On (Dis)connection between Reading and Writing

Back in 2005 in California, I was reading Edward Said’s Power, Politics, and Culture. This book is a collection of twenty-eight interviews
19 April 2019

You Were Never Really Here

The eyes often grow heavy
19 April 2019

Necropolis

The empty lane of the cemetery was lit by the ancient stars flickering above. The wind had leaves dancing on their branches. It was a
19 April 2019

The Living Fountains

There is a buzz in the house this morning. Things are on the move. Nishat has taken full command, directing her troops to advance swiftly. I look at my watch and ask chotu to fetch my briefcase and the driver to get the car out.
19 April 2019

Stranger to Myself

MD Sharif Uddin's memoir Stranger to Myself: Diary of a Bangladeshi in Singapore was awarded best non-fiction at the Singapore Book Awards in 2018.
18 April 2019

Muse of Baishakh

Baishakh is yet to show up,
12 April 2019

Pohela Baishakh My Bengali New Year Musings

Pohela Baishakh, in other words, got momentum as a kind of counter-discourse -- a vibrant collective and spontaneous response to the damming of the Bengali nationalist consciousness by successive Pakistani military governments working in cahoots with Muslim League politicians.
12 April 2019

Hunting for Hilsa

My mother told me to get a big Ilish maach for Pohela Baishakh. My face went pale. However much I claimed to love my mother, I had no wish to go to the maachher bazaar.
12 April 2019

The Charyapadas: Where Bangla Began

Creating the world and nirvana on their own,
12 April 2019

My Aunt Summer, a Sonnet

Summer! My aunt in red, redundant words,
12 April 2019

TOMORROW'S NATION BUILDERS

Ecstatic high achievers and proud parents of tomorrow's nation-builders filled the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium
6 April 2019

“Novels cannot always be made only with the Imagination and the Pen”: A Talk with Mostofa Kamal

Novelist Mostofa Kamla was born in the village of Andharmanik under Barisal district on 30 May 1970. He started his career as a
5 April 2019

The College Professor

My cousin Nirmalya was born and brought up in Delhi. He would visit us in Kolkata occasionally while visiting his ancestral home and
5 April 2019

Two Poems

Autumn leaves are seasoned
5 April 2019

The Last Burger

A brown, robust dog looks on anxiously while sitting at a busy intersection of the city. The male dog has chosen a dark and safe place
5 April 2019

Touring the Land of the Lake Poets

The picturesque mountainous area in the north-west part of England, commonly known as the Lake District, is a top favorite tourist
5 April 2019

Freedom Fighter

Ever-undaunted, I am heading forward, ignoring all obstacles,
29 March 2019

Melancholy Medicine

60 mg of Prozac
29 March 2019

Sodium: (Na)mesake

Have you seen my City?
29 March 2019

Cricket and Visions

On March 18th, a poet named John was hit in the eye and knocked out by a ball while playing an informal game of cricket. Perhaps
29 March 2019