Ramadan arrives each year not only as a sacred month of reflection and devotion but also as a season of preparation for a renewal. Across Bangladesh, families begin planning weeks in advance how to go about making the best use of the practice of purity and fervour. They wish to organise their homes

Many things vary from generation to generation, but one thing is becoming exponentially more tiring: the lack of purity in our food. In this life full of hassle, all we can afford is polluted air and adulterated food.  The urgency of this issue becomes even more profound during Ramadan, a mon

It's a refreshing, busy, and truly once-in-a-lifetime experience, at least for now. I have just returned from Rangamati backwoods. Even after reaching Dhaka, the flashbacks are constantly running through my mind. I feel an urge to write them down, to put these thoughts into words, in hope that ever

Dear Milena, I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say, “Come with me, Milena.” This letter by Franz Kafka often reminds us of the immense possibilities of the stories that never could happen or happened just for

Anima (Pen name) was returning home after a hectic day, and while her eyes were bamboozled with the busy roads of the metropolitan, her ears were soothed with a melody that had been playing for over a week. A story born with melody. Her tiresome body finds a sense of peace as she returns to her pla

A man in his 30s, having a very sedentary lifestyle, wakes up in the morning only to find that there is a creepy pain in his abdomen. Even in layperson's language, abdominal pain may mean many things. Appendicitis, gastroenteritis, gall bladder- whatnot!He and his family members kept guessing unti

There is something about the first whiff of mangoes in the air that feels like a season turning a page. In Bangladesh, summer does not just arrive with sweat and storms-it comes with our favourite fruit, mangoes. Yellow, green, golden blushes of sweetness and tang, tucked in baskets on rickshaws, i

On this day, wherever we take our eyes, AI (artificial intelligence) is taking over almost every sector -- be it IT sector, content development or even in the education sector. Though there are some incidental bugs, most of the time AI seems like a digital fairy godmother of Cinderella with the rig