A house a bit bigger on the inside
Playing with a location that seems real but is not is a tricky line to negotiate, and writer beware: you will be attacked
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The cold, hard fact is that Dhaka, our beloved capital and largest city, is one of the most unliveable cities in the world
This time, just the bare bones
Horror master Edgar Allan Poe believed a really good scary story should be read in one sitting.
At least we tried
Sharing one’s work, whether it is through publishing the old-fashioned way, self-publishing, bringing out an ebook, or simply posting a vignette on social media, can be daunting—a bit like undressing in public.
Why Iceland is a masterclass in equality
The government is better than any other nation in supporting single mothers. Parental leave is generous, and the choices and decisions by all are respected.
Everything is illuminated, but something is lost
All of it–the material right for my level, the books a bit too adult for me at the time, the texts where I could only guess at the brilliance but would have to shelve until I could revisit them a couple of decades later for better comprehension–all of it has led me to become myself: For better or for worse.
Ink for days: How Inktober is its own medium of storytelling
Pictures are really the most basic form of story-telling, aren’t they? I imagine our ancestors sat around fires doing shadow theatre. They painted on cave walls long before writing came along.
The dangerous game of Marlon James—Can genre fiction be great literature?
James seems to be saying to the establishment, to the same generous folks who once gave him the Booker and propelled him to the stratosphere: Go ahead and say this is not literature, I dare you.
April 14, 2024
A house a bit bigger on the inside
Playing with a location that seems real but is not is a tricky line to negotiate, and writer beware: you will be attacked
March 3, 2024
Everything’s going to be alright… right?
The cold, hard fact is that Dhaka, our beloved capital and largest city, is one of the most unliveable cities in the world
October 26, 2023
This time, just the bare bones
Horror master Edgar Allan Poe believed a really good scary story should be read in one sitting.
April 20, 2023
At least we tried
Sharing one’s work, whether it is through publishing the old-fashioned way, self-publishing, bringing out an ebook, or simply posting a vignette on social media, can be daunting—a bit like undressing in public.
March 8, 2023
Why Iceland is a masterclass in equality
The government is better than any other nation in supporting single mothers. Parental leave is generous, and the choices and decisions by all are respected.
February 11, 2023
Everything is illuminated, but something is lost
All of it–the material right for my level, the books a bit too adult for me at the time, the texts where I could only guess at the brilliance but would have to shelve until I could revisit them a couple of decades later for better comprehension–all of it has led me to become myself: For better or for worse.
October 28, 2022
Ink for days: How Inktober is its own medium of storytelling
Pictures are really the most basic form of story-telling, aren’t they? I imagine our ancestors sat around fires doing shadow theatre. They painted on cave walls long before writing came along.
September 1, 2022
The dangerous game of Marlon James—Can genre fiction be great literature?
James seems to be saying to the establishment, to the same generous folks who once gave him the Booker and propelled him to the stratosphere: Go ahead and say this is not literature, I dare you.
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