An HIV positive patient from Bangladesh tells Ahmed Shatil Alam about his illness and how he hides it from even his closest relatives On a day of October 2003, Hasib (name has been changed), a migrant worker from a South-Eastern district of Bangladesh, had returned to his workplace at a food processing company in Saudi Arabia. ‘I had gone to […]
Namira Hossain talks to two Star Wars fanatics to see how the popular movie franchise has shaped their lives A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away a little known American film-maker named George Lucas changed the landscape of sci-fi fantasy with the first installment of the Star Wars trilogy which later came to be known as A […]
by Mehrab Jamal When it was suggested that I, as someone in his early days of studying at a university abroad, should write some sort of a piece describing my experiences so far, I said I would get started soon but never really got around to it. Now, perhaps one and a half years in to my time here in […]
by Asifur Rahman Khan It was 1999, and one of my classmates was narrating my Bengali essay. Nobody could stop laughing, including my English teacher. In fact, the narrator could barely keep his voice straight, trying to be a good narrator instead of joining the crowd. He spoke slowly and loudly in Bangla, ‘When the detective found themselves at the […]
by Raphy Islam A boy was running in the middle of a busy street. He was maybe six to seven years old. He was being chased by other boys armed with sticks. Onlookers could say that the boy was scared out of his wits. In a rickshaw, I watched the incident for 20 odd seconds. I did not know why […]
PHOTOS by Sony Ramany The ongoing flood in the country, caused by heavy rainfall and on-rush of water from India, has submerged croplands and marooned several lakh people in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Bogra, Gaibandha and some other northern districts. During a visit, a team from New Age found people, who lost their homes to the flood, moving haplessly to higher grounds […]
by Asifur Rahman Khan Intelligence is so subjective, yet everywhere in the world, it is measured objectively. Entrance exams, quizzes, half yearly exams, final exams; every test measures the memorising ability of a student, and how much they can vomit at each battle ground to prove themselves. At least that’s how it goes in Bangladesh. ‘Dude, how did your exam […]
Somnambulism is a sleep disorder that affects many people in our country. Syed Tashfin Chowdhury writes about the experiences of a few sleepwalkers and how their families coped with it The hard shove forced Masud (not his real name) to wake up and discover himself standing right by the pond. His father was standing by him and had pushed him […]
Namira Hossain writes about the benefits of meditation Mindfulness has become one of those buzzwords, sometimes thrown about in a facetious manner to denigrate what are considered New Agey practices and to dismiss its’ actual meaning. Many websites and self-help books preach the art of mindfulness, but what is it exactly? According to the ever trusty dictionary, the first definition […]
by Kawshiki Nasser We Bangladeshis are used to moving to other countries. Remember ‘taka den dubai jamu’? We have been moving to other countries for higher studies, to improve our lives, to earn better wages, for decades. Once it was L-O-N-D-O-N, then it was the good ole U S of A then Australia and eventually Malaysia. But we do it. […]
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