Poet
Book review: Nonfiction / Revisiting ‘Chobir Deshe, Kobitar Deshe’
The book captures all the enjoyable experiences of travelling, and the food they ate, and provides descriptions of France's seas.
Essay / War still rages on
We might never know how it feels when your whole existence is denied or the loss of homeland, but we can get a little glimpse of their suffering.
News report / Poet Asad Chowdhury no more
With the publication of his first collection of poems, Tabak Deya Paan in 1975, Bangla literary scene witnessed the emergence of a powerful new voice.
Essay / Moezzi’s ‘The Rumi Prescription’ and Rumi’s relevance in this manic world
Rumi's spiritual and motivational verses not only empower us to confront life's frustrations and anxieties but also illuminate the path to genuine emotional fulfilment and inner peace.
Tribute / T.S. Eliot and on living in unreal cities
I once again find myself drawn to "The Waste Land"—though this isn’t about just the one poem, not really—where so much of the old world exists in motifs in a tattered landscape.
Poetry / jani dekha hobe
that single spot, shunyo, a hole that is filled to its circumference, I drive and the sun is bigger than I’ve ever seen and orange, look directly into it or, i had to write a poem to go along with the first
Tribute / The poet who shook the Ershad regime
As he had actively protested against Ayub's dictatorship, and was indeed jailed, he felt compelled to protest against Ershad's dictatorship through his poetry.
Essay / The astounding optimism in Tagore’s songs
His words convince the listener that the world is actually a beautiful place where truth, honesty, and simplicity are the quenching clouds above a desolate desert of dry despair and monotony.
Tagore’s 'Shesher Kobita': A timeless exploration of love and freedom
There are times I envy Labanya, sometimes I wish I could be as rebellious and as free-spirited as her; other times I feel empathy for her, it makes me believe and accept myself more as an individual
Into the rhyme and reason of poetry
To be human is to be a poet. And I will tell you why.
Abdus Selim’s poetry compilation of the ‘60s is a time machine
Abdus Selim’s translation and compilation is a time machine for all of us living in the new age, where poems have become much neutered.
3 writers to receive IFIC Bank literary recognition
Among them, journalist and writer Mashiul Alam has been selected as the best writer for the IFIC Bank Literary Award 2020. Celebrated poet and researcher Aminul Islam and litterateur Swikrit Noman have been selected as the best writers for the IFIC Bank Literary Award 2021.
‘I enjoy being alone’: Helal Hafiz
Helal Hafiz has been suffering from glaucoma for a long time, alongside complications with his kidney, diabetes and nerve complications.
Poet Helal Hafiz hospitalised
Poet Helal Hafeez has been admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital at 8 PM on Wednesday.
The Islamic strain in Kazi Nazrul Islam
Nazrul’s iconic poem uses both Islamic lore as well as Hindu myths to rebel against all that dehumanises and discriminates against human beings.
Remembering a literary personality: Farida Majid (1942-2021)
I find two distinct types among denizens of the world of letters. There are writers single-mindedly focused on literary production in one genre or more, and others I would call, for want of a better term, literary personalities.
Chile poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer, deepen mystery: Experts
A team of international scientists says that Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer or malnutrition, rejecting the official cause of death but not laying to rest one of the great mysteries of post-coup Chile.
Rumi wasn't yours: Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet
Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world's most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.
Nation paying homage to Nazrul on his birthday
The nation is paying tribute to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the occasion of his 117th birth anniversary.
