Creative Nonfiction / Our Eids and Puja in Azimpur
30 May 2026
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Creative non-fiction
Creative Nonfiction / Before the monsoon had a name
29 April 2026
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Creative non-fiction
Creative nonfiction / Growing up with a new nation: The Dhaka we once knew
28 March 2026
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Creative non-fiction
CREATIVE NONFICTION / The devil wears Maria B
7 March 2026
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Creative non-fiction
CREATIVE NONFICTION / From autumn to winter in the northeast England
7 February 2026
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Books & Literature
POETRY / ‘The Unnamed’ and ‘Incomplete’: Two poems
28 November 2025
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Books & Literature
LITERARY CURTAINS / Adaptation as misrecognition: ‘Siddhartha’ between text, philosophy, and stage
28 November 2025
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Books & Literature
CREATIVE NONFICTION / Of jasmines, departure, and desire for a déjà vu
21 November 2025
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Books & Literature
CREATIVE NONFICTION / The Solitude of ’69
19 November 2025
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Books & Literature
Vinayeki
Oh that angelic call, yet I cannot respond. I cannot open my mouth in fear of the burning pain overpowering my senses.
4 December 2023
Hunt
Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature.
3 December 2023
Baldwin in December
Baldwin was sitting right beside, smoking, killing time, thinking of love and loneliness, friendships and misfortunes. Of Martin and Malcolm.
2 December 2023
Séance In The 70's
Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature
2 December 2023
121/B, East Basabo
After my death, Nana sent a notice of eviction to all the tenants.
2 December 2023
Do not allow the soldiers to kill my doll! : SIX
Dad, do you know how to build a rocket?
Seems, you do not. You know nothing.
You are good for nothing.
1 December 2023
They raise their fists. Inside, I fall asleep to the sound of rain
The dumpster diver
and the plastic smoker
raised their fists. I was
in the solemn, trapped
1 December 2023
The poem
Ratan Da walked away, waddling the way he came from, whispering, “Don’t let it go to waste, don’t let it go to waste.”
25 November 2023
We’re still alive
We’re still alive/ but they wanted to die a natural death
24 November 2023
Diasporic delusions
Self-confidence shaken, some shattered memories in their side bags
24 November 2023
Of faith: Mother and memories
Back in 2006 at the age of 11, I was introduced to faith, in the most domestic way possible.
24 November 2023
They came out at sunset
The deeper the night, the louder the sound.
22 November 2023
Rapture
“Rapture’s coming, son. We best be happy when we embrace the Lord,” was all I heard him say as he pushed a needle into my arm.
21 November 2023
Game
My mother took me on her horse and started to ride south. I clutched my bleeding arm, the pain snapping me fully awake.
20 November 2023
The cabin
If you're Red-marked, you may be forever scarred.
19 November 2023
My scarlet incarnation
Being a woman comes to me naturally
If not me, then who?
I was never asked to be one
I was never asked to cook
17 November 2023
The progressive depiction of women in ‘Devdas’
In some ways, Sharatchandra places the blame for Devdas's ensuing sorrow on his lack of courage, made all the more noticeable in comparison to Parbati's courage in breaking social norms despite the dire consequences it could have for her.
17 November 2023
The Black Cat
This is a translation by Md. Abu Zafor of Bimal Guha’s “Kalo Biral” from the collection ‘E Kon Matal Nritya' (first published in 2022).
12 November 2023
Sindbad
Time to set sail for a new cruise, oh dear voyager Sindbad!
11 November 2023
Small dreams
On the heart of a place where heather blossoms,
Dreams of scattered bodies and burnt heath
Against the walls where children live
10 November 2023