The verses remind us that a withering, war-torn Earth can still birth new life and hopes of freedom.
I spent the whole day running on the roads near Ramna park. Riding a bicycle alone through the narrow alleys of Mohammadpur without the fear of anyone jumping out at me from the corners.
Indigenous women are read even less. There are multiple root causes–lack of editorial support for indigenous authors writing in their mother tongues, the predominance of oral traditions, gender inequality and bias.
Great Man, now that you are dead, allow me to squeeze your hand. The sage bushes in Umbria are heavy with bees, so I’m killing them with hypnosis.
Children’s books might end up giving us more as adults than they did to us as children.
I hurt my left knee quite seriously but was too afraid of my father to tell anyone about it. I thought the fault was mine, as though my injury was some kind of crime. So for several days I wore long dresses and kept my knee hidden from everyone even as the wound became infected and the bone began to show.
In celebration of Gabriel Garcia Márquez, born on this day, March 6, 1927.
There lies a problem in the type of books that are being popularised by BookTok.
A daughter reflects on time and Bengali culture as she revels in the excitement of cooking her parents a meal.
Language trickles down the routes that blood took through Time. They say it’s a linear path, and yet I, a reluctant servant to the wiles of Time, find myself laid out in loops and slopes.
You do not read Plath,/ Nor Milton./ Or Wordsworth./ Or Shakespeare. What do you read?/ Newspapers, current affairs,/ How to be great when you're good.
A daughter reflects on time and Bengali culture as she revels in the excitement of cooking her parents a meal.
Chughtai spoke about taboo topics such as homosexuality, abortion, female desire, and their rights and independence.
Language trickles down the routes that blood took through Time. They say it’s a linear path, and yet I, a reluctant servant to the wiles of Time, find myself laid out in loops and slopes.
Hasan Hafizur Rahman's 'Ekushey February' created huge turmoil and faced police persecution.
Professor Islam sheds light on English writing in Bangladesh, its future, and the influence of the language movement on the Bangladeshi psyche.
“Extra ghugni, no chilis,” he confirmed, his cyber-enhanced eyes ever judging.
'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first sixteen years of Sultana Nahar's life. "Mercolized Wax" is the second chapter in the book.
Come, if you may, with swords or guns. Remember, I won’t cry and run; I will rise from the depths of the land.
She wakes up suddenly from her unnatural beeline posture, slowly and ever so gently, like a chained demon would after just hours of calculated slumber. I never look.