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Zoheb Mashiur

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The West, FIFA and Us: We're all being hypocritical about the World Cup

Pro-migrant, anticolonial discourse has been weaponised to support Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup
1 December 2022, 14:30 PM
1 December 2022, 14:30 PM
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Mermaids aren’t real, and neither is race

Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
11 October 2022, 12:00 PM
11 October 2022, 12:00 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: NON-FICTION / Declan Walsh's 'The Nine Lives of Pakistan': A journalist explains the country that banished him

In the middle of an Islamabad night, just before the Pakistan election of 2013, the Irish journalist Declan Walsh was visited by “angels”.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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COMIC REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY 2021 / An anarchist retelling of Tintin

The globetrotting hero-reporter, he of the blonde quiff and the plus four trousers, had many an adventure throughout a 46-year-long run under
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Revisiting the only book written by an Indian about the Indian soldiers of WWI

Tens of thousands of men sailed across the ocean to a land they’d never before heard the name of. They fought long and hard, in the world’s
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Dead Can’t Dance

The death’s head is panther-stalking her through the party. Bodies washed in neon pink ebb and flow, sinking and rising from the shadows as light thrums.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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The trap of Re-Orientalism

“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” wrote Rudyard Kipling, a man with a silly name who only had a career because West met East and immediately mugged it, running off with wallet, shoes and pants. Through Kipling’s pen, the British
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Fiction / World’s marrow

The old demon king was named Jael and he had a hunger for meat.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Shepherd

In the midst of storm, I have prayed to the Salt to calm his waters.
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM
A mansion

A mansion has many rooms…and stories

What Remains of Edith Finch is a game by Giant Sparrow about what death does to a family.
26 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Suicide and irresponsible speech

In the aftermath of someone's suicide it is inevitable that those left behind will comment.
26 July 2017, 18:00 PM
City of Magic

City of Magic

Risking his life Shakfat looked down at the street below him. It was a solid mass of cars, buses, giants, autorickshaws and a petni's bot gachh fitted with wheels.
14 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Everything you don't know is a lie

Using the powers of malicious stupidity you can avoid all of these confusing, upsetting thoughts and events that force you to criticise and develop yourself. All you have to do is convince yourself that everything that challenges your views is a lie.
9 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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What robots tell us about ourselves

When writing about robots, it's almost a reflex to begin by referring to them as an enduring science fiction trope – momentarily
31 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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Zen and the Art of Kung Fu Angels

"Pree Ashma. Yis-Asram, the Blooded One. Yis-Prama, Hansa and Prat Pavam, who temper my heart. Yisun Atru Vyam. Forgive me for this violence I am about to inflict.”
31 May 2017, 18:00 PM
WE'RE ALL PROPAGANDISTS

WE'RE ALL PROPAGANDISTS

If you're anything like me – alive and on social media – you've seen your fair share of people dissatisfied with modern life and the people who live it.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
SUPERSTAR

SUPERSTAR

The managing editor's real name is Vikram and there are rumours that the corpse of the last person to have addressed him by it was found in a canal.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Time to try Heroes of the Storm

Time to try Heroes of the Storm

Despite having provided the medium for the classic MOBA model as codified in DotA, Blizzard has elected to shy away from imitating this template.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY

There's this funny thing people do where they attempt to put themselves forward as intellectually superior but instead come off as silly and sad.
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Worldbuilding with Dhaka

Worldbuilding with Dhaka

Dhaka city can provide a wealth of inspiration for science fiction and fantasy.
19 April 2017, 18:00 PM
TV's Best Sci-fi Right Now

TV's Best Sci-fi Right Now

There is little in The Expanse's cold open of a lone woman in a spaceship having a nightmarish encounter that indicates it is the start of something remarkable.
12 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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How to breathe in Dhaka

You had best learn to take care of yourself and your loved ones
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
THE TEETH OF MAN

THE TEETH OF MAN

Ten thousand were the teeth in Mashgaru's smiling mouth, with still more hidden until needed.
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Drowning Lands

Drowning Lands

Though Dzong had never seen the sea before, his baby sister loved it.
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
How to BE a Pagri

How to BE a Pagri

In an age of globalisation we are at risk of having our own home-grown culture swamped by foreign imports.
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
How to Handle Information in 2017

How to Handle Information in 2017

The world is a complex web of events that may be geographically distant but have real and immediate consequences.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
DELETING FEELSBADMAN

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It is used to describe a state of sadness that appears long-term and unshakeable.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Chalice Hymnal

Chalice Hymnal

It is a sunless afternoon and a woman sits alone on her porch under the wind chimes. Bells and horns sound from the top of a great stone temple welcoming the evening tide. An unshaven man prowls the nameless alleys in the dead hours of the night, searching for you.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM

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