A panjabi’s tale

The cupboard creaked open, revealing his gleaming face. With sheer haste, he began to shuffle around the few shirts he had, discarding and
20 May 2020

Eid dishes I will miss this year

I am not much of a foodie. Like Josh Hutcherson playing the mean older brother in Zathura, the only thing I do know how to prepare (perfectly) is water.
20 May 2020

ROUGE

I was adopted on October 19, 1996.
20 May 2020

SALAMI HEIST

After all, what's Eid without the fight for salami?
20 May 2020

Editorial

This past month, I think I spent the most time with my parents since I was a toddler. And that brought me to a realisation. Millennials and
13 May 2020

History of the world with indy neidell

I came across the YouTube channel The Great War some time in 2017, and I was blown away instantly. Week by week story-telling of one of the most important events in world history, a mind boggling amount of detail that’s not really common on other breadtube or infotainment channels, and just the sheer scope of the project intrigued me.
13 May 2020

Riding the wave of uncertainty

With the grappling fear and uncertainty of what the future holds for us looming over our heads, it can become increasingly difficult to look forward to the future we once had all thought out.
13 May 2020

Oh Mango, My Love...

An average Bangladeshi is said to be made of 90% mangoes in summer.
13 May 2020

Falling in your dreams

It is midnight. The silence settles in, its presence periodically interrupted as the clock ticks by. You try to sleep and switch sides.
13 May 2020

The young and the bold

Covid-19 has brought the world to a screeching halt in roughly four months. Its crippling effect has touched on every aspect of people’s lives. Bangladesh and UNDP have been actively working with the government on mitigating the impacts of Covid-19.
13 May 2020

Wanderers

It’d been so long since I last walked in this city.
13 May 2020

WHERE IS HOME?

For as long as I can remember, my grandfather would tell me about the events surrounding his migration from Sahasram, a city in Bihar, India.
13 May 2020

BANGLADESH ONLINE UNIVERSITY (BOU): Excellence out of Necessity

BOU promises to deliver world-class quality education to its students while making sure that they do not have to step outside the safety of their own humble abodes.
13 May 2020

Play old school PlayStation games on your phone

Smartphone chips are becoming more and more powerful. It is amazing that the PlayStation 1 games, which we grew up playing on the classic console, can now be played on your phones.
6 May 2020

Mom Bloggers and the Conversation Around Motherhood

Motherhood is a concept that is difficult to define and grasp for those that haven’t experienced it. Even for those who have, the definition differs from house to house,
6 May 2020

How to add (real) value to your MOOC certificates

Many students and young professionals are keeping themselves occupied with different online courses or MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) during these troubling times.
6 May 2020
6 May 2020

Le Haluwa

Ma comes home with a tiny little piece of haluwa wrapped in taut plastic—the kind you get at hospitals. She holds it up in the air, her fingers a jeweller’s vice, and says, “See the haluwa?”
6 May 2020

MAN & MOUNTAIN

Man beneath the mountains
6 May 2020

OUR PLANET IN PERIL?

Ever since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, horrifying news has become an overwhelming yet regular part of our lives.
6 May 2020