Star Literature
POETRY

Shrines

ILLUSTRATION: MAISHA SYEDA

Words have crashed onto your shores,
And lovers have been put to sleep
On beds of nails and ashes
And mausoleums in your name torn down
Because of the upkeep.
Too many builders paid the price
And I—The King who ordered it—
Was kept awake wondering.

Maisha Syeda is a writer, painter, lecturer, and a Sub editor of Star Books and Literature.

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POETRY

Shrines

ILLUSTRATION: MAISHA SYEDA

Words have crashed onto your shores,
And lovers have been put to sleep
On beds of nails and ashes
And mausoleums in your name torn down
Because of the upkeep.
Too many builders paid the price
And I—The King who ordered it—
Was kept awake wondering.

Maisha Syeda is a writer, painter, lecturer, and a Sub editor of Star Books and Literature.

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বাংলাদেশে গুমের ঘটনায় ভারতের সম্পৃক্ততা খুঁজে পেয়েছে কমিশন

কমিশন জানিয়েছে, আইনশৃঙ্খলা রক্ষাকারী বাহিনীর মধ্যে এ বিষয়ে একটি জোরালো ইঙ্গিত রয়েছে যে, কিছু বন্দি এখনো ভারতের জেলে থাকতে পারে।

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