The 25,000-year history of betel nut chewing
17 September 2026
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The world map we know is distorted. Why does it matter?
15 September 2026
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Bengal and the coming of Islam: A story of soil and spirit
14 September 2026
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Xuanzang’s travels to Bengal and beyond : The man, the pilgrim and the Monkey King
11 September 2026
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Professor Anisur Rahman: The economist who put people at the centre
10 September 2026
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APO 433: Dhaka’s forgotten post office of World War II
9 September 2026
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Dadabhai Naoroji: The man who exposed the economics of British colonialism
8 September 2026
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Untold stories of 1971 through private letters
7 September 2026
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The extraordinary journey of Atish Dipankar Srigyan
6 September 2026
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Forgotten story of Jeanette Van Tassel, the American woman who flew over Dhaka in 1892
5 September 2026
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Thinking with Partha Chatterjee
A tribute to Partha Chatterjee, whose groundbreaking scholarship transformed debates on nationalism, subaltern politics, history and democracy worldwide.
23 July 2026
The journey of Qawwali across South Asia: Music, mysticism, and cultural exchange
The highly melodic nature of qawwali enables listeners to memorise and sing it with ease.
23 July 2026
Why secularism is losing ground in South Asia
The decolonial vocabulary of postcolonial theory inadvertently empowers Hindu nationalism by legitimising reactionary, religious cultural traditionalism.
22 July 2026
Modern Islam has always been a 'secular' entity
Iran provides an interesting example of the fate of Islamism and its ideological state
20 July 2026
How the banned film Satluj reopened the darkest wound in Punjab's history
What Satluj has achieved is not a guaranteed result in 2027 but something arguably more consequential for now.
19 July 2026
What the 2026 World Cup reveals about racism in football
The 2026 World Cup revealed how United States politics and social media amplify racism in modern football.
19 July 2026
How Kolkata shops preserve the memories of East Bengal
Who knows how many shops connected to Dhaka are scattered across the city of Kolkata!
19 July 2026
How Roman Jakobson changed modern thought
On Roman Jakobson's death anniversary, revisiting how one linguist reshaped structuralism, psychoanalysis, and interdisciplinary thought forever.
18 July 2026
Football as freedom: From colonial Bengal to Bangladesh
From colonial resistance to liberation, football has long carried Bengal's aspirations for identity, unity, and freedom beyond sport.
17 July 2026
The forgotten South Asian soldiers of the First World War
People from the Indian subcontinent served across multiple fronts in both world wars, yet their stories occupy a surprisingly small place in our collective memory.
17 July 2026
How Dhaka lost its green and water: Revisiting the first master plan of the city
The first clear and large scale planning for Dhaka city emerges in the form of this master plan.
16 July 2026
Bengal’s forgotten connections with Nazi Germany
From 1933 onwards, Hitler and Nazi Germany were admired by certain groups of right-wing Indians, who were often anti-British nationalists.
15 July 2026
Muzharul Islam and his spaces of belonging
What sets Muzharul Islam apart is his commitment to social thinking.
14 July 2026
The rise, decline and revival of Buddhism in Bengal
Buddhist customs, and the regions of Chittagong and southern Arakan State are recognised as areas where Buddhism has survived as a living tradition.
12 July 2026
Two visions of Sulh-i Kul: Akbar and Dara Shukoh
Among the many concepts associated with the Mughal Empire, few have acquired as much resonance as ṣulḥ-i kul, literally "peace with all" or "universal peace".
10 July 2026
Pachapdi Gazi, the 'Jim Corbett of Bengal', and the truth about Sundarbans 'man-eaters'
One thing Gazi made clear in his memoir is that the ‘man-eating’ habit of tigers is not natural because humans are not their natural prey.
9 July 2026
How Mohammedan Sporting Club shaped Muslim identity in colonial Bengal
From football pitches to political consciousness, Mohammedan Sporting transformed sporting success into a powerful symbol of Muslim identity in colonial Bengal.
8 July 2026
The untold history of the rivers that connect Bangladesh and Asia
The idea of river agency is not new, but we are unfamiliar with it because human agency dominates our knowledge practices; as a result, we skip river agency.
7 July 2026
A new history of Battala books
From the middle of the nineteenth century onwards, Bengali book production was centred at Battala in Calcutta.
6 July 2026
How old Bengali advertisements sold the dream of fair skin
Although Bengal Chemical set an example, some racist advertising illustrations were regularly drawn in our subcontinent.
4 July 2026