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Category: Literature

Mother and child

May 24, 2021 editorLiterature

Of all visions accessible on this living Earth, no natural sight is more beautiful than a mother and child. If the mother and child are human (no matter what race), they are beautiful.

and, child, Literature, Mother

Amidst so-called civilized society

May 20, 2021May 24, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

An uncommon narrative on the tribes’ emotional conflict with changing reality
Presenting the lives of the members of six tribes with exquisite specificity and empathy, White as Milk and Rice places the discerning reader amid the Halakkis, Kanjars, Kurumbas, Marias, Khasis and the Konyaks.

amidst, civilized, Literature, so-called, Society

When the Sky poured acid

May 20, 2021May 24, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Innocent people invariably bear the cost of being nature’s custodians at the hands of the colonial design.

acid, Literature, Opinion, poured, the Sky, when

Efface bloodstain in Palestine

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 editorLiterature, Readers’ corner

Royal iris
Trampled under the boots
Of brutal Israeli soldiers!
Their only errand
Is to staining hands
With fresh bloods of-
People and children of Palestine!

bloodstain, Efface, in, Literature, Palestine

Royal Title on Meghan’s Book

May 15, 2021 editorColumns, Literature

Meanwhile, in order to sell her book, Meghan has used her royal title as inscribed on the cover—“The Bench By Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex”.

Book, Literature, Meghan’s, on, Royal Title

Raging towards a new light

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar SharmaWhether public anger as righteous indignation gets addressed by timely policies or continues to get weaponized by populist politics as tribal energy will determine the future course of the society.In this world that is fast turning emotionless and timeless,…

angry, Literature, new light, Raging, Towards

Sylhet Pupils complete U.S. Embassy’s English Access Program

April 13, 2021 editorDiplomacy, Literature

Twenty students from Sylhet successfully completed the rigorous U.S.-funded two-year Access Program, strengthening their English language

Complete, diplomacy, English Access, Literature, program, Pupils, sylhet, U.S. Embassy’s

A joyride through philosophy

April 4, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Eric Weiner’s love for trains can be termed infectious, as he takes reader on a journey to places that bear testimonies to timeless philosophical wisdom.

A, joyride, Literature, Opinion, philosophy, through

‘Pracheer Periye’ publication aired on Autism Awareness Day

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh, Literature

Autism expert and Shuchona Foundation Chair Saima Wazed Hossain Friday announced the publication of “Pracheer Periye.”

'Pracheer Periye', announced, autism, awareness, Bangladesh, Day, Literature, publication

Coronavirus and Climate Change: Tales of Two Crises

April 2, 2021 editorBangladesh, Literature

The book contains 25 sub-headings starting with “Spread of Coronavirus: Are we prepared?” and ends at “Escaping Pandora’s Box of Acceleration of Pandemics”.

and, Bangladesh, Climate change, Coronavirus, Literature, Tales of, Two Crises

Even if you can’t take it, you can’t avoid being one

April 1, 2021 editorColumns, Literature

Sudhirendar Sharma I recall how scheming we were in our younger days to send gullible on a ‘fool’s errand’ to mark April 1, the most light-hearted day of the year when playing pranks and trying to get people to believe…

Bangla Language Movement hero Yusuf Kalu passes away

March 30, 2021 editorBangladesh, Heritage, Literature

Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal on Monday due to old age complications. He was 91.

Bangla, Bangladesh, hero, Language Movement, Literature, passes away, politics, Yusuf Kalu

Ekushey Book Fair opens

March 19, 2021 editorBangladesh, Lead News, Literature

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2021, a yearly event of booklovers and publishers, in the capital.

Bangladesh, book fair, Ekushey, Literature, opens

Everything one can imagine is real

March 13, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

For the generation riding on social media bubble, being on a high seems their ultimate goal with any consequences therefrom being of little consequence.

Protecting Indigenous Languages is Protecting Biodiversity

March 8, 2021 editorBiodiversity, Literature, Op-Ed

The extinction of one million species feels rather abstract. We do not know how to speak of the scale of such extinction, except as a mere number: one million!

Biodiversity, indigenous, IS, languages, Protecting

Book on Bangabandhu’s March 7 Speech in UN’s official languages

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh, Literature, Politics

Bangladesh Embassy in Paris and Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to UNESCO have unveiled a book titled “The Historic 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: A World Documentary Heritage.”

Bangabandhu's March 7, Bangladesh, Book, languages, Lead 1, speech, UN's official

The News Today, Oh Boy !

March 1, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Really think, on how to avoid both reading and watching news for a happier, calmer, and wiser life.

Literature, Oh Boy !, The News, today

The making of a gobar country

February 13, 2021 editorColumns, Literature

Sudhirendar Sharma Spotting dung (gobar) in the streets reminds me of political philosopher Jeremy Waldron who said ‘things are not quite as they seem’, which provides me with an illuminating example of what the bovine of the world drops first…

a gobar, Country, Literature, The making of

21 named for Ekushey Padak

February 5, 2021 editorBangladesh, Literature

Dhaka, Feb 4 – Twenty-one eminent personalities will get the country’s second-highest civilian award, the Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields.

21 named, Bangladesh, for Ekushey Padak, Literature, this year

The landscape of contradictory impulses

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Delhi may have been slowly forgetting its past but the Ridge, the green lungs of the sprawling megapolis remain living fossils in the history of its making.

contradictory, impulses, Literature, The landscape of

Illusion of a makeover

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 editorLiterature

Sudhirendar Sharma That the populist image-building force has developed into an instrument of coercion isn’t the concern of the large majority. Francis Fukuyama had professed that the post-war evolution of mankind will spur the ideological universalization of liberal democracy. In…

Illusion of a makeover, India, Literature

Novelist Rabeya Khatun passes away

January 5, 2021 editorBangladesh, Literature

Dhaka, Jan 03 –Eminent novelist Rabeya Khatun passed away in the city on Sunday at the age of 85. According to her family sources, Rabeya Khatun breathed her last at her Banani residence due to old-age complications.

Bangladesh, Literature, novelist, passes away, Rabeya Khatun

Corona helped learn new English words

December 4, 2020 editorColumns, Literature

M Zahidul Haque PERHAPS an ordinary villager in Bangladesh never knew or used to an English word ‘Lockdown’. Well, with the invasion of coronavirus the word ‘lockdown’ become popular among the people not only in Bangladesh but the world over.…

corona, English words, helped learn, New, Opinion

Resetting the clock to rethink life

November 23, 2020 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar Sharma De-growth can help people engage life journeys with patience and compassion, rather than investing in material acquisitions to escape the daily quota of pain, sadness and frustration. Epidemics have happened in the past but the speed and scope…

Life, Literature, Opinion, Resetting, the clock, to rethink

Don’t Wanna Know

November 7, 2020 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar Sharma Our taste for ignorance is a strategic tool for autocracies, a drug spurring mindless consumerism and turning crucial profit.

Don’t, Literature, Opinion, Wanna Know

Inside the wilds of curiosity

October 18, 2020 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar Sharma Literature has stayed aloof in generating environmental consciousness, leading to inter-generational disconnect in transferring the subtleties of inter-dependence on nature and myriad other life forms.

inside, Literature, of curiosity, Opinion, the wilds

Mirror to the hellfire

October 5, 2020 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar Sharma The poor are at the receiving end of a systemic malaise triggered by cocktail of all pervasive religious fanaticism, rampant corruption, sustained ignorance, and a frenzied media.

Literature, Mirror, Opinion, to the hellfire

PM unveils book on Bangabandhu

September 22, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Literature

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled the cover of a book titled “Sheikh Mujib: A Nation’s Father”.

Bangladesh, book on Bangabandhu, Literature, PM Hasina

Freedom’s Backstory

September 18, 2020 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar Sharma This study busts the persistent myths about colonialism, also detailing how many Britons turned against their empire’s endless oppression.

Backstory, Freedoms, Literature, Opinion

The endearing legacy of the slain prince

September 13, 2020 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

Sudhirendar Sharma Dara was a great unifier of religions and essayed his brand of religious liberalism at a time when orthodox Sunni faith was on its ascendancy.

legacy, Literature, of the, Opinion, slain prince, The endearing

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