opinion

#Perspective / Monorail in Chattogram: Will it ease traffic or add to the chaos?

Chattogram’s first monorail aims to ease traffic with faster, cheaper transit, but scepticism remains due to past delays and unfinished projects. If successful, it could boost urban life, business, and tourism, though locals debate its immediate necessity.

We cannot let ourselves become comfortably numb

With our collective inability to pay attention, it is not that unlikely that we will forget this too.

#Perspective / Afghanistan's T20 World Cup journey and Bangladeshis' reactions

We took to the people around to hear what everyday Bangladeshis have to say about Afghanistan's feat and how it reflects on our own national team.

ESSAY / Zadie Smith’s rhetorical tricks

Smith’s framing runs into the same blind spot in other criticisms levelled at student protests, i.e. it detaches the student’s cause from the activists, academics, and journalists, Palestinian or otherwise, who have been documenting Israel’s settler colonial project for 75 years.

World Literacy Month / Media literacy and the case of overrated classics

In this digital age, we are processing a large amount of information everyday and it’s important to learn media literacy in order to see the bigger picture.

What’s Real, really?

In spite of the Real remaining intensely vulnerable to propaganda and the power of the state, a Lie will never replace the Truth.

When you have Opinion Fatigue Syndrome

It is as if I must have the information and facts to pass a comment or give an opinion on every issue under the sky;

Opinion / Living a feminist killjoy life

The way we perceive the word “emotion” through the gendered lens contributes to systematic oppression because it dismisses those who fall under the umbrella of the emotional radar and it is easier to silence their voices as emotional beings because they are often, according to the patriarchal society, deemed as unstable, illogical, or disoriented.

Was the six-month semester a good idea for private universities?

The new system has created a looming threat of session jams, something previously unheard of in private institutes.

September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023

When you have Opinion Fatigue Syndrome

It is as if I must have the information and facts to pass a comment or give an opinion on every issue under the sky;

August 26, 2023
August 26, 2023

Living a feminist killjoy life

The way we perceive the word “emotion” through the gendered lens contributes to systematic oppression because it dismisses those who fall under the umbrella of the emotional radar and it is easier to silence their voices as emotional beings because they are often, according to the patriarchal society, deemed as unstable, illogical, or disoriented.

July 20, 2023
July 20, 2023

Was the six-month semester a good idea for private universities?

The new system has created a looming threat of session jams, something previously unheard of in private institutes.

July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023

From breezy musings to gusty convictions

As you go through the book, you face heavier winds. In the section titled ‘Gale’, Professor Mortuza explores the history of the establishment of our education system, the contentious nature of the semester system at our universities, the issue of campus ragging, corruption within our educational institutions, and various other compelling topics. In this section, he faces the topics head on.

June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023

Everybody hates fantasy. Let’s talk about it.

Based on anecdotal evidence, complaints about the genre being “pure escapism”, “childish” and “uninteresting” are common. There are also reviews which accuse fantasy literature of being “formulaic”, “out of touch” and even “outdated”.

May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023

Heatwaves, global warming, and the ethics of our cities

We must rethink how cities are planned, designed, and administered to combat the adverse effects of both the heat island problem and climate change.

May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023

May peace be restored in Pakistan

We welcome SC decision to term Imran Khan's arrest as "unlawful"

March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023

‘Monstrous fancies, misshapen dreams’: My ambivalence with ‘Dorian Gray’

“How tragic it would be if you were wasted”, made me smile in a melancholic way. I know moments when “unnecessary things are our only necessities”. And I’ve not been hesitant to give “rebellion its fascination” and “disobedience its charm.”

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023

“A well-read woman is a dangerous creature”. Is she really?

It concerns me that Tate’s apologists range from impressionable boys in my grade 9 classroom to 30-something-year-old single dads. My own mother calls me a ‘feminist’ with such chagrin in her tone, it begins to feel like a slur.

March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023

How corruption is perpetuated across generations in Bangladesh

This is not surprising in a country where adolescents are generally discouraged from thinking about politics and social issues, because these supposedly only concern adults.