Italian man steals unpublished books by award-winning authors
The more than 1,000 stolen manuscripts included a work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
‘Border Crossings’ hopes to reconcile diasporic identities
Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin says of first generation immigrants that they—who are already grappling with the duality of their multifaceted identities—were not seen as being Bengali enough by their parents.
‘Khandito Nazrul’: Why he is and should be relevant
The difficulty of translation is one of the reasons why Nazrul is not discussed as extensively as Tagore in the west.
Resurrection
Rahman emerged from his grave in the middle of the night. His return from the dead took place in no more than 10 days after his passing away.
Maa
Delicate like butterfly wings, And yet as strong as boulders Her mind is a divine place, Eternal peace on her shoulders.
Favourite season
Showers and storms give way To a surge of sunlight A fragrance of hope floats in On morning breeze
Italian man steals unpublished books by award-winning authors
The more than 1,000 stolen manuscripts included a work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
‘Border Crossings’ hopes to reconcile diasporic identities
Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin says of first generation immigrants that they—who are already grappling with the duality of their multifaceted identities—were not seen as being Bengali enough by their parents.
‘Khandito Nazrul’: Why he is and should be relevant
The difficulty of translation is one of the reasons why Nazrul is not discussed as extensively as Tagore in the west.
Colleen Hoover cancels ‘It Ends With Us’ colouring book on domestic abuse
Readers are questioning how “a coloring book was ever going to ‘tastefully mirror Lilly Bloom’s story’ of violent domestic abuse.”
Local publishers, sales, and the 2023 Dhaka Lit Fest
This year a ticketing system was imposed. As such, sales were lower than expected.
Three literary walks: Nilanjana Roy, Shehan Karunatilaka, Daisy Rockwell
With a Books page you're creating a running history of the ideas and the parallel history or the imagination of a country.
Can we justify censorship in culture?
The panel spoke broadly about censorship, #MeToo movement, mob mentality, cancel culture, JK Rowling, and social media echo chambers.
Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter’, dies at 82
Banks, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, died Saturday in upstate New York, his editor, Dan Halpern, told The Associated Press. Banks was being treated for cancer.
Dhaka Lit Fest closing: literature too can be a party
The last day of the 10th Dhaka Lit Fest today began on a calmer note.
Dhaka Lit Fest 2023: Kishwar Chowdhury to open a restaurant soon
"I started my journey with a simple dream of writing a book for my children", she shared at the talk.