Playing with Memories
In most cases, nostalgia has three factors: time, place and people. One of these—time that has passed—is a constant in all nostalgic memories. What if I fooled around with the other two factors?
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
A Plebeian’s Guide to Dark Academia
Dark academia is about the idealisation of everything intellectual and scholarly: the smell of old books, candlelit libraries, classical music, fountain pens–that sort of thing.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
A Brain Cell Roundtable
Cells One, Two and Three have gathered for their meeting inside Mili’s brain. Take a seat, please.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
All About Whataboutism
In short, "whataboutism" is a device used to discredit and counter an argument by drawing attention to a similar or completely different topic, thus steering the discussion to an irrelevant lane.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Love Through Feline Eyes
Human? My Human, where are you?
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM
The Wonderful Weirdness of WikiHow
You might start with tips on how to clean your bathroom, and before you know it you'll end up initiating black magic rituals on your siblings from another article.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
What TV Schedules Might Look Like This Eid
Dear viewers, Eid Mubarak from Moja TV! As you know, like everything else this year, Covid-19 has challenged the way we celebrate Eid. Fear not, for
20 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Of Extraction and Yellow Filters
If you’ve been spending most of your days scrolling through Facebook, like most of us nowadays, chances are you have come across memes regarding the trailer of a Netflix movie called Extraction, which stars Chris Hemsworth and releases on April 24.
22 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Keep Your Mental Health in Check
As the death toll keeps rising and panic brews even more, we fear for ourselves and our loved ones.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM
A Time Capsule to the Liberation War
In the momentous month of March, I seized the opportunity to visit the Liberation War Museum.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Upheavals
The constant upheavals began when my peaceful slumber was shattered by a rain of bullets on March 25, 1971. I watched in fear from the balcony of our flat in Banani, while your grandfather went up to the rooftop with the neighbours. The children, including your mother, wanted to see as well, but I shoved them inside.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
The Marvellous Case of Tamino
Have you ever found something extraordinary yet obscure? You wish to make it known and keep it a secret at the same time. Most of all, you want to cherish it, like trapping lightning in a bottle. That’s what happened to me late last year.
18 March 2020, 18:00 PM