You aren't required to love yourself to accept yourself

You don’t owe the world pretty, but you owe yourself kindness
9 November 2025

We are losing empathy, and it’s not our fault

Empathy used to be something we carried naturally, almost like a part of our identity.
6 November 2025

Living experimentally in a goal-obsessed world

You don't need to find your grand purpose before you begin. You just need to design your next small experiment.
3 November 2025

Do we really need to own what we love?

The freedom is to see beauty without claiming it and to love without needing to possess it.
2 November 2025

Why we dream big but struggle with small acts

Perhaps saving the Earth really does start with helping Mom do the dishes. Because dishes are real.
20 October 2025

What Bangladesh can learn from C. N. Yang’s legacy

As Bangladesh aspires to transform itself into a knowledge-based economy, Yang's story carries both inspiration and instruction
19 October 2025

What are we really running from?

The moment a meeting lulls, a conversation pauses, or a task feels a bit too long, my phone is in my hand. It lights up. And I’m gone.
12 October 2025

In praise of slowness: Rethinking life in a fast-moving Bangladesh

Slow living isn’t just a trend – it’s a necessity in the fight against burnout, anxiety, and stress related to climate change
10 October 2025

The art of staying calm in an angry world

Both our genetic makeup and past experiences impact our brain's chemistry, which in turn affects how we respond to different situations
7 October 2025

The art of slow seeing: Meditations from rickshaw rides

In truth, we are all passengers, seated on different rickshaws of life.
5 October 2025

Are we hardwired for unhappiness?

The sad reality about humans is that we are not wired for happiness. Natural selection prioritises survival and reproduction, which does not necessarily involve being happier. People are now less happy than they ever have been. This is not just an abstract philosophical issue; it is becoming a national concern. 
23 June 2025