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
Nineteen Thirty-Four
A motorcar
12 May 2017
Islam in Performance: Contemporary Plays from South Asia
As its title suggests, this is a collection of plays from South Asia which deal with the social and political performance of Islam in the
12 May 2017
Religion, Diaspora and the Politics of a Homing Desire
Let me dedicate my inaugural musing in this page to the writers of the Bangladeshi diaspora spread all over the world; after all, I
12 May 2017
Is Feminism a Sell-out? Andi Zeisler's In-depth Analysis of Modern Day Feminism
Last women's day, I saw many statuses on my news feed preaching many different things.
10 May 2017
Tagore’s memories with Nagor
From 1891-1901 Tagore was continuously in Bengal. He used to come in Naogaon’s Patisar to observe the estate’s condition till 1937. His grandfather Prince Dwarkanath Tagore bought this estate in 1830. Actually to look after that estate Tagore came to Patisar in 1891.
8 May 2017
Bichitra: The Making of an Online Tagore Variorum
This remarkable book records a unique feat. In sequenced essays, its many contributors led by their mastermind...
5 May 2017
Rabindranath and the Question of Nationalism
To read Rabindranath Tagore's lectures on Nationalism delivered in 1916 in Japan and in America is to feel that he positively detested it.
5 May 2017
Visva-Bharati: A Civil Public Space for All Ages
All of us are products of our times – but while most of us are carried on time's shoulders only a few are able to carry time on theirs.
5 May 2017
My Tent of Hymns
Our house rules required us siblings to sit before our father every morning for a session on the literary classics.
5 May 2017
Living and dying by the code
“How many governments have fallen,” the prince had gone on, “And how many kingdoms have been swept from the face of the earth, and Orosh is still standing.”
4 May 2017
Times Food Guide Kolkata 2014
The Times of India Guides are targeted at both Local Residents, and Domestic and International Tourists.
30 April 2017
Extreme Food - What to Eat When Your Life Depends on it...
"There's no getting away from it; i've eaten some pretty extreme things in my time - live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung,
30 April 2017
Our Lifeline
Professor Anwarul Karim, a noted educationist and researcher, is best known to the people within and outside the country as a very
30 April 2017
Weaved through history
Publisher: Picador Publications
Date of Publication: July 2016. Price: 6.99 GBP
30 April 2017
The Power of Humour
Fun, pun, humor and satire are what characterize most of Syed Manzoorul Islam's works and his newly published Bichitra Swader Galpa(2017)ceases to be an exception.
30 April 2017
A Prisoner of Memories
I do not really know. I never really thought I would or could write. The first piece I wrote was of course some old Grimm Brothers' fairy
28 April 2017
In Her Blue
A copper coloured dog bit her
28 April 2017
Memories Are
Dazzling diamond,
28 April 2017
“Intoxicated with madness, I'm in love with my sadness”
Sylvia Plath indeed died memorably as foreshadowed in a poem written in the final months of her life.
27 April 2017
Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat
Women of the World tells this story of personal and professional struggle against the dramatic backdrop of war, super-power rivalry and
23 April 2017
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