Syeda Afrin Tarannum

In this interview, Anisa reflects on her time at East West University, which remains a cherished chapter.

In the early 2000s, United International University (UIU) was new — a campus finding its identity, a community still taking shape. Among the students who walked through its doors as part of the one of the very first batches in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) was Md Faisal Kabir.

The weight of the loss that the survivors have collectively endured cannot be erased from their minds, nor can we take away the grief they are yet to learn to live with. However, what we can offer those affected by the event is utmost consideration and support.

In Materialists, a lot is said and even more is done, but without the same level of investment, or the imperceptible longing that would inevitably lead to the sequence of events that unfold. 

The systemic barriers that hinder girls’ pursuit of education have continued to remain deeply ingrained in our society.

There is something to be said about the innate process of otherising a person with disability, and pushing them out of the group of the ‘norm’ and into the group of the ‘exception’.

An almost unavoidable part of discussing relationships in today’s world would be Gen Z's relationship terminology

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