FLASH FICTION / Chand raat at Mohakhali

Star Literature will be hosting a short story reading session moderated by Sarah Anjum Bari, the Books and Literary Editor of The Daily Star, on Friday at 4PM.

Schwartz’s narrator speaks in the choral “we”, and like a daisy chain, they connect all these women’s shared yet individual experiences of feeling closed in, being violated, feeling misunderstood by society, until they all shed their names and managed to “escap[e] the century”.

The collection comprises essays, poetry, short fiction, feature pieces, interviews, research reports, and photographs and artwork that explore the physical, psychological and political experiences of menstruation across South Asia. 

There lies a problem in the type of books that are being popularised by BookTok.

The government is better than any other nation in supporting single mothers. Parental leave is generous, and the choices and decisions by all are respected.

These women display extensive strength, determination and valour, acting as the pillars of their families and masters of their own fate.

Children’s books might end up giving us more as adults than they did to us as children.

On the third day of the event, two documentaries were showcased. The first featured the infamous Belonia Battle, and Pakistan’s first and only surrender to the freedom fighters. It emphasised how the battle is closely intertwined with Bangladesh’s military history and has a special significance in the turn of events that led to our independence. 

Historian Dipesh Chakrabarty discusses human and geological evolution in an exclusive conversation with The Daily Star

I hurt my left knee quite seriously but was too afraid of my father to tell anyone about it. I thought the fault was mine, as though my injury was some kind of crime. So for several days I wore long dresses and kept my knee hidden from everyone even as the wound became infected and the bone began to show.

In celebration of Gabriel Garcia Márquez, born on this day, March 6, 1927.

The City and Its Uncertain Walls will be released on April 13.

“The real history of this region is known in Dipesh Chakrabarty's history books,” said historian and essayist Professor Ahmed Kamal. 

The streaming adaptation retains the flash-forward tell-all interview framing device through an on-screen documentary.

"The first book I had published comprised a short story. My second book of short stories came out 14 years after that", the writer said.

Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation revisits the spirit of liberation in March.

Soundless on my flaking wall, you/ rest like a sniper in frigid fear,

You do not read Plath,/ Nor Milton./ Or Wordsworth./ Or Shakespeare. What do you read?/ Newspapers, current affairs,/ How to be great when you're good.

A daughter reflects on time and Bengali culture as she revels in the excitement of cooking her parents a meal.

Chughtai spoke about taboo topics such as homosexuality, abortion, female desire, and their rights and independence.