Salahuddin Ayub

Farhad Mazhar and the Being of Lalon Fakir

Farhad Mazhar has long stood at the unpredictable intersection of poetry, politics, and philosophy.

2w ago

Sonnet of the riverbank: Remembering Al Mahmud, the poet

Some poets arrive like rain on parched soil—needing no defense, only recognition. Al Mahmud (1936–2019) was one of them. And yet, in the usual crookedness of history, we have found ourselves having to defend what should already have been canonised. There was a time—not long ago—when his name uns

1m ago

Reading Baitullah Quaderee: A critic’s view of a poetic decade

When I picked up Baitullah Quaderee’s 'Bangladesher Shater Dashaker Kabita', it wasn’t particularly out of scholarly curiosity. The book is, by design, a doctoral thesis—its structure conventional, its chapters arranged by academic demand—but what caught my interest was not the format, nor even the topic. It was the author himself. 

3m ago
September 20, 2025
September 20, 2025

Farhad Mazhar and the Being of Lalon Fakir

Farhad Mazhar has long stood at the unpredictable intersection of poetry, politics, and philosophy.

August 30, 2025
August 30, 2025

Sonnet of the riverbank: Remembering Al Mahmud, the poet

Some poets arrive like rain on parched soil—needing no defense, only recognition. Al Mahmud (1936–2019) was one of them. And yet, in the usual crookedness of history, we have found ourselves having to defend what should already have been canonised. There was a time—not long ago—when his name uns

June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025

Reading Baitullah Quaderee: A critic’s view of a poetic decade

When I picked up Baitullah Quaderee’s 'Bangladesher Shater Dashaker Kabita', it wasn’t particularly out of scholarly curiosity. The book is, by design, a doctoral thesis—its structure conventional, its chapters arranged by academic demand—but what caught my interest was not the format, nor even the topic. It was the author himself.