childhood

A way to finance childhood growth

Too poor to affect grain prices in global markets, the chronically hungry are economically invisible.

How to come to terms with letting go of your childhood dreams

This guide seeks to offer a direction to navigate the harsh reality of letting go of your childhood dreams.

Cement Swans

On moonlit nights when the perfume of the roses thickened the air, I was in a trance, an ecstasy of body and mind. The beauty of the night has held an allure for me my whole life.

How winter has changed for me over the years

As I regrettably approach adulthood, I can’t help but think that my relationship with winter has changed tenfold.

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY / Let the children live their childhood

How reasonable is it to expect children to understand the intricacies of a time-bound commitment they are making with themselves?

PLAYWATCH / Why Old Barbie Movies are Superior

There's more to these movies than just magic.

Kids caught up in chores

As the clock strikes 7:00am, Samira is woken up by her mother. Fighting the sleepiness that still overwhelms her, the fourth grader freshens herself up and puts on her school uniform.

Where have all the flowers gone?

Mass urbanisation takes its toll on Dhaka by erasing the scopes for the young ones to have a healthy childhood. The city is no longer child friendly as it fails to provide the amenities and environmental factors needed for the physical and psychological development of children.

Toiling away childhood

Only for a few hours on Friday mornings, Mizan and his brother Raihan were given time off work. They spent it playing cricket on the roof of Selim Super Market at Kaliganjbazar in Keraniganj.

July 24, 2023
July 24, 2023

A way to finance childhood growth

Too poor to affect grain prices in global markets, the chronically hungry are economically invisible.

May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023

How to come to terms with letting go of your childhood dreams

This guide seeks to offer a direction to navigate the harsh reality of letting go of your childhood dreams.

March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023

Cement Swans

On moonlit nights when the perfume of the roses thickened the air, I was in a trance, an ecstasy of body and mind. The beauty of the night has held an allure for me my whole life.

December 19, 2022
December 19, 2022

How winter has changed for me over the years

As I regrettably approach adulthood, I can’t help but think that my relationship with winter has changed tenfold.

November 19, 2022
November 19, 2022

Let the children live their childhood

How reasonable is it to expect children to understand the intricacies of a time-bound commitment they are making with themselves?

June 24, 2021
June 24, 2021

Why Old Barbie Movies are Superior

There's more to these movies than just magic.

June 10, 2016
June 10, 2016

Kids caught up in chores

As the clock strikes 7:00am, Samira is woken up by her mother. Fighting the sleepiness that still overwhelms her, the fourth grader freshens herself up and puts on her school uniform.

March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016

Where have all the flowers gone?

Mass urbanisation takes its toll on Dhaka by erasing the scopes for the young ones to have a healthy childhood. The city is no longer child friendly as it fails to provide the amenities and environmental factors needed for the physical and psychological development of children.

February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016

Toiling away childhood

Only for a few hours on Friday mornings, Mizan and his brother Raihan were given time off work. They spent it playing cricket on the roof of Selim Super Market at Kaliganjbazar in Keraniganj.

February 4, 2016
February 4, 2016

Challenges conquered

In February every year, when his friends bought books from the national book fair and talked excitedly about reading those, he wished he could have done the same. Abul Kalam Azad had lost his vision from a severe attack of typhoid in childhood. But the thought that visually impaired people like him were deprived of all opportunities to enjoy books made him restless.

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