Epsita Halder takes a photo walk through the Hussaini Dalan in Dhaka, and brings to us alluring snapshots of the Imambara. “In old Dhaka, you will find the Shias,” said Mafidul Kaka, my guardian in Dhaka, while handing me an
On a cold winter night, driving through a dark street without lights, we reached a house by the railway tracks of Kushtia to listen to Lalon’s songs. Lalon Fokir is regarded as one of the founders of Baul music. He
#Trigger warning: Not for the faint-hearted, not for the ones who look for beauty in every atom of the planet or who try to make each atom beautiful! You will be better off waiting for the next Sooraj Barjatiya film!
A short story from Piazza Bangladesh by Neeman Sobhan. Barely twenty-one years old, Cheeni was far too young to be a grandmother, a Naani. Yet in our family that was what we cousins had been taught to call her. Cheeni
Paramita Banerjee highlights various parts, memories of Bangladesh in her trips to meet the women who fought in the Tebhaga movement, the peasants who were idealistic and different perceptions as they change over time and experience … ‘Samasussa liste palante
In the age of cultural insularity, Salil Tripathi reminisces about his love for another language, another culture and simply another way of living … What unfolds is a story of journeys through books, streets and memories seeped in Bangaliana …
Koli Mitra puts the much-applauded microcredit and microlending schemes, championed by the likes of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh under the scanner and tries to analyse its pitfalls, as well as its benefits. About the featured image: Bangladeshi women count
Dr. A Qayyum Khan talks to Devjani Bodepudi to dissect the history and realities of Bangladesh, in the context of Bangladesh’s Victory Day and the release of his first book, A Bittersweet Victory, A Freedom Fighter’s Tale. Tell me why
Shahidul Alam is one photographer who needs no introduction. This photographer from Bangladesh has shown at major international galleries, has judged the World Press Photo competition, been a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and so on. But through all
Thomas Crowley tries to investigate the media representation of the Bhopal tragedy including the most recent film Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain and tries to find out how such narratives can help us question the underlying structures involved…. How to