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
The Enigma of Articles
Language mold me, Its structure and form bind me
13 May 2016
BEFORE THE CITY IS DESTROYED
If the city is razed to the ground, the last clock stopped ticking...
13 May 2016
Smart Stories
The title and the epigraph of Zafar Anjum's Kafka in Ayodhya give a good indication of the central concerns of the short story collection...
13 May 2016
The life journey of a theatre actress
Binodini is the life story adapted from her two autobiographical notes titled My Story and My Stage Acting.
8 May 2016
Bangladesh: Reform Agenda for Local Governance
Local government is a constitutionally mandated system in our country.
8 May 2016
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Muhammad Zamir has worn, and continues to wear, different hats. A former career diplomat...
8 May 2016
Tagore's encounters with luminaries of the West
Rabindranath Tagore, during his visits abroad, he engaged in intriguing conversations with brilliant minds from across the world – starting from British sci-fi master HG Wells to French dramatist-art historian Romain Rolland to genius German physicist Albert Einstein – where he spoke about the correlation of art and science, international relations and religion, and multiculturalism.
8 May 2016
OH TO BE IN PARIS
It's over half a century since France – its thinkers, writers, artists, film-makers – became an object of fascination with
6 May 2016
The Triumph of the Snake Goddess: an excerpt
Behula silently prayed to Padma and stepped on the walkway. Even a fly falling on it was sliced instantly. Nothing
6 May 2016
A Sort of National Epic for Bangladesh: Kaiser Haq's The Triumph of the Snake Goddess
Kaiser Haq, The Triumph of the Snake Goddess. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 2015
6 May 2016
THE TIPPING POINT
Before going into an in-depth review, just to ensure a better and more meaningful reading experience, let me give you an outside view of how Malcolm Gladwell non-fictions are formulated and constructed.
4 May 2016
Tagore for Hipsters
A compilation of some of his lesser-known works.
4 May 2016
Sarbojaya and Surabala
Written words last forever. Women and children in masterly works of fiction are endearing characters. The endearment lasts a lifetime.
29 April 2016
Tête–à–tête
and where will you be when I feel pain?
29 April 2016
Banalata Sen
Thousands of years, I've been knocking around the world's ways
29 April 2016
Stories for the Summer
It's been an embarrassingly long time since I sat down to write something.
27 April 2016
Words and phrases you won’t believe Shakespeare invented
The English language wouldn’t be the same without Shakespeare. He is credited with inventing over 1700 common words and phrases we still use today
23 April 2016
We Are At Odds
Time changes
22 April 2016
NIGHTMARE
When did these dead people awake from their graves?
22 April 2016
The Rising of the Dead
I stepped inside the house through the drawing room doors. The smell of death assailed my senses. The smell was stale – all pervasive.
22 April 2016
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