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Adhora Ahmed

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FICTION / At home

This is the first time I let you in, but you’ve already made yourself at home. You are bumbling around in my kitchen, as though you have been making me tea for a lifetime.
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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FICTITIOUS, Volume 3 / Product Placement Gone Wrong

"But that's not McDonald's. It's MacDonwald's. Must be a knock-off."
28 July 2022, 00:00 AM
28 July 2022, 00:00 AM
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Response No. 39

"Thank you for choosing to take our survey."
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM
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Missing Bangla away from home

This nightmare made me realise how much I miss my mother tongue.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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Move Out Day

From my balcony, I watch the van load up with all their belongings.
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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PLAYWATCH / A Long Awaited Trip through Dune

Dune is a real treat to the eyes and ears.
24 October 2021, 13:33 PM
24 October 2021, 13:33 PM
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PLAYWATCH / 27 Years of Jeff Buckley’s Amazing “Grace”

Jeff Buckley's resplendent debut, Grace, turns 27 today.
23 August 2021, 12:21 PM
23 August 2021, 12:21 PM
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How Many Copies of the Same Book Do You Need?

The sneaky connection between publishing industries and your growing bibliomania.
11 August 2021, 18:00 PM
11 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Stringed

The lights dim as my will to live brightens. It's Thursday, which means I'll get a good night's sleep.
9 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Wedding in the Time of Corona

Like everything else, Covid-19 has impacted wedding plans of the youth. Despite the odds against them, some are going ahead with their plans, albeit at a much smaller scale.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Why Meena Is A Feminist Icon

I have to give Meena credit for teaching me things I probably wouldn't have learned at school, especially feminist causes.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Ascension of Sufjan Stevens

On September 25, prolific singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens released The Ascension, his latest solo studio album under Asthmatic Kitty Records.
4 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Are unpaid internships worth it?

Applicants naturally expect learning skills that will not only compensate for the lack of financial reward, but also help them in their careers. The question arises, however, whether unpaid internships meet such expectations.
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Snakes and Ladders

“Whose face did you wake up to this morning?”
7 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Kedi and Kukur: A Tale of Two Cities

Dhaka and Istanbul are both great cities. When it comes to cats and dogs, however, they're worlds apart.
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Dangers of Parasocial Relationships

Draw a line when it comes to your admiration for a public figure.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Which “Coffee House Er Shei Addata...” friend are you?

Every friend circle has a bit of Nikhilesh, Moidul, D'Souza, Roma Roy, Amol and Sujata in them. Which one are you?
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Debunking the Myth of the Tortured Artist

What do Vincent Van Gogh, Sylvia Plath and Kurt Cobain have in common?
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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How Much Content Is Too Much?

It's not like you couldn't find anything to watch; there's just too many of it.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Enigma

What was it like, meeting you?
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Playing with Memories

In most cases, nostalgia has three factors: time, place and people. One of these—time that has passed—is a constant in all nostalgic memories. What if I fooled around with the other two factors?
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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A Plebeian’s Guide to Dark Academia

Dark academia is about the idealisation of everything intellectual and scholarly: the smell of old books, candlelit libraries, classical music, fountain pens–that sort of thing.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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A Brain Cell Roundtable

Cells One, Two and Three have gathered for their meeting inside Mili’s brain. Take a seat, please.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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All About Whataboutism

In short, "whataboutism" is a device used to discredit and counter an argument by drawing attention to a similar or completely different topic, thus steering the discussion to an irrelevant lane.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Love Through Feline Eyes

Human? My Human, where are you?
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Wonderful Weirdness of WikiHow

You might start with tips on how to clean your bathroom, and before you know it you'll end up initiating black magic rituals on your siblings from another article.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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What TV Schedules Might Look Like This Eid

Dear viewers, Eid Mubarak from Moja TV! As you know, like everything else this year, Covid-19 has challenged the way we celebrate Eid. Fear not, for
20 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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Of Extraction and Yellow Filters

If you’ve been spending most of your days scrolling through Facebook, like most of us nowadays, chances are you have come across memes regarding the trailer of a Netflix movie called Extraction, which stars Chris Hemsworth and releases on April 24.
22 April 2020, 18:00 PM

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