Articles tagged "Bangladesh"

Snakes, Husbands, Ashalota, and Us (Mag: Articles)

By Shaheen Akhtar | June 1, 2012

Ashalota’s arrival in our lives occurred when, trying to rescue ourselves from our fear of snakes, we were stifling in the clutches of our husbands. Who isn’t afraid of snakes? Our husbands…...

Translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya

Celebrating International Mother Language Day (Dispatches)

By Suzanne Ruta | February 21, 2012

On February 2, 1952, during a peaceful demonstration to demand national status in East Pakistan for the Bengali language, four students were shot dead in the street. A postcolonial trauma that would lead…...

Bengali (Data: Languages)

By Bud P. | October 13, 2009

A Feast for Readers: Eid Specials in Bangladesh (Dispatches)

By Mahmud Rahman | October 23, 2008

The last morning of September, I learn that the Daily Star's Eid Literature Special has come out. It includes a personal essay from me, so I head out for a nearby newspaper vendor. He's at Farmgate, fifteen…...

Parul’s Motherhood (Mag: Articles)

By Selina Hossain | March 1, 2005

Parul calculated that it had been around six months since the man had disappeared. Some said he had drowned at sea, some that he had gone to Dhaka for work. Parul didn't care where the hell he went,…...

Translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya

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