The Average Story of the Average
We all want to be normal. The irony, though, is nobody wants to be average. Yet, this very benchmark, the average, is our constant companion from the moment we realise anything in life to the moment we stop realising everything.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Garfield Sobers: 80 Not Out
Who do you get when you mix the left hand bat of a Graeme Pollock with the left and right arm pace of a Wasim Akram and a Glen McGrath?
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
SYD BARRETT
In the mid-1960s, psychedelic and progressive rock was emerging in the underground clubs in London. In 1965, Pink Floyd formed. By 1967, Syd Barrett, its co-founder, brought a breath of fresh air with Arnold Layne and See Emily Play.
13 July 2016, 18:00 PM
A Father's Thoughts on Father's Day
A good two hours before the clock struck midnight in the transition between Jun 18 and Jun 19, 2016, the newsfeed on my Facebook profile started to flood.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM
MUHAMMAD ALI: A CITIZEN OF BANGLADESH
I had the good fortune of participating in a 1999 BBC poll that asked people in the UK: who is the most influential sport personality of the 20th Century?
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone at 75
One of the most influential poet-singers of the last century, Bob Dylan celebrated his diamond jubilee (75 years) birthday on May 24, 2016.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The World of Mental Math
The boy arranged the numbers from 1 to 50. For the next 50, he reversed the order from 100 to 51. Each pair adds to 101.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Being a Part of the Journey
During the Silver Jubilee of The Daily Star, I realised, my first write-up was published in the paper in August 1993, almost 23 years ago.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Sum of All Human Knowledge
On Christmas 1991, Tim Berners Lee gave the world a gift. He decided not to patent the World Wide Web. This had a phenomenal effect.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Starting 2016 with Tomorrow's Bangladesh
On the first day of 2016, the Education Minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, flew balloons from the playground of Government Laboratory High School in Dhaka.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM
ALAUDDIN ALI: The King of Melody
It was 1971. Like many of his generation, Abul Umrah Mohammad Fakhruddin found himself at a crossroads of history. Guided by fate,
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM
UPENDRAKISHORE
Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur was the patriarch of the Mughal Empire. His son Nasiruddin Muhammad Humayun carried the mantle for his son Abul Fatah Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar.
2 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Two New Years in One Calendar
People have celebrated New Year either at the beginning of their solar or lunar calendar; or when nature sent fresh air.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
The Voice of the Bhati Regions of Bangladesh
Make a YouTube search: “SD Burman Cover Bangla”. See how many artistes have sung covers of Sachin Dev Burman's Bangla songs.
28 October 2015, 18:00 PM
The Still and the Moving Selfies
Nemesis learned that Narcissus refused the love of Echo. To punish him, she tricked Narcissus to a pool of water where for the first time he saw his own image as a reflection.
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Muhammad Ali: Little Jimmy's Friend
For Muhammad Ali, 1974 was a big year. That year he fought an epic fight against George Foreman for the Heavyweight Champion title that was taken away from him in 1967. The fight was known as The Rumble in the Jungle.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
The Only Records You Want to Break
In November 1951, Hugh Beaver, then CEO of Guinness Breweries went shooting birds with friends at County Wexford in Ireland.
9 September 2015, 18:00 PM
150 Years of Alice and Wonderland
On the afternoon of July 4, 1862, two Oxford Dons, Charles Dodgson and Robinson Duckworth, went on a boat ride up the River Isis, a tributary of the Thames. Three sisters – Lorina, Alice, and Edith – accompanied them.
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM
A Salty History
Where would we be without salt? In ancient Rome, we wouldn't earn a salarium. Salt derives from the Latin sal (and thus salary).
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM
John and Alicia In Thick and in Thin
We're always playing games. Sometimes we play together. Sometimes we play against each other.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM