Where I work

It can be a simple desk – tidy, organised, uninspiring. Or it can be an intricate and complicated affair – paints and brushes everywhere, messy, crowded. What does your workspace look like?
26 October 2015

Till we ‘meat’ again

I am not downright fat. Only 'reasonably' chubby. All right, maybe I am understating. My protruding potbelly leads the way I go and I sometimes have a hard time finding clothes that fit me. And I have a reputation of being a 'passionate' eater (read 'khadok').
12 October 2015

Did someone say saucy?

Sauces happen to be one of those things most people do not usually spend a lot of time thinking about. But that does not change the fact that the right use of the right sauce can either make or break your favourite dish.
14 September 2015

The CHA chronicles

Does it strike you as unusual when you come across someone who doesn't drink tea, or am I the only one? I mean, it's tea! This is what most of us start our mornings with.
7 September 2015

The tea of life!

Behind every tea drinking man, there is a woman! Some five years ago, Fahbin, my better-half, presented me with a pack of Chinese green tea. Not my first introduction to tea that is not black, but certainly one that was a spark.
7 September 2015

Taking a leaf out of nature

After the transitions from the crazy heat of summer and the storms and the drizzles of monsoon, nature seems to relax in autumn.
31 August 2015

My Barber, My Friend

Every man will attest to the fact that without their barber they would not look half as good.
24 August 2015

Stoplight: Dream Sellers

Anyway, my phone is dead. What can I do but to stare at the meaningless stoplights and weep quietly? Well, thanks to the wonderful, innovative, and relentless vendors of our streets, I can skip the weeping.
17 August 2015

Lidia May

Bangladesh is known for its RMG sector and the country has managed to make quite an impression in the international market in this regard.
17 August 2015

Bully for you

Bullying exists. How can someone move on from being bullied or live with the fact that they were bullies? Many may say that bullying is a natural behaviour that can be outgrown.
10 August 2015

Yearning for YOGA

To the uninitiated, the art of yoga, a mysterious, strict discipline with an ever-growing number of followers, can be hard to understand.
27 July 2015

Dhaka - The river city

Throughout human history, great rivers around the world have one time or another been polluted as industrialisation and urbanisation spread.
27 July 2015

Summer fruits this Ramadan

In close proximity, Ramadan followed summer, and with the heat and rain cycle, a month of fasting has started.
6 July 2015

Chef's Tools

The right cooking equipment can actually make all these much easier and yield amazing results.
8 June 2015

What's your name again?

If you are a new parent who is looking for names, choose one that is unique, melodious and has a good meaning. Bear in mind that your child will be known by it for the length of his or her life, so choose wisely and kindly!
25 May 2015

SHERWANI Shenanigans!

Firstly, let's talk about cut and style. Sherwanis of yore had a bulky, heavy appearance owing to the traditional, wide silhouette.
18 May 2015

YOU ARE NOT YOUR STRESS

Calendars and to-do lists are tools that you can use to cure your life from stress. Break down a big task into small one hour tasks.
27 April 2015

The Buddhas only point the way

IT was not to be any ordinary meeting. Now that the Buddha was gone, it became a growing worry that his teachings would become lost, misstated or corrupted.
27 April 2015

Bounty and beyond

Can our world stay this way forever? Trying to answer this reminds us of the world population. To feed all the human beings of the planet, science had to interfere: the world is bountiful, but even its bounty needed to be stretched and boosted in order to keep up with the growing population.
20 April 2015

Is your vet a safe bet?

NOWADAYS more and more city dwellers are opening their homes to animals of all kinds. Sadly despite that, our veterinary sector is quite poor and it seems as though it will remain like that for years to come. Even the most well known vets have their share of horror stories.
20 April 2015