“Take me Home”- Growing up & other reality checks
John Denver makes it so easy to miss home when he sings “Country roads”. Although my home is nowhere near West Virginia, it can make my eyes tear up a bit, because I don’t feel like I have been at…
Unfinished explorations: Puran Dhaka
Everything here feels intimately familiar and lived in. Maybe that’s because it’s been home to so many people in the last few decades. As my friends and I walked past the alleys, I could not help but notice small groups…
Why Leaking Intimate Photos is Still a Thing: The Vicious Culture of Victim Blaming
With the #MeToo movement finally having brought few changes in the minds of the more liberal patriarchs, it finally is nice to see some kind of positive reform. However, one issue that mostly remains unaddressed is online sexual violence. This…
Let the Tides be Your Guide: An Account of Rajshahi
En-route to Rajshahi, you’d travel past certain sites worth stopping by, places you would otherwise not think of going to. You might as well stop by to breath in the fresh air, because life is too short to not visit…
How Solitude Compares to Company (or the Pros and Cons of Moving Abroad)
It’s been a little more than a year and a half since I moved to New York. I would be lying if I said it didn’t take me a while to get adjusted to the new environment. I am still…
Durga Puja 2019: A Retrospective
From having a 5-day puja holiday to seeing streets lit up with decorations for the Puja, and honouring different POC values at various Puja sets across the subcontinent, here’s my take on the Durga Puja 2019. A ten-day long celebration…
Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Few Open Secrets
It’s very easy to understand how clueless our students are just by asking them their plans after HSC or A’ levels. For most people, post-college is all about getting into a bunch of different coaching centres and applying to all…
Ruman Shana: Poster boy of Bangladesh Archery (and the Reception He did not Get)
24-year-old Bangladeshi archer Md. Ruman Shana bagged gold in Asia Cup 2019 held in Philippines last week. He defeated Chinese archer Shi Zhenqi, 7–3 to win his title. The first set was a draw between Shana and Zhenqi. Shana lost…
Revolutioনারী: A Visual Exercise in Gender Sensitivity
Revolutioনারী, which combined art and feminism, was a three-day poetry and photography exhibition that was organized by ProjectDebi sponsored by Portland Group and held at the EMK center. The entire exhibition consisted of 79 frames. The photography exhibition which included…
I am GPA 5: The Woes and Pitfalls of the National Education Board in Bangladesh
With the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate Exams out, most HSC examinees have already started preparing for university admission tests. These are the most important board exams one takes as part of the Bangladeshi Curriculum. The glorification intensifies to…
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