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
Some Scattered Thoughts on the Russian Revolution
It seems our era has just stumbled upon its second major crisis—one brought about fascism. The rise of xenophobic racism, religious
27 October 2017
A novel swinging back and forth through time
Set in the North of London in the beginning, Zadie Smith's fifth novel, “Swing Time”, tells us the story of two childhood friends whose paths diverge as they grow up, and the challenges of growing up fuel the diversion.
25 October 2017
Chile poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer, deepen mystery: Experts
A team of international scientists says that Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer or malnutrition, rejecting the official cause of death but not laying to rest one of the great mysteries of post-coup Chile.
21 October 2017
How Cute Button Eyes Are, Really?
There are "children's" books which will make you travel down memory lane, and then there are "children's" books which will make you
20 October 2017
The Forty Rules of Love
This Turkish author has made her presence felt in the global literary scene with her ten novels over the last two decades. Among her
20 October 2017
Intriguing Statecraft and Enigmatic Politics
Looked at from a political perspective, Bangladesh will always seem to be a land of democratic upheavals and agitations that has
20 October 2017
Poetry
The language of self-deception—
20 October 2017
Government Employees of Bangladesh Another 'Diasporic' Community
“Take your belongings and head for the old dormitory. The dorm is a good one; it's located at the south-east of the college campus—
20 October 2017
Inside RADA for the First Time
Bret and I entered a cavernous RADA room, and not a moment too soon! What seemed like a thousand pairs of eyes stared at us as we
20 October 2017
Don't stop at this station
Paula Hawkins' bestselling thriller, “The Girl on the Train”, was something I was looking forward to because it was supposedly comparable to Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl - a thriller that blew our minds off. Nonetheless, the expectations fumbled as I gave it a read.
18 October 2017
Enchanted
You remind me of the ocean,
13 October 2017
Three Untitled Poems
slick-silvered fish
13 October 2017
A Backward City I'm in Love with
Honk, honk the automobile keeps sounding.
13 October 2017
Rebel Poet
One day he will sing his song.
13 October 2017
Metamorphosis of an Artist as a Heroic Man
The night of November 20th, 1993 was in many ways Kafkaesque for Rashid Karim, one of the major novelists of Bangladesh. The
13 October 2017
Of Ball Gowns, Corsages, and Tuxes
In more ways than one, an anthology is like an assorted box of candies; you never know what's coming next; 21 Proms is no exception to
13 October 2017
Political Economy of Unpeopling of Indigenous Peoples: the Case of Bangladesh
The word 'people' is a very common and widely used term but the prefix 'un' and the suffix 'ing' makes it perfect as the title of Political
13 October 2017
Kazuo Ishiguro's Craft of Recreating Memory and Forgetfulness
That Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature this year is significant for various reasons. The declaration of Bob
13 October 2017
An arson in utopia
“Most communities just happen; the best are planned” - is the motto of a perfectionist community, Shaker Heights.
11 October 2017
Capsule
Our conversations end mid-sentence.
6 October 2017
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