Book Review
Books / The Setting Sun: Dazai’s depiction of the dusk after the end of war
This novel would become eponymous for the death of a nation and its rebirth.
Books / What to take away from Amanda Palmer's The Art of Asking
The Art Of Asking shows us how to create a close-knit family of friends and supporters by being honest
Books / No Longer Human: Dazai’s tale of distortion, degeneration, and decay
No Longer Human is perhaps more relevant today than it has ever been.
Rifqa: A spellbinding account of persecution, courage, and survival
At its core, Rifqa is a book about human struggles in painfully inhumane circumstances.
Books / Children's books everyone should read
Children’s books might end up giving us more as adults than they did to us as children.
Books / Books to look forward to in 2023
Here are some of the books that will be hitting the shelves in 2023.
Book / Plaantik’s ode to the football culture of Bangladesh
To celebrate football culture of Bangladesh, Plaantik has launched its sports anthology.
Book / The Emerald Stone is Maisun’s confident foray into the world of fiction
Is the debut novel for Umme Maisun, Bangladesh's youngest online educator.
Ikrimikri- Enchanting kids with its colourful world of books
Ikrimikri is a publication of books that deliver heartwarming stories and dazzling illustrations. The illustrations are striking enough to make any adult want to keep the books for themselves.
Time Hacks - The 4-Hour Work Week Review
Everyone wants to make more money. While there are a lot of ways to earn money, one thing is for sure: You have to invest time. Time is a fleeting resource and most people feel that their time is the biggest thing they are losing in their quest for money.
A book that makes you say "law, have mercy"
Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, The Help by Kathryn Stockett talks about racial segregation at its worst. The book is narrated by three very different women; Aibileen, a black maid who is raising her 'seventeenth white child', Minny, another black maid unable to keep a job due to her loud mouth and hot head, and Miss Skeeter, a white woman who wants to be a writer.
No Murakami left behind
In the world of fiction, one name you are bound to have come across is Haruki Murakami. With his recent surge in popularity, you can now find an assortment of Murakamis in any old bookshop. That is why now is the best time to get stuck into his works.
“Sugar Candy Bullets Can't Pierce Anything” other than maybe your heart
A looming sense of apprehension fills the pages of Kazuki Sakuraba's celebrated work – Sugar Candy Bullets Can't Pierce Anything.
A wrong choice and its aftermath
I picked up this book on a whim. Maybe it was the easy-to-hold feel of it. Or maybe it was the golden sticker adorning the names of the prizes it has amassed that floated on the water hyacinth covered pond. Whatever the reason, it sure didn't disappointed me.
A novel set on the brink of insurgency
The hardcover is clothed with a blue dust jacket with an illustration of two egrets flying among clouds and above the title. The clouds, I believe, represent Kalimpong, where the novel is set and the story unrolls along its winding roads. Sometimes it leaps over continents and focuses on another character living an immigrant life in New York City. Sometimes, it travels to the past, shedding light on history.
One heirloom, many wolves
There are books that you read just for the sake of reading. There are books that make you skip a bundle of pages to avoid the dullness. And then there are books that don't allow you to skip even a single page. Rich People Problems is one such book.
A melancholic, yet soothing read
Through her poetry anthology 'Elegiac Songs', Eeshita Azad does a wonderful job at describing the several stages of love, loss, joy and grief. The elegies reflect the contemporary style of her writing. The emotions conveyed in her poems are raw and presented without any sugar-coating. The book starts with a brilliant opening piece that grips the readers from the get-go.
In a world crippled by biotech apocalypse…
Jeff Vandermeer beautifully paints a dystopian imagery in his latest title, Borne. He welcomes the readers to a dangerous city by a toxic
