Interview / Modern Islam has always been a 'secular' entity
20 July 2026, 00:01 AM
In Focus
How the banned film Satluj reopened the darkest wound in Punjab's history
19 July 2026, 14:56 PM
In Focus
What the 2026 World Cup reveals about racism in football
19 July 2026, 13:48 PM
In Focus
How Kolkata shops preserve the memories of East Bengal
19 July 2026, 00:01 AM
In Focus
How Roman Jakobson changed modern thought
18 July 2026, 18:30 PM
In Focus
Football as freedom: From colonial Bengal to Bangladesh
17 July 2026, 00:10 AM
In Focus
The forgotten South Asian soldiers of the First World War
17 July 2026, 00:02 AM
In Focus
How Dhaka lost its green and water: Revisiting the first master plan of the city
16 July 2026, 00:01 AM
In Focus
Bengal’s forgotten connections with Nazi Germany
15 July 2026, 00:01 AM
In Focus
Muzharul Islam and his spaces of belonging
14 July 2026, 00:02 AM
In Focus
Roman Jakobson: The Bridge Between Saussure and Lacan
On Roman Jakobson's death anniversary, revisiting how one linguist reshaped structuralism, psychoanalysis, and interdisciplinary thought forever.
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Modern Islam has always been a 'secular' entity
Iran provides an interesting example of the fate of Islamism and its ideological state
20 July 2026, 00:01 AM
How the banned film Satluj reopened the darkest wound in Punjab's history
What Satluj has achieved is not a guaranteed result in 2027 but something arguably more consequential for now.
19 July 2026, 14:56 PM
What the 2026 World Cup reveals about racism in football
The 2026 World Cup revealed how United States politics and social media amplify racism in modern football.
19 July 2026, 13:48 PM
How Kolkata shops preserve the memories of East Bengal
Who knows how many shops connected to Dhaka are scattered across the city of Kolkata!
19 July 2026, 00:01 AM
How Roman Jakobson changed modern thought
On Roman Jakobson's death anniversary, revisiting how one linguist reshaped structuralism, psychoanalysis, and interdisciplinary thought forever.
18 July 2026, 18:30 PM
Football as freedom: From colonial Bengal to Bangladesh
From colonial resistance to liberation, football has long carried Bengal's aspirations for identity, unity, and freedom beyond sport.
17 July 2026, 00:10 AM
The forgotten South Asian soldiers of the First World War
People from the Indian subcontinent served across multiple fronts in both world wars, yet their stories occupy a surprisingly small place in our collective memory.
17 July 2026, 00:02 AM
How Dhaka lost its green and water: Revisiting the first master plan of the city
The first clear and large scale planning for Dhaka city emerges in the form of this master plan.
16 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Bengal’s forgotten connections with Nazi Germany
From 1933 onwards, Hitler and Nazi Germany were admired by certain groups of right-wing Indians, who were often anti-British nationalists.
15 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Muzharul Islam and his spaces of belonging
What sets Muzharul Islam apart is his commitment to social thinking.
14 July 2026, 00:02 AM
The rise, decline and revival of Buddhism in Bengal
Buddhist customs, and the regions of Chittagong and southern Arakan State are recognised as areas where Buddhism has survived as a living tradition.
12 July 2026, 16:48 PM
Two visions of Sulh-i Kul: Akbar and Dara Shukoh
Among the many concepts associated with the Mughal Empire, few have acquired as much resonance as ṣulḥ-i kul, literally "peace with all" or "universal peace".
10 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Pachapdi Gazi, the 'Jim Corbett of Bengal', and the truth about Sundarbans 'man-eaters'
One thing Gazi made clear in his memoir is that the ‘man-eating’ habit of tigers is not natural because humans are not their natural prey.
9 July 2026, 00:01 AM
How Mohammedan Sporting Club shaped Muslim identity in colonial Bengal
From football pitches to political consciousness, Mohammedan Sporting transformed sporting success into a powerful symbol of Muslim identity in colonial Bengal.
8 July 2026, 00:07 AM
The untold history of the rivers that connect Bangladesh and Asia
The idea of river agency is not new, but we are unfamiliar with it because human agency dominates our knowledge practices; as a result, we skip river agency.
7 July 2026, 00:30 AM
A new history of Battala books
From the middle of the nineteenth century onwards, Bengali book production was centred at Battala in Calcutta.
6 July 2026, 00:02 AM
How old Bengali advertisements sold the dream of fair skin
Although Bengal Chemical set an example, some racist advertising illustrations were regularly drawn in our subcontinent.
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The forgotten history of football in Bangladesh
From colonial maidans to liberation struggles, Bangladesh's forgotten football history reveals a legacy of pride, resistance, and triumph.
3 July 2026, 00:15 AM
Bengal, Mysore, and the making of American independence
The American Revolution was shaped not only in colonial America but also by Bengal, Mysore, and Britain's Indian empire.
2 July 2026, 00:38 AM