A Rare Privilege

I visited my sister, Hasna in the Philippines in the summer of May 1987 along with my son, Asif, for nearly 3 weeks.
27 August 2015

SNAPSHOT

“Life is priceless. Even to an ant”
27 August 2015

Call me Old Fashioned

Once upon a time - when Facebook was not yet born, when people would actually depend on handwriting more than keyboards, when finding a new friend was not just a click away - there used to be a way through which people would make friends: pen pals.
27 August 2015

PEARLS OF WISDOM

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all
27 August 2015

Paris in Pixels

A train ride from Barcelona to the Paris Gar de Lyon, is a long one. Even though we Bangladeshis are used to spending hours on the streets of Dhaka to get to Motijheel from Gulshan, the 6 hour train ride from Spain to France is quite a long one for Europeans.
27 August 2015

NUMBERS 131

It is the number of rare photographs of Bangabandhu displayed in a three-day photo exhibition titled Chitrrogathai Shokgatha at Sangsad.
20 August 2015

The Painter of Nostalgia

Kherokhata or a sketchbook is more of a personal thought processing space than just a piece of notebook.
20 August 2015

Taking on the Digital World

Having your own digital media agency no easy feat, especially the kind of agency that aims to help other organisations use unconventional, creative and data-driven marketing strategies to take their businesses up a notch.
20 August 2015

The Vatman rises and surprises again

People these days go to the doctor the minute their child sneezes more than once. The Vatman knows to tax that too. Tax anything that moves or doesn't. Had a new born baby? Tax that little bugger before he consumes too much milk and baby formula.
20 August 2015

Bothersome Blisters

You have an itchy tingling sensation. You see a hint of redness around your lips. Get ready to welcome a cluster of fluid filled pockets on your lips in the next 24 hours!
20 August 2015

Shutter Stories

“Again and again I've taken quick glances and then for some reason I've got to sit before a picture waiting and it's opened up like one of those Japanese flowers that you put into water and something I thought wasn't worth more than a casual, respectful glance begins to open up depth after depth of meaning.”
20 August 2015

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT 2015 AND THE YOUTH

Entrepreneurship was a pretty alien word in Bangladesh even 10 years ago. No one would take an entrepreneur seriously if he would talk about doing something on his own and building a Business.
20 August 2015

MAILBOX

The spotlight story titled "Growing Pains" published in August 14, 2015 was a perfect depiction of the acute problem that is mostly faced by our young generation in the urban areas.
20 August 2015

1 Minute Please

Amit Chowdhury has proved himself to be a prominent Bharatanatyam dancer of our country.
20 August 2015

SNAPSHOT

A place does not become good by your physical aspects, but by the people who are present in it.
20 August 2015

And Shadows Flee Away

The Armenians of Dhaka were a rich and swanky lot. The church that they built in 1781 (Church of the Holy Resurrection) and the area where it stands (Armanitola, named after Armenians) both reflect the influence of this community.
20 August 2015

PEARLS OF WISDOM

There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
20 August 2015

Bangladesh Beats India in Education

“Beating India in education? In mathematics? I cannot believe it!” said Professor Mohammad Kaykobad, one of Bangladesh's most distinguished scientists, and member of the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee after Bangladesh beat India at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2015.
20 August 2015

STAR DIARY

Last week the HSC results got published and my sister could not score a GPA 5. Seeing her results, she burst out into tears and became very upset.
20 August 2015

The Endangered Shangri-La

Jaflong, one of the most beautiful natural spaces in Bangladesh, is becoming inhospitable for tourists due to a lack of adequate facilities.
20 August 2015