A first vote, a quiet hope

Casting my first vote felt like pride. It also carried a trace of guilt, the awareness that every choice means rejecting another.
15 February 2026, 13:55 PM

The politics of “self-care” in the times of despair

Much of the popular discourse on self-care in recent years has been reduced to commodified routines.
4 February 2026, 14:48 PM

Other side of George Orwell

After his firsthand experience of poverty, Orwell turned his attention to the English working class.
25 January 2026, 20:07 PM

Between Dhaka and the UK: Living the in-between

Returning forced me to confront an uncomfortable truth: belonging is not always singular.
13 January 2026, 14:50 PM

An ode to winter, sadness and survival

Just as nature does not apologise for winter, our life does not need to justify its slower seasons either.
5 January 2026, 08:49 AM

Red-green flag and the comfort of forgetting independence

There’s a grief folded into our victory that no celebration can undo.
24 December 2025, 06:10 AM

D for Dhaka, D for Death

Luck— you need a lot of it to stay alive in this city. And also a sense of dark humour.
23 December 2025, 06:37 AM

Lives of divorced single mothers: What choice costs in a judgmental society

Society will only see the fact that a woman is a divorcee; nobody will try to look beyond that “label”.
18 December 2025, 02:00 AM

We are not lazy, we are overwhelmed

We are not incapable; we are choice-fatigued.
10 December 2025, 02:00 AM

Doing it stupid: A philosophy of starting afresh

If you are not willing to look like a foolish beginner, you will never be a graceful master.
7 December 2025, 09:44 AM

What we learn when we truly see our parents

Parents are not mythical beings, they are ordinary people with ordinary lives and extra ordinary love for us.
28 November 2025, 02:00 AM

Earthquakes, overthinking, and the Hamlet within us

Hamlet’s tragedy lies not in his flaws, but in his waiting.
25 November 2025, 02:00 AM

We are not angry for justice — we are angry to feel better

It is an already conditioned culture that prefers reactions over reflections, mere spectacle over humility.
21 November 2025, 02:00 AM

The places we go when we want to disappear

Escapism is one of the most ordinary forms of survival we’ve invented.
19 November 2025, 02:00 AM

Why we fail to understand ourselves

We forget that we are not math problems on a blackboard, ready to be figured out.
18 November 2025, 02:00 AM

The science behind our ‘eureka’ moments, and how to nurture them

In giving our ideas room to roam and meet in unforeseen ways, we invite the world to answer us.
16 November 2025, 02:00 AM

Still human, somehow, but is that enough?

Are you literally unaware of this illusion consistently holding you captive?
11 November 2025, 08:00 AM

You aren't required to love yourself to accept yourself

You don’t owe the world pretty, but you owe yourself kindness
9 November 2025, 02:00 AM

We are losing empathy, and it’s not our fault

Empathy used to be something we carried naturally, almost like a part of our identity.
6 November 2025, 06:40 AM

Living experimentally in a goal-obsessed world

You don't need to find your grand purpose before you begin. You just need to design your next small experiment.
3 November 2025, 02:00 AM