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…
A Close Look at the Kishor Alo Tragedy: Must the Show Go On?
Life is precious, as long as losing a life does not hamper an ongoing event in any way. Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Class 9 of Dhaka Residential Model College (DRMC), lost his life after being electrocuted during the…
What You Might be Feeling After Having Your Intimate Photos Leaked
In an ideal world, you should be able to explore your sexuality in a way that doesn't invite the dangerous possibilities of a leak. However, that's clearly not the case. In 2016, 1 in 25 Americans were threatened with nudes…
Understanding Anxiety (and How You Can Deal With it)
How to cope with anxiety? As a millennial, this must have been a consistent question for days if not years. In simple terms, anxiety is a feeling of worry or uneasiness caused by fear of danger etc. This can be…
Why Making New Friends Gets Harder Over Time (and How to Handle it)
Our twenties are a weird time. We grow through a lot of changes, often very fast, and by the time these years are winding up, we are still in the process of discovering ourselves. Friends are a key part of…
What Dating in a Tinder World Feels Like: a Lot of Trial and Error
There’s a certain math to Tinder that makes the entire prospect of online dating seem like a momentous endeavor. There are a lot of options, yes, but only a few really work out for you. Let’s say you browse a…
Why We Lose Friends as We Get Older (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
Some things are unavoidable. It’s highly likely that, as you have grown up, your friend list has shifted and changed. If you have already made the transition from college to work life, then this change might feel even more pronounced…
Betting on Yourself is the Right Choice, Even When You Are Failing.
If you hail from Bangladesh, living your own life is easier said than done. Your life might be like a box of chocolates, sure, but it’s a box that’s been prepackaged and picked by society long before you were born.…
Why It’s Okay to be Ordinary in an Extraordinary World
I guess I should start with the idea that I am average. Or more accurately, my fear that I am average. That was one of my biggest fears growing up, that I would turn out to be mostly, if not…
