Dhaka
More roads are not the answer to Bangladesh’s traffic problem
The more roads you build, the more cars there will be to fill them up. I am no expert, but the numbers don’t lie.
Book Review / Can a city be smart without adequate finance?
Although Dhaka and Kolkata, two major South Asian cities, are just 240 kilometres apart and share a common history and culture, not many comparative studies on these cities have been undertaken so far.
London cabs, jams and kinship
London, once the centre of the empire where the sun never set, dates back to prehistory with evidence of structures from Mesolithic times.
Understanding Dhaka’s urbanism
A review of 'Dhaka Delirium,' a collection of essays by Adnan Z Morshed.
Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi
Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.
The waffle-on-a-stick revolution
I visited the highest-rated waffle places that have been taking Dhaka’s foodgram by storm.
Parks and recreation, a distant dream
Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?
Two weeks in the dysfunctional megacity of Dhaka
Today, Dhaka is a dysfunctional megacity, an economic hub that has grown chaotically – outwards and upwards – to absorb more than 20 million people who live there, and hundreds of thousands more arriving each year.
Public libraries could solve our public space problem
There needs to be a push for a strong public library culture in Dhaka.
More roads are not the answer to Bangladesh’s traffic problem
The more roads you build, the more cars there will be to fill them up. I am no expert, but the numbers don’t lie.
Can a city be smart without adequate finance?
Although Dhaka and Kolkata, two major South Asian cities, are just 240 kilometres apart and share a common history and culture, not many comparative studies on these cities have been undertaken so far.
London cabs, jams and kinship
London, once the centre of the empire where the sun never set, dates back to prehistory with evidence of structures from Mesolithic times.
Understanding Dhaka’s urbanism
A review of 'Dhaka Delirium,' a collection of essays by Adnan Z Morshed.
Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi
Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.
The waffle-on-a-stick revolution
I visited the highest-rated waffle places that have been taking Dhaka’s foodgram by storm.
Parks and recreation, a distant dream
Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?
Two weeks in the dysfunctional megacity of Dhaka
Today, Dhaka is a dysfunctional megacity, an economic hub that has grown chaotically – outwards and upwards – to absorb more than 20 million people who live there, and hundreds of thousands more arriving each year.
Public libraries could solve our public space problem
There needs to be a push for a strong public library culture in Dhaka.
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.
