Bangladesh: A War Like No Other

It’s now the responsibility of the youth to dig through that history and feel proud.
15 December 2022, 00:00 AM

Did you ever ask, why you fear maths?

Why do students fear maths? There's much more to maths than numeracy.
4 December 2022, 15:06 PM

Autumn Festivals and Nobanno

Ancient societies were agrarian. From farmers at the bottom to zamindars and kings at the top, everybody depended on a good harvest. The word harvest derives from the Old English hærfest which means autumn. The autumn harvest was usually the largest harvest of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The weather was neither warm nor cold. Everybody prayed to the heavens for manna (sustenance) to fall. When manna did fall, there would be feast and festivity. When manna didn't fall, it could spell disaster for everybody.
17 November 2022, 00:00 AM

Religious Festivals and Holiday Blues

Sadly, not all religious festivals are accommodated with breathing space.
6 October 2022, 00:00 AM

Checking exam scripts: One moral side of teaching

I can safely proclaim that one of the hazards of teaching is checking exam scripts.
22 September 2022, 00:00 AM

SHOUT at 9!

SHOUT was born in 2013, with an established legacy behind it.
14 July 2022, 00:00 AM

Claustrophobia, and the lack of open spaces in Dhaka

Ever since I started living in Dhaka, I feel suffocated.
16 June 2022, 00:00 AM

How I kept my New Year’s resolution

It was, without a doubt, a challenging task.
29 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Another side of the story

Skill, grades and universities – which one matters the most?
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM

One side of the story

Are skills more important, or grades?
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM

The BBA Boom in Bangladesh

Rise of the BBA program in Bangladesh.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM

A Professor Writes About Letters of Recommendation

Letters of recommendation and what you need to know about them.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Breaking the Myths of Investment

Look at this... article about investment.
15 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Do I need to be more like them?

Childhood is fantasised in most cultures. In the West, Mum and Dad read Grimm’s Fairy Tales or Hans Christian Anderson. In Bangladesh, Mum and Dad read Dakshinaranjan Mitra’s Thakurmar Jhuli.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM

My first encounter With Cinema Paradiso

Rafael, my housemate at Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, asked me one day if I had watched Cinema Paradiso. When I said no, Rafael looked at me in silence for a moment. ‘Tomorrow’s the last day, they’re screening Cinema Paradiso at the Arts Theatre. Do watch. You’ll like it’.
18 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Do You Know the Meaning of Friendship?

Muhammad Ali said, “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain”.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM

The Dimensions of Infinity

To describe infinity, we need to redefine the way we count.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Bayes’ Theorem, With No Maths

As new sets of information appear, we adapt our perception.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Echoes at 100

This is the 100th instalment of the fortnightly column on SHOUT.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

The Dimensions of Fasting

Religions have provided time-tested moral codes of conduct.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM