Inspired by filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s admiration for Fernando Pessoa, explore six poets writing in Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, ...

Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasrin on Thursday reiterated her desire to stay permanently in Kolkata because she wanted to ...

Bangla literature is undergoing multiple changes amid shifts in reading habits, digital platforms, language, and the wider ...

October, in different places, in different times, even using different languages but all captured by the power of words. 1913 ...

The Ministry of Education has approved the establishment of five Centres of Excellence for studies in Classical Assamese, Classical Bengali, Classical Marathi, ...

Hosted by German development and human rights organisation NETZ, the archive sheds light on Sofa’s engagement with German civil society and his efforts to foster dialogue between Bangladesh and German ...

The joy I feel when I talk to a Japanese person and find out they know Bengali is indescribable.Bengali is the national ...

Why should Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam be categorized as a rebel poet all the time in his poetic life- even after his death? Is it the only reason that Poet Nazrul has created a few invigorating poems in ...

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen plans to share her poetry with literature enthusiasts, whom she wants not only to listen but also to question and disagree with her when she returns to ...

Two years after the student uprising, there are strong indications that Sheikh Mujib will return to his rightful place in the nation’s collective memory.

Bengali lullabies nurture language, emotional connection and cultural memory, but screens are reshaping how children experience childhood.

If you have never heard Shyama Sangeet, you may be missing one of the most intimate expressions of Maa Kali bhakti. In this Bengali devotional tradition, Kali is not approached only as a powerful ...