war

Exploring BRICS and global governance

We fought two world wars because of economic nationalism, the driving force behind the warring powers.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / 'Prophet Song': Full of sound, fury, and significance

The 309-page-long dystopian novel is an oppressive account of Eilish who tries to keep her family from falling apart as everything around her crumbles.

Victory Day / Bangladesh's journey beyond Cold War realpolitik

Today marks the first Victory Day of Bangladesh being celebrated without the existence of Henry Kissinger

Poetry / We’re still alive

We’re still alive/ but they wanted to die a natural death

Salman Khan responds to fans setting off fireworks in theatres

Salman Khan has responded to fans setting off fireworks inside theatres to display their affection after a film's release. In a statement to news agency ANI, Salman expressed his disapproval, stating that he is "not at all in support of this." This comes in the wake of Salman's admirers setting off firecrackers in theaters during a “Tiger 3” screening.

Jr NTR to shoot for ‘War 2’ without body doubles

Production for the second installment of "War" has been ongoing for some time, with various clips from Spain featuring Ayan Mukherjee, the director, circulating on social media. However, Jr NTR, another cast member of the film, has not yet joined the shoot.

Poetry / Bring humanity home alive

This universe’s heart is hollow now for humanity has died inside it.

Bangladesh Genocide of 1971: Time for the West to walk the talk

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.

The Shelf / 7 nonfiction books to understand the question of Palestine

We highlight seven nonfictional books that allow us to understand the history and discourse around the struggle better.

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

Bring humanity home alive

This universe’s heart is hollow now for humanity has died inside it.

October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023

Bangladesh Genocide of 1971: Time for the West to walk the talk

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.

October 10, 2023
October 10, 2023

7 nonfiction books to understand the question of Palestine

We highlight seven nonfictional books that allow us to understand the history and discourse around the struggle better.

October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023

War still rages on

We might never know how it feels when your whole existence is denied or the loss of homeland, but we can get a little glimpse of their suffering.

October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023

Israel-Arab normalisation has not eliminated the resistance

The Palestinian question had been the thorn in the side of Arab states that wished to forge economic, military and political alliances with Israel.

September 19, 2023
September 19, 2023

The records of resilience

Much of the reminiscences in The Murti Boys encompass the grittiness of staving off the Pakistanis with little weaponry and a great deal of quick thinking. 

August 9, 2023
August 9, 2023

7 minutes to midnight

In exchange for the presidential suites at the Ritz and so on, the men holding our city keys have already opened our skies to all that may come.

July 5, 2023
July 5, 2023

The pirates of Madagascar

In this posthumous effort, 'Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), Graeber posits, in characteristic fashion, that the Enlightenment would not have happened if not for the pirates around the Malagasy coast.

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

PTSD

Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate

March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023

A night poem

my eyes can barely take the weight of sleep/ now/ now that you are wording sentences on wars