In a nearly-empty Kolkata theatre, watching a mortal man performing all sorts of miracles on the big screen—from flying over enemy defence lines while riding on his horse and breaking a lion’s jaws ...

Growing up in our part of the world in the second half of the 20th century, and fed on a diet of popular fiction, comic books, TV "nature" documentaries and Hollywood films, who amongst us did not ...

Cover of 'Shunya Pather Mallika'; and (right) Bengali author Smaranjit Chakraborty who won the Ananda Purashkar 1431 (2025). (Author photo by SNM Abdi) At 48, Smaranjit Chakraborty, the recipient of ...

In Bangla literature, mothers often dominate the emotional narrative. However, beneath that maternal warmth lies a quieter current—of fathers who fumble, fathers who sacrifice, fathers who, in their ...

Whilst researching and writing this book, Samia Khatun received funding from various bodies. These included an Australian Postgraduate Award and the Endeavour Asia Research Fellowship awarded by the ...

Qazi Anwar Hussain, noted writer and creator of Bangladesh's popular spy thriller series “Masud Rana” and the founder of an influential publishing house died on January 19, 2022 at 85 years of age.