Fiction / Sahara
29 August 2026
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Fiction
I have not eaten today. Not on purpose. I will eat later. I simply have not thought of it yet.
Poetry / The finality of nostalgia
29 August 2026
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Poetry
Poetry / Dinner time and death
29 August 2026
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Poetry
Literary Curtains / Patriarchy inversed: Reimagining Rokeya’s Ladyland in 2026
23 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Book Review: Fiction / A novel of radical softness
20 August 2026
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Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Cooking up heat
20 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Event Report / In Transit: The Third Annual Slam Poetry at North South University
19 August 2026
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News
Essay / Poet Shamsur Rahman’s drama translation: Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Marco Millions’
15 August 2026
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Essay
Interview / In conversation with Sonia Bahl: Author of ‘Eighteen Inches Apart’
What becomes increasingly evident across Bahl’s three novels is her sustained fascination with the emotional significance of almosts and maybes.
Event Report / Letters across a lifetime: The 20th staging of Love Letters
21 June 2026
On June 19, 2026, the occasion was the 20th staging of “Love Letters”, A. R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, translated and adapted into Bangla by writer and translator Professor Abdus Selim. Directed by veteran theatre actor and director Tropa Majumdar and staged by Group Theatre at the Dr. Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium, the production brought together the acting power couple, Ramendu Majumdar and Ferdausi Majumdar. Their performances transformed what could have easily been a simple reading of letters into something deeply intimate and profoundly human.
News Report / NSU DEML offers certificate course in creative writing for the second time
16 June 2026
The Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) at North South University is pleased to announce the second offering of its Certificate Course in Creative Writing, set to begin in Summer 2026. This innovative seven-week intensive program is designed to cultivate the next emerging literary voices by providing a structured, mentor-led environment that emphasises Bangladesh’s rich cultural narratives.
The shelf / 7 Asian healing fiction recommendations for rainy days
18 June 2026
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The Shelf
You know when the sky trades its brightness for a low, silver hue, and you wrap your fingers tightly around your tea, seeking that small, steady pulse of warmth. This is the essence of healing fiction. Often rooted in the Japanese concept of iyashikei, these stories focus on the quiet spirit through small, everyday moments. You may have already heard of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop or We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. While those popular favourites have opened a door for many, there are a few other tales worth the read.
Reflections / In the age of AI allegations
13 June 2026
Fiction / Body Selim
18 April 2026
War, in all its suffering
"Most children have two whole legs and two whole arms but this little six-year-old that Dinesh was carrying had already lost one leg, the right one from the lower thigh down, and was now about to lose his right arm.” Anuk Arudpragasam's powerful debut novel “The Story of a Brief Marriage” starts with this haunting description of a shrapnel-struck child being brought to a makeshift clinic and about to undergo
15 March 2018
The Tide of Nationalism in the Rise of Bangladesh
Nationalism is one of the most powerful political ideologies of the world and its wave still vibrates through the Indian subcontinent
9 March 2018
LOVE THE ENDURING KIND
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
9 March 2018
A Life Truly Worth Living
Say this, don't say that.
9 March 2018
ICONS, AUTOGRAPH HUNTING AND SAVVY ACTRESS-IN-TRAINING
I was never an autograph hunter. Never felt the urge, or the thrill, or the bragging right, or any of the rapid heart-thumping emotions
9 March 2018
Fairy Tales
“Up there he floats,
9 March 2018
Five Hours in Frankfurt
Living in Germany made it possible for me to pamper two of my deadliest indulgences: my addiction to chocolate and travelling.
9 March 2018
LOVE IN THE TIME OF TINDER
“Are you interested in spiritually inclined younger men?” My recent tinder match asked.
9 March 2018
Footprints of Million Lives
Darkness had fallen upon the graveyard of thousand lives, along with a cold breeze which swept away the rotten stench of dead flesh.
9 March 2018
Poetry
If we eventually are
2 March 2018
Postmortem of My Skin
Pasty green doesn't suit you. White makes you look darker. Why would you even dare to wear black? That's forbidden. Don't even think
2 March 2018
A G Stock's Memoirs of Dacca University
“The book is a memoir, not a history, and makes no claim to a historian's detachment or research.” With this statement, A G Stock
2 March 2018
Enduring Life
racing ahead
2 March 2018
BANERJEE VS. CHATTERJEE 1945
I know of Capt. Banerjee, Military Observer, only because he wrote feature articles for the Times of Saigon, edited by my father,
2 March 2018
Musing Lightly on the Issues of Translation
Recently, I have come across a significant number of Bangladeshi online journals, diligently invested in literatures in
2 March 2018
A melancholic, yet soothing read
Through her poetry anthology 'Elegiac Songs', Eeshita Azad does a wonderful job at describing the several stages of love, loss, joy and grief. The elegies reflect the contemporary style of her writing. The emotions conveyed in her poems are raw and presented without any sugar-coating. The book starts with a brilliant opening piece that grips the readers from the get-go.
28 February 2018
From Ekushey to International Mother Language Day and Beyond
Like every landmark day of every other country, Bangladesh's Ekushey February, or the 21st of February, 1952, has its roots decades
23 February 2018
Marginality, Borders and Existential Refugee-hood in the Chhitmahal
At this moment, when thousands of Rohingya refugees are sheltering in Bangladesh, the word 'refugee' gains new significance in the
23 February 2018
Remembering Professor Ahsanul Haque
We loved and respected Professor Ahsanul Haque as a teacher. He taught us in the Department of English, University of Dhaka, in the
23 February 2018
Refugees in the Public Imagination: The Conference that brought out Gripping Tales of (Dis)location and (Dis)placement
Refugee, migration and relocation have played prominent roles in literature and public spheres alike. In recent times for Bangladesh, it
23 February 2018
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