September 16, 2021
September 2, 2021
Do I need to be more like them?
Childhood is fantasised in most cultures. In the West, Mum and Dad read Grimm’s Fairy Tales or Hans Christian Anderson. In Bangladesh, Mum and Dad read Dakshinaranjan Mitra’s Thakurmar Jhuli.
August 27, 2021
Nazrul, Rabindranath, and Their Admiration for Each Other
Today is the 45th death anniversary of the younger of the two icons.
August 26, 2021
Charlie Watts: To the Beat of the Rolling Stones
The quiet man of the Rolling Stones passed away August 24, 2021.
August 19, 2021
My first encounter With Cinema Paradiso
Rafael, my housemate at Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, asked me one day if I had watched Cinema Paradiso. When I said no, Rafael looked at me in silence for a moment. ‘Tomorrow’s the last day, they’re...
August 5, 2021
Do You Know the Meaning of Friendship?
Muhammad Ali said, “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain”.
August 4, 2021
The Debut Album of Pink Floyd ft. The Beatles
How did the Beatles influence Pink Floyd's debut studio album?
August 1, 2021
50 Years of the Concert for Bangladesh: How It Came to Be
The backstory of the concert scripted in the heavens.
July 28, 2021
Re-reading ‘The Alchemist’: A book of omens
Before I knew it, I developed a personal relationship with the book. I was glued from beginning till end. I read slowly. Sometimes I read the same section twice. I could not focus on anything else...
July 15, 2021
