Maruf Ahmed

The refusal to write beautifully is often justified in the name of neutrality, of detachment, of discipline.

The ministries, courts, and city halls of today stand like fortresses, detached from the lives they are meant to serve.

In Dhaka, trees are treated as expendable. They are cut down for road-widening with no plan for replacement.

Better design will not end campus violence, but it can change its temperature.

Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Louis Kahn’s renowned creation in Dhaka, was never just a structure of concrete.

The fine arts institute reminds us that liberation also happens in silence, in shadow, in slow-burning wisdom.