Raian Abedin

A genre-bending melting pot of comedy, romance, action, and sci-fi, Dandadan feels like the beginning of something fresh in the world of shonen anime.

Adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s 2021 one-shot of the same name and directed by veteran animator Kyotaka Oshiyama of Studio Durian, Look Back is nothing if not about art and the human connections that give us all the more reason to pursue it.

A depiction of a form of love that is seeped in devotion despite everything.

As of writing this article, the official death count in the Palestinian genocide has surpassed 42 thousand lives. In my room, I quietly sit and read excerpts from Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (Portobello Books, 2015) in celebration of her winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Somehow, the taste of tear gas

Hold on to the hand of your lover. Because when the baton falls it will be between the spaces where we stand.

Rickshaw pullers were labelled as opportunists who were simply following the trend of making demands.

the way there was complete silence when you lied for the first time. You opened your eyes

It is the task— the responsibility, even— of anyone with a semblance of power to uphold the rights of those without. So when crisis befalls, why do we suggest escape to those who cannot?

Hope remains that private universities across the country will be able to foster a culture of research at a PhD level.

"Growing to love something, and allowing that to change me is not immediate, it is not profound. Nor is it something caused just by reading a handful of books"

Revisiting this album months after its release, I take away even less than when I initially listened to it front to back.

When there’s a lull in the air, I get the feeling that I’ve scraped the bottom of my fleshy insides.

The latest offering from the online literary journal feels, in many respects, like their most polished work yet

For many, a Master’s degree is an important opportunity to build their skill set and to create networks that will lead to newer opportunities

US university students protest Gaza war, face arrests, suspensions, expulsion threats.

The First Slam Dunk has, in many ways, perfectly distilled everything that makes sports anime good.

Kissing strangers only feels good

From start to finish, the movie plays with expectations as it unfolds each new layer only to reveal another aspect of the story.

When we speak of learning being efficient, it is important to remember that the traffic in Dhaka city really works against everyone.