Trilogies to Catch Up On

While everyone is stuck at home and following guidelines to stop any further spread of the coronavirus, this might be a good time to finally watch excellent and most importantly, fun movie trilogies to pass the time with loved ones, or yourself; no one’s judging. Here are a few.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

My Newfound Appreciation for Life at Home

I’ve been in the same outfit for days now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This oversized and worn in t-shirt has seen me on my best and worst days, and offered comfort on both.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Keep Your Mental Health in Check

As the death toll keeps rising and panic brews even more, we fear for ourselves and our loved ones.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Can social isolation lead to the end of our burnout?

Much like the confusion in defining self-quarantine and self-isolation these days, the line between “stress” and “burnout” falls very thin.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus: A Thought on Higher Education

The novel coronavirus pandemic has shuddered the entire world—people from all walks of life are going through unprecedented events and experiences.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Another day, another online class

I’d been looking forward to attending my first online class ever since they were announced.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITANISTAN

Spare me the pity,
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

When your parents are strict about music at home

Are you a music junkie? Do you have “Music is food for the soul” printed across your t-shirt? Congratulations, you are a certified person of culture according to the Internet. But does music not roll in your house? Please find below five solutions for when you are facing some issues in your preparations to become the next big thing.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Living with a Looooong Name

Being born into a Bengali family you’d expect your parents to name you something common like “Sujon” or “Protik” or something Arabic like “Omar”, but rarely something like “Jishad”.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Our fight with pandemics

Throughout history, time and again outbreaks have taken populations by surprise but human beings have always been able to walk out of the other end, although not completely unscathed but with new lessons that have helped them fight their next battle with the invisible enemy.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Young Professionals at Risk

We spoke to a few young professionals about their experiences to better understand the situation they have been dealing with.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

A PARADIGM SHIFT: The Case of AIUB

It is a hard fact that the high-risk sites for the spread of the Covid-19 are schools, colleges and university campuses.
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

LOOK FOR ME

People ask me where I’m
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

OPENING NIGHT

“Rasul! Hi, there’s a problem,” Misha said emerging from the dressing room. “The tailor accidentally delivered the wrong costumes. I’ve got 6 of the poor villagers dressed in giant hedgehog costumes. Didn’t you say they were doing some sort of odd animal themed play on the stage downstairs?”
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

CANVAS

With brush strokes of colour,
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Editorial

The upcoming Bengali new year will be like no other. There will be no songs early in the morning, no festive processions around the city,
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Books you can finally read (and finish)

Quarantining can be difficult for many of us. However, it provides the perfect opportunity to get started on that TBR list. The indefinite time we are spending indoors surely gives us the incentive to pick up those long novels that we shied away from all this time.
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

This is the final boarding call...

It baffles me how this quarantine period is making people go crazy. I, personally, have been having a ball; just this past week, I was out travelling across the land. I am very excited to tell you as well as welcome you, dear readers, to my home travelogue.
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Making art in times of a pandemic

Human life entails some degree of misfortune. At the core of misfortune lies uncertainty, which gives rise to an acute sense of powerlessness among people.
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM

The detachment I feel from cultural events

A red and white saree, a wrist full of bangles and a bucketload of excitement. I had it all. I was not yet four when my dad had been assigned to duty on Pahela Baishakh at Ramna Park.
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM