Munshi Meherullah of Jessore and religious identity in 19th century Bengal
On 7 June 1907, a rural Bengali tailor, Meherullah, died of complications from pneumonia in a small village called Chatiantala, on the banks of the river Bhairab, in Jessore.
ALAMGIR KABIR: The conscience whipper
Alamgir Kabir’s death anniversary has been an occasion to celebrate and remember him as a prominent film director and tireless film society activist.
Insights from India’s Nurse Migration: Lessons for Bangladesh
It has now been almost half a century since Indian nurses began migrating abroad, long enough to understand the difficulties and benefits they have encountered in their professional and personal journey. I have studied their migration since the 2000s.
Syed Waliullah in Paris
It is well-known that Bangla literature took a new turn in the 1940s. Following the revolutionary work of Kazi Nazrul Islam, we got four powerful poets among Bangalee Muslims: Farrukh Ahmad,
Marc Riboud’s Bangladesh 1971: Mourning and Morning
Marc Riboud (1923-2016), one of the first generation of Magnum photographers, was born in Lyon, France.
Ethical encounters: A look into women, war, and cinema in Bangladesh
A modern remake of Ajoy Kar’s 1961 film Saptapodi, Shameem Akhtar’s film Rina Brown (2017) unfolds intimate geographies of love and loss among individuals from India, and West and East Pakistan.
Probashi: Histories of the Bangladesh diaspora
The term diaspora originates from the ancient Greek dia speiro meaning a scattering of seeds.
Buddhist theatre in South Asia and beyond
Considerable research conducted by renowned Orientalists such as Moriz Winternitz,
Syed Waliullah in Paris
It is well-known that Bangla literature took a new turn in the 1940s. Following the revolutionary work of Kazi Nazrul Islam, we got four powerful poets among Bangalee Muslims: Farrukh Ahmad,
Marc Riboud’s Bangladesh 1971: Mourning and Morning
Marc Riboud (1923-2016), one of the first generation of Magnum photographers, was born in Lyon, France.
Ethical encounters: A look into women, war, and cinema in Bangladesh
A modern remake of Ajoy Kar’s 1961 film Saptapodi, Shameem Akhtar’s film Rina Brown (2017) unfolds intimate geographies of love and loss among individuals from India, and West and East Pakistan.
Love Me Do: Sixty years ago, the Beatles began to play
Sixty years ago, John, Paul, George, and Ringo released their first single, Love Me Do, on October 5, 1962. It was a Parlophone 7-inch 45rpm with the seal 45-R 4949.
Gandhi’s sojourn in Noakhali
There are many ways a nation’s history can be understood, for it has many points, opinions, and arguments depending on the sources one can reach.
Student politics in private universities: To be or not to be …
On September 2, the student front of a political party announced its intention to form committees in 16 private universities. It was greeted with apprehension and alarm.
The glorious history of Goalanda
There is more fiction than historical truth about the origin of the name ‘Goalanda’. According to a legend,
1971 and the case for secularism in Bangladesh and India
Bangladesh has just celebrated fifty years of independence; this year also marks fifty years since its Ganoparishad ratified the Constitution of Bangladesh. Anniversaries are as worthy occasions as any to recall why certain ideological principles were chosen to guide the new nation.