How to help children fall in love with reading
8 August 2026
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Why Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey disappoints in its portrayal of women
7 August 2026
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10,000 steps a day: Health myth or medical fact?
6 August 2026
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Why Dhaka University should rethink its rules for female students
4 August 2026
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Inherited Memories / One railwayman's line-box, three eras of history
2 August 2026
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The strange grief of seeing our parents age
25 July 2026
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After the PhD: The loneliness nobody talks about
22 July 2026
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The Palestine lesson from Spain's World Cup victory
21 July 2026
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The memories hidden inside my grandmother's tureen
14 July 2026
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What Bangladesh lost with the Baibari Ghar
5 July 2026
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Why does a thinking woman frighten us so deeply?
A woman who thinks critically, questions inherited structures, or demands equality disrupts generations of conditioning about what a ‘good woman’ should look like.
2 June 2026
After Baba, Eid was never the same
Losing him changed not only me but also the entire atmosphere of our home.
30 May 2026
From Dhaka to Down Under: Eid through my lenses
To me, Eid is not just a religious festival but a reminder of love, family, traditions, spirituality and the beautiful mayhem of growing up in Bangladesh.
28 May 2026
A solitary Eid in the dream country
There are so many tremendous political analyses and explanations of this war that can contribute significantly to the field of knowledge. But for me, this war refers to a cancelled ticket and a postponed celebration.
22 May 2026
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
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
Sword fighting in my head
Writing, at its core, demands a degree of honesty after all.
15 May 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hope is like an art
Hoping is not just a feeling; it is more about thinking in a certain way.
3 April 2026
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
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
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
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
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