The puppets we become: Reading Manik Bandopadhyay in 2026
19 May 2026, 09:30 AM
Wisdom
Kaarina Kaisar’s death and the politics of cruelty
18 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Wisdom
Sword fighting in my head
15 May 2026, 09:30 AM
Wisdom
The lost art of coffeehouse conversations
8 May 2026, 09:23 AM
Wisdom
How not to use AI in children’s education
5 May 2026, 15:22 PM
Wisdom
Are your thoughts, feelings and actions really your own?
23 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Slow Reads
When work and leisure fail, does protest fill the void?
17 April 2026, 16:00 PM
Wisdom
How Asha Bhosle became the voice that refused every box
13 April 2026, 13:48 PM
Wisdom
Learning to love the hyphen: Bangladeshi-American
11 April 2026, 15:03 PM
Wisdom
Living as a stranger in the West: Rethinking the ‘migration crisis’
8 April 2026, 12:59 PM
Wisdom
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