Ore Ay Ay Ay

Rachel McDermott works as a Professor in Columbia University, USA. She studied Bangla in Santiniketan and started translating some of the songs and poems written on the Goddess, Kali.

Since their debut album, Saturate (2002), Breaking Benjamin had been making millions of fans all over the globe crazy with their unique sound until the band broke up over a copyright dispute in 2011.

Hip-hop, like any other musical genre, is complex and multi-faceted and has much more to offer than the flavour of the month Eminem song you can't get out of your head. Here are a few albums to start delving deeper intothe world of hip-hop:

It's widely believed that music has no language, and discovering new music is a wonderful thing.

This was the summer of 1990. I had taken a taxi cab to reach the Hawaii East West Centre in Hawaii, USA. I was selected by the centre to take part in a training titled 'Micro-computers in Demography.'

Ei Jibon Nodi Thame Jodi

The Desert Sessions I Wanna Make It Chu

There were three of us. We were all in our PhD programme under London University but when we met over lunch, we laughed and giggled like teenagers. One friend was from Zimbabwe, the other from Belgium and as well as myself.

Lokhkhe Thiki Pouse Jabo Aaz

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As part of Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit a leading TV channel included the names and short interviews of luminaries who came to Bangladesh from West Bengal and vice versa.

Lokhkhe Thiki Pouse Jabo Aaz Othoba Kaal

Snow (Hey Oh)

Tapan Mahmud and Sazed Akber have been elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Shongstha

Jedin Jenesi Bhasar Jonno

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Every time I hear the name Hemayetpur, it reminds me of a village where people send patients for mental health treatment.

A proper Bangladeshi sitcom has long been overdue.

For every tiny thing each of us is passionate about, there exists a “movies” list.