I am the older sibling but I don’t feel like it
My younger sister refuses to acknowledge that I am indeed the older one.
22 January 2023, 14:59 PM
Journaling in times of turbulence
“Do you sometimes think that the world is unfair?” This is a question I know I will never get a satisfactory answer to. In fact, I would get no answer at all because I always pose this question to something that never answers, only absorbs – my diary.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Journaling in times of turbulence
Journals are my way of preserving time and retrieving sand-like memories.
15 December 2022, 14:59 PM
The struggles of finding sportswear for women
Of all the countless obstacles between a woman and sports, one is her clothes.
8 December 2022, 00:00 AM
Finding myself in Orhan Pamuk books
It is also etched in the corners of multiple pages of the notebook I am writing this draft in. It is on my passport, also on my pajamas. It is the word the world knows me by—my name. Specifically, my last name, Nuri.
2 December 2022, 08:55 AM
The strange exclusivity of Dhaka University Central Library
It’s not allowed for the students to physically browse bookshelves in the Dhaka University Library.
3 November 2022, 00:00 AM
To the muse
Put up my notebook on a shelf, And laid in its sheaves a crimson rose.
20 October 2022, 00:00 AM
How students outside Dhaka miss out on opportunities
As much as we rant about how unlivable Dhaka city may be, most of us would blink in disbelief at the thought of having to move out. We are tied to this city — by obligations and attachments alike.
13 October 2022, 00:00 AM
I am a 1000 taka note and I feel unwanted
Unlike most of you, I don’t have the luxury of determining my self-worth.
11 September 2022, 17:23 PM
Do you look at the moon?
The unpredictability of the moon brings us closer to ourselves.
2 September 2022, 15:29 PM
Bangladeshi stand-up comedians can do a lot better
The local stand-up scene has often disappointed, but it can do better.
31 August 2022, 17:28 PM
The grief of losing a skill
When I find myself sliding into the endless pit called writer’s block, I turn to prolific writers.
7 July 2022, 01:00 AM
Too much self-help doesn’t work. Here’s why
There is no end to the pursuit of self-help.
19 May 2022, 02:00 AM
Making a case for the quiet kid in class
Itroverts too can socialise, but within certain limits.
11 May 2022, 19:12 PM
Christy Lefteri's 'Songbirds': The invisible life of migrant domestic workers
“Absence is the highest form of presence.” This Joycean quote could not be truer for Nisha.
13 April 2022, 18:00 PM
From the minarets, all their dark secrets revealed
Certain identities can strip people of their right to identify as humans. These people find their existence undesired, their rights, freedom, choices unguarded.
5 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Generic business competition desperately tries to surprise everyone
Bumble Bee Business Club, the university club in which members wear suits in the blistering summer and pretend to run an actual organisation, has announced the date for their flagship event RantWitz 2.0.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Elif Shafak's 'Black Milk': Can a writer be a mother too?
Black Milk is an autobiographical documentation of Shafak's hesitation, anxiety, perplexity, and self-discovery as she is about to enter the phase of motherhood.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM