The puppets we become: Reading Manik Bandopadhyay in 2026

In 2026, this narrative cuts deeper than ever. Millions live as modern Shoshis — outwardly functional yet existentially adrift.
19 May 2026, 09:30 AM

Kaarina Kaisar’s death and the politics of cruelty

For many young Bangladeshis living abroad, content creators like Kaarina meant something special.
18 May 2026, 09:00 AM

Sword fighting in my head

Writing, at its core, demands a degree of honesty after all.
15 May 2026, 09:30 AM

The lost art of coffeehouse conversations

From London’s ‘Penny Universities’ to Dhaka’s modern cafés, coffeehouses have long shaped conversations, ideas, and human connection.
8 May 2026, 09:23 AM

How not to use AI in children’s education

Global AI frameworks often focus on optimisation, yet they overlook a unique reality of early childhood.
5 May 2026, 15:22 PM

Are your thoughts, feelings and actions really your own?

These processes explain how the emotional atmosphere around us can shape our thoughts, mood, and even our perceptions.
23 April 2026, 09:00 AM

When work and leisure fail, does protest fill the void?

If work cannot sustain meaning, and leisure cannot restore it, people will create new spaces where both can be reclaimed.
17 April 2026, 16:00 PM

How Asha Bhosle became the voice that refused every box

Asha Bhosle’s revolutionary voice dismantled cultural binaries, mirroring the complex evolution and spirit of South Asian womanhood.
13 April 2026, 13:48 PM

Learning to love the hyphen: Bangladeshi-American

After I returned to America from my first trip to Bangladesh, I felt more confident.
11 April 2026, 15:03 PM

Living as a stranger in the West: Rethinking the ‘migration crisis’

Human society is a product of migration. The first migration of our ancestors is believed to have been confined to the African continent, almost 100,000 years ago.
8 April 2026, 12:59 PM

Hope is like an art

Hoping is not just a feeling; it is more about thinking in a certain way.
3 April 2026, 14:45 PM

Can 12 Angry Men teach architecture students how to think?

A bad jury protects the old world from inconvenience. A good jury risks being altered by what enters the room.
1 April 2026, 10:30 AM

In the frozen kingdom: My Antarctic expedition

The expedition began in Ushuaia, Argentina, widely known as the southernmost city in the world. From there, we boarded an expedition vessel operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, setting sail into the unpredictable waters of the Southern Ocean.
31 March 2026, 13:05 PM

Waiting out the Iran war: Doha diary II

By 11 March, I was one of the few transit guests remaining in the hotel.
30 March 2026, 10:00 AM

The Bangladesh delta plan: Between certainty and reality

The models were not wrong, exactly. The science was sound. But the models were answering questions that nobody in that room had asked. We had travelled eleven hours to show people a mirror, and the mirror was reflecting something they did not recognise as themselves. It was reflecting us, the experts, not them, the locals.
21 March 2026, 15:00 PM

Doha diary: A historian amid the Iran war

On 28 February, I was woken around 8 am by a strange sound from my cell phone.
15 March 2026, 17:03 PM

One city, different nights

Inequality is not hidden; it is right in front of us, every night.
27 February 2026, 17:00 PM

Crossing the river in Dhaka: The last hundred meters

Later visits took me away from Dhaka, into small villages in the southern deltas. Again, into a world I did not know existed.
26 February 2026, 17:00 PM

In the shadow of distance: Bangladesh, memory, and the diasporic imagination

Among expatriates in Sydney—where the Bangladeshi community has grown steadily over the past two decades, driven largely by international students—there persists a lament about corruption’s corrosive reach.
25 February 2026, 12:42 PM

A first vote, a quiet hope

Casting my first vote felt like pride. It also carried a trace of guilt, the awareness that every choice means rejecting another.
15 February 2026, 13:55 PM