An odd memory in Dhaka city
The only thing I like about this city is the thought of leaving it. And I was leaving it finally, after one and a half months, my longest stretch of stay in the last three years. Juggling my luggage with one hand and my phone with the other to get Google Maps directions while I balance myself on the rickshaw racing through bumpy Dhaka roads–it is a metaphor that sums up my life in this city.
How cooking for myself changed my life
Cooking seemed much easier than I thought until the perils of solo cooking revealed itself.
The joy of designing your own dresses
From the dreamy desire to wear the sky to the energetic expedition of making it a reality – it’s a fun little project.
What it takes to get into IBA, DU
"Based on my own experience and that of the people around me, here are some factors that can impact your odds of getting in."
1901 feels a lot like 2020 in Orhan Pamuk’s latest novel
How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.
I am the older sibling but I don’t feel like it
My younger sister refuses to acknowledge that I am indeed the older one.
August 3, 2023
Is MBA necessary after BBA?
It's the age old question, with quite a nuanced answer.
May 6, 2023
An odd memory in Dhaka city
The only thing I like about this city is the thought of leaving it. And I was leaving it finally, after one and a half months, my longest stretch of stay in the last three years. Juggling my luggage with one hand and my phone with the other to get Google Maps directions while I balance myself on the rickshaw racing through bumpy Dhaka roads–it is a metaphor that sums up my life in this city.
April 27, 2023
How cooking for myself changed my life
Cooking seemed much easier than I thought until the perils of solo cooking revealed itself.
April 20, 2023
The joy of designing your own dresses
From the dreamy desire to wear the sky to the energetic expedition of making it a reality – it’s a fun little project.
March 28, 2023
What it takes to get into IBA, DU
"Based on my own experience and that of the people around me, here are some factors that can impact your odds of getting in."
March 9, 2023
The ghosts called lost friends
When we remember these lost friends, memory comes in layers.
February 16, 2023
1901 feels a lot like 2020 in Orhan Pamuk’s latest novel
How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.
January 22, 2023
I am the older sibling but I don’t feel like it
My younger sister refuses to acknowledge that I am indeed the older one.
January 10, 2023
Journaling in times of turbulence
“Do you sometimes think that the world is unfair?” This is a question I know I will never get a satisfactory answer to. In fact, I would get no answer at all because I always pose this question to something that never answers, only absorbs – my diary.
December 15, 2022
Journaling in times of turbulence
Journals are my way of preserving time and retrieving sand-like memories.
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