Why this year’s Nobel-winning brain technology matters to you
7 October 2026
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Wisdom
Why do humans naturally drift to the left?
6 October 2026
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Wisdom
From chai to shampoo: The extraordinary journeys of ordinary words
6 October 2026
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Wisdom
Between Bangladesh and Australia: Learning the rules of freedom
5 October 2026
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Wisdom
When loyalty decides what counts as facts: Welcome to the age of epistemic fragmentation
3 October 2026
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Wisdom
Revisiting the origins of Sufism: Competing narratives of authenticity and borrowing
2 October 2026
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Wisdom
International Translation Day 2026 / Beyond equivalence: Translation and the politics of being understood
30 September 2026
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Wisdom
Between Ghumparani masi-pisi and Baby Shark: Why Bengali lullabies still matter in the age of screens
30 September 2026
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Wisdom
Not love at first sight
29 September 2026
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Wisdom
How far can devotion take us? Radhe Jaggi’s BHAKTA explores the sacred
28 September 2026
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Why this year’s Nobel-winning brain technology matters to you
New brain technologies are transforming neuroscience by enabling scientists to visualise, measure and control neuronal activity with unprecedented precision.
7 October 2026
From chai to shampoo: The extraordinary journeys of ordinary words
Everyday words carry histories of trade, migration and cultural exchange, revealing how languages evolve as people and ideas travel.
6 October 2026
Why do humans naturally drift to the left?
Why do many people instinctively drift left when walking? Scientists found the pattern, but not its cause.
6 October 2026
Between Bangladesh and Australia: Learning the rules of freedom
Young Bangladeshi students in Australia face a freedom gap when sudden independence outpaces their experience of autonomy and responsibility.
5 October 2026
When loyalty decides what counts as facts: Welcome to the age of epistemic fragmentation
Epistemic fragmentation is eroding shared reality as political loyalties, declining media trust, social media and AI reshape how people judge facts.
3 October 2026
Revisiting the origins of Sufism: Competing narratives of authenticity and borrowing
Sufism emerged from Islamic spiritual traditions while interacting with Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and local cultures across its historical development.
2 October 2026
Beyond equivalence: Translation and the politics of being understood
True linguistic diversity demands going beyond translation equivalence to preserve cultural memory and fundamental language rights.
30 September 2026
Between Ghumparani masi-pisi and Baby Shark: Why Bengali lullabies still matter in the age of screens
Bengali lullabies nurture language, emotional connection and cultural memory, but screens are reshaping how children experience childhood.
30 September 2026
Not love at first sight
Second Impression at Bengal Shilpalay challenges instant perception, revealing how patience, memory and repeated looking deepen contemporary art.
29 September 2026
How far can devotion take us? Radhe Jaggi’s BHAKTA explores the sacred
Radhe Jaggi’s BHAKTA uses Bharatanatyam to explore devotion, surrender and the many ways humans give themselves to the sacred.
28 September 2026
The moral hierarchy of pleasure: Who controls women’s bodies?
Across history, female pleasure has been regulated through religion, ritual, sexuality and property, revealing enduring struggles over bodily autonomy.
27 September 2026
My grandmother’s world: Partition, Shia traditions and memories of Old Dhaka
A grandson remembers his Dadi through food, faith, Muharram rituals and the enduring heritage of Shia Dhaka.
25 September 2026
The taste of childhood: Bengali food, family and memory
Bengali food preserves childhood memories, family traditions and cultural identity through recipes, rituals, seasonal flavours and shared experiences.
24 September 2026
Along the Kapotaksha, in search of Madhusudan’s river
The Kapotaksha River connects Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s literary memory with the urgent environmental struggle to preserve it today.
21 September 2026
Where did gold come from?
Gold and other heavy elements were forged in violent cosmic events, linking the matter around us to stellar history.
20 September 2026
Do we understand the children we try to teach?
Understanding children’s development, needs, interests, and learning differences must come before designing curricula, lessons, assessments, or teaching methods
18 September 2026
AI is here. Can Bangladesh’s education system adapt?
The young absorb the technology of their generation. Technology, however, cannot eliminate the human mind's curiosity. In a memoir, Asrar Chowdhury writes about the need for educators to adapt in the age of AI.
17 September 2026
Why are we in such a hurry to live?
Productivity culture turns our 20s into a race for achievement, making rest feel like failure and ambition feel never-ending.
15 September 2026
Why I chose teaching over a corporate career
A daughter who vowed never to teach discovers how her father’s sacrifices transformed teaching from burden into inheritance.
14 September 2026
The moral hierarchy of blood
The blood itself has no opinion on any of this. It cannot announce whether it belongs to a soldier, a bride or a girl on an ordinary Tuesday. Menstrual blood is no more capable than the blood of a soldier, a sacrifice or a bride of announcing what it means. What changes is the social order into which it appears.
13 September 2026