Adhora Ahmed

At home

This is the first time I let you in, but you’ve already made yourself at home. You are bumbling around in my kitchen, as though you have been making me tea for a lifetime.

1m ago

Product Placement Gone Wrong

"But that's not McDonald's. It's MacDonwald's. Must be a knock-off."

1y ago

Response No. 39

"Thank you for choosing to take our survey."

2y ago

Missing Bangla away from home

This nightmare made me realise how much I miss my mother tongue.

2y ago

Move Out Day

From my balcony, I watch the van load up with all their belongings.

2y ago

A Long Awaited Trip through Dune

Dune is a real treat to the eyes and ears.

2y ago

27 Years of Jeff Buckley’s Amazing “Grace”

Jeff Buckley's resplendent debut, Grace, turns 27 today.

2y ago

How Many Copies of the Same Book Do You Need?

The sneaky connection between publishing industries and your growing bibliomania.

2y ago
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020

Playing with Memories

In most cases, nostalgia has three factors: time, place and people. One of these—time that has passed—is a constant in all nostalgic memories. What if I fooled around with the other two factors?

July 9, 2020
July 9, 2020

A Plebeian’s Guide to Dark Academia

Dark academia is about the idealisation of everything intellectual and scholarly: the smell of old books, candlelit libraries, classical music, fountain pens–that sort of thing.

July 2, 2020
July 2, 2020

A Brain Cell Roundtable

Cells One, Two and Three have gathered for their meeting inside Mili’s brain. Take a seat, please.

June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020

All About Whataboutism

In short, "whataboutism" is a device used to discredit and counter an argument by drawing attention to a similar or completely different topic, thus steering the discussion to an irrelevant lane.

June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020

Love Through Feline Eyes

Human? My Human, where are you?

June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020

The Wonderful Weirdness of WikiHow

You might start with tips on how to clean your bathroom, and before you know it you'll end up initiating black magic rituals on your siblings from another article.

May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020

What TV Schedules Might Look Like This Eid

Dear viewers, Eid Mubarak from Moja TV! As you know, like everything else this year, Covid-19 has challenged the way we celebrate Eid. Fear not, for

April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020

Of Extraction and Yellow Filters

If you’ve been spending most of your days scrolling through Facebook, like most of us nowadays, chances are you have come across memes regarding the trailer of a Netflix movie called Extraction, which stars Chris Hemsworth and releases on April 24.

April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020

Keep Your Mental Health in Check

As the death toll keeps rising and panic brews even more, we fear for ourselves and our loved ones.

March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020

A Time Capsule to the Liberation War

In the momentous month of March, I seized the opportunity to visit the Liberation War Museum.

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