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Mannan works at a jewellery stall at Sugandha Point between training sessions. Fatema, on the other hand, has been told, more than once, that surfing will tan her skin and hurt her chances of getting married.

I have never been fond of bus rides. I prefer the train. While visually pleasing, the aesthetic offered by a bus drowns out quickly when the backdrop is a smelly bus seat that screams out dust at the…

Meena was one of the very few local-language cartoons Bangladesh ever produced. For most of us who grew up in the 90s and 2000s, it was simply a cartoon we watched between homework and dinner. It was about…

There is a peculiar tenderness in the way Bangladeshi public universities protect their oldest tradition: the humiliation of twenty-something-year-old juniors by another twenty-something-year-old seniors who, thirteen or fourteen months prior, were being ritually humiliated themselves. 

Do you remember those Monday afternoons when you were still a child and the TV would come alive with a monstrous roar from Godzilla?

Some are calling this movie “average.” They say it has less action and fewer cameos. The villains don’t get enough screen time. (Spoiler alert) Even MJ doesn’t end up with Peter in the end. In my mind, none…

Two graduates walk into the same job interview. Both studied at reputable universities. Both earned impressive CGPAs. Both communicate confidently. Both completed internships. On paper, their résumés look almost identical. Then the hiring manager gives them a challenge….

Do you lose patience when talking to your parents? Otherwise, you are fine. Calm and composed.

I picked up The Secret History in order to indulge myself in another dark academia aesthetic, but it left me somewhere else entirely.

I know this is long overdue. But some gratitude is worth writing even late, because it was never really about timing… it was about finally finding the words, and I’m not entirely sure I’ve found the right ones…