A Primer on Different Types of Sexuality
What is Sexuality? Sexual orientation is the emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction that a person feels toward another person. Sexuality has to do with the way you identify, how you experience sexual and romantic attraction (if you do), and your…
Bhutan: Exploring the Land of Happiness
It was that time of the year in 2019, when the people of a country dominated by lush green plains and inundated by countless crisscrossing rivers, feel a thrill far and wide. The thrill of witnessing something precious from their…
Why Platonic Friendships Can Sometimes be More Important than Relationships
“There are gonna be times when you have a boyfriend and I don’t or when I have a boyfriend and you don’t but the point is since we’re best friends forever, no matter what we have to be honest with…
The Hungry Thanchi
This is the second part in a series on Bandarban called The Hills are Calling. Check out the first part, the Silent DebotaKhum, here. We reached the bus stop again at 2:00 PM, and then we braced ourselves. The last…
The Silent DebotaKhum
Morning at Bandarban (Credit: Md. Muitul Muhaimin) Me, along with four other hooligans, hopped on the 9:45 PM bus to Bandarban one fine evening because it would be comfortable traveling by night-coach, right? We completely disregarded the fact that a…
Bangladesh Commences COVID Vaccination Drive
The highly anticipated mass inoculation campaign kicked off on 27th January when a nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital, Runu Veronica Costa, got the first shot in Bangladesh. Government confirmed that large scale inoculation will begin from February 7. Prime Minister…
Toxic Relationships: Understanding Why People Stay and How to Move Forward
How often do we hear the terms “toxic relationship” or “abusive partner” ? Unfortunately, the answer is more often than we’d like. It's as if every day we hear more and more about abusive relationships and the numbers agree. A…
Getting Rejected from My Dream University: Not the End, but the Beginning of Something Different
For the longest time I aspired to study in IBA, University of Dhaka. It was my biggest dream and I had worked the hardest towards it than I had ever towards anything. I did not get in. People always tell…
COVID 2.0: Will ignoring a pandemic end it?
We are on a BREAK…from the ‘rona, of course. The submission to masks, lock-downs, work-from-home and online classes for 9 months have seemingly hit rock-bottom as people simply refuse to believe that the impostor (read pandemic) is still among us!…
Toxic Friendships: Why They Are Bad and How to Get Rid of Them
Before understanding the negative consequences of toxic friendships and the ways to get rid of it, we need to first identify what a toxic friendship is. Needless to say, the depth of mutual understanding between friends differs from an individual…
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