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Shababa Iqbal

Shababa Iqbal is an American journalist of Bangladeshi origin with a background in entertainment, fashion, literature, and youth-focused storytelling. You can reach out to Shababa by emailing shababa@icloud.com.

Seventeen years after his death, his music keeps finding new fans

Remembering Michael Jackson / Seventeen years after his death, his music keeps finding new fans

25 June 2026, 14:03 PM
People are digging up everything — live concert footage, the short films he turned his music videos into, grainy rehearsal clips — and it’s all circulating across social media. Some of them weren’t even born when he died.
25 June 2026, 14:03 PM
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Book Review: Fiction / When ‘Little Women’ turns to murder: Katie Bernet reimagines a classic

19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
What if Beth March in Little Women (1868) hadn’t died of scarlet fever, but had been brutally murdered instead?
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Review / ‘Michael’ captures the magic, but hesitates to confront the man

29 April 2026, 17:13 PM
At the heart of the film is Jaafar Jackson. To say he embodies his legendary uncle would be an understatement. He doesn't merely play Michael Jackson — he channels him, and watching him, I found myself forgetting, more than once, that I wasn't watching the man himself.
29 April 2026, 17:13 PM
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‘Big Mistakes’: Chaos, comedy and a perfect binge-watch

21 April 2026, 19:52 PM
If you are looking for a show that spirals gloriously out of control while still keeping things fun, “Big Mistakes” delivers exactly that. It is fast-paced, chaotic in all the right ways, and just self-aware enough to stay entertaining without tipping into exhaustion.
21 April 2026, 19:52 PM
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Essay / On ‘Bridgerton’: When romantic escapism clashes with the realities of class

10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Romance has never existed apart from inequality. The genre depends on distance—on obstacles that make love feel hard-won.
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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ESSAY / Romance, radical hope, and the modern happily ever after

27 February 2026, 00:05 AM
Few genres are as unapologetically optimistic as romance. At its core lies the Happily Ever After (HEA), a convention so fundamental that it often stands in for the genre itself.
27 February 2026, 00:05 AM
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ESSAY / ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’: Fan service and repetitive themes weigh down ‘Hunger Games’ prequel

9 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series has captivated pop culture with its bold take on tyranny, sacrifice, and resistance, spanning Katniss Everdeen’s blazing defiance in The Hunger Games (2008) to her final stand in Mockingjay (2010) against Coriolanus Snow’s cold cruelty.
9 April 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Nadaaniyan’: It’s time for Bollywood to wake up to unskilled star kids

Review / ‘Nadaaniyan’: It’s time for Bollywood to wake up to unskilled star kids

9 March 2025, 05:13 AM
There is a great debate about nepotism in Hindi cinema. It's upsetting for everyone when clearly unskilled children of famous people are paraded as readymade movie stars, increasing the rift between the haves and the have-nots and highlighting the inequities of various systems across the screen. "Nadaaniyan", starring Khushi Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan in the lead roles, is yet another example of this.
9 March 2025, 05:13 AM
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Meet the Eternals, Marvel’s group of immortal heroes

Marvel Studios released the first trailer of the much-anticipated “Eternals” recently, in which audiences saw a new band of superheroes. The introduction of these new characters is a keystone in the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
25 May 2021, 15:07 PM
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Bob Dylan at 80: Revisiting his memorable songs

Few artistes have been significant for as long as Bob Dylan. Throughout the years, he has remained one of rock music’s most influential and striking figures. Although his importance in the world of music can be talked about for days on end, we take a look at some of his most memorable songs, marking his 80th birthday.
24 May 2021, 05:48 AM
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Remembering Satyajit Ray, the cinematic genius who left a benchmark

Satyajit Ray, one of the world’s finest directors, producers, screenwriters, and authors, was born on May 2, 1921, in Kolkata. He died on April 23, 1992. This year marks his birth centenary.
1 May 2021, 05:44 AM
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Oscars 2021: The most diverse yet

Even though the 2021 Oscars were arranged in the midst of a pandemic, it had its silver linings. The ceremony marked a moment of real change, when it came to celebrating diversity.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Revisiting memorable roles of silver screen’s ‘Mishti Meye’

We recently lost one of the most celebrated actors of the country with the demise of Sarah Begum Kabori. Born on July 19, 1950, she started acting in films from the age of thirteen, with the Subhash Dutta directorial, “Sutorang”.
23 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Art galleries operating cautiously amidst countrywide lockdown

Art galleries and event spaces are operating cautiously during the countrywide lockdown, with most of them postponing their public programmes and exhibitions.
5 April 2021, 10:20 AM
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Behind the book covers

Having graduated from the University of Dhaka’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Sabyasachi Hazra’s work first gained momentum in 2005 and today, is a mainstay during the Ekushey Boi Mela.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
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Revisiting A T M Shamsuzzaman’s memorable roles

The five-time National Film Award winner was also a prolific screenwriter. Although A T M Shamsuzzaman’s importance in the world of cinema and television can be talked about for days on end, his greater legacy was that of a humble and witty artiste, whose passion for his craft was unparalleled. That being said, let us revisit a few of his notable performances.
26 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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How effective is art as a form of protest?

In today’s climate of fake news and alternative facts, social and political truth can be inconsistent and fragile. Artists, like journalists and activists, need to define the truth and defend it.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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The show goes on

Nonetheless, braving challenges, towards the end of 2020, theatre artistes in Bangladesh slowly resumed work.
5 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Youth mag ‘Quirky’ launched

Worthy Publications launched their first ever monthly magazine, Quirky, at Prezzie café in the capital’s Dhanmondi on Friday. The publication will be like the Reader’s Digest, with segments devoted to health, advice, lifestyle, entertainment, business, food, travel and literature.
24 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Revisiting Soumitra Chatterjee’s iconic roles

We recently lost one of the most celebrated Bengali actors with the demise of Soumitra Chatterjee. Having started his film career in 1959, the actor went on to play an array of memorable characters over the years.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Looking back at Humayun Ahmed’s celebrated films

Humayun Ahmed would have turned 72 on November 13, 2020 (yesterday). Although formally trained as a chemist, Ahmed found his true calling as a writer.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Last Night We Went to Manderley Again

An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca seemed especially well-timed, with its theme of imprisonment at home, as well as the timeless pull of social expectations on one’s identity.
31 October 2020, 14:16 PM
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Reopening holds prospects and pitfalls for bookstores

As Covid-19 infections continue across the country, several bookstores in the capital are creatively rebooting.
19 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Returning to the sets and releasing movies - Filmmakers weigh in

The coronavirus outbreak left numerous Bangladeshi films in an indeterminate state, as film shoots and cinema theatres were forced to shut down for months.
2 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Roald Dahl movie adaptations to fall in love with

With Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory being a literary classic, a film adaptation was inevitable. The 1971 fantasy film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, was mildly successful but reviled by critics at the time, and even by Dahl himself.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Submission and surveillance in Suzanne Collins’ dystopia

Twelve years ago, Suzanne Collins introduced us to The Hunger Games (Scholastic Press), a dystopian world where children fight to their televised deaths in a brutal annual competition.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Shows to catch up on while staying indoors

As we stay at home to curb the spread of the coronavirus, we finally have some time to catch up on all the popular shows that everyone is always talking about.
24 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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The club for every girl

I came across Kristy’s Great Idea, the first book of Ann M Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club legacy, at 16, in my school’s library in Qatar.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM

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