargam falls silent
24 June 2016