Reading Akhteruzzaman Elias after an uprising
Firdous Azim: There has been an uprising in Bangladesh.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Dreaming with Rokeya
Sultana’s Dream was first published in 1905 in the Ladies Home Journal in what was then the Presidency city of Madras.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Rokeya Day: Rokeya’s vision for women
The streets of Dhaka have been animated by women marching in protest and rage against rape and the continued violence against women. The demand for women’s freedoms—of movement, of expression, of choice—have found a new radical vocabulary and expression.
8 December 2020, 18:00 PM
The Bones of Grace or the Coming-of-Age of a Writer
Tahmima Anam's The Bones of Grace is the last in the trilogy that began with A Golden Age and was followed up by The Good Muslim.
8 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Redrawing Gender Boundaries in Literary Terrains 18th and 19th May 2017.
The connections between gender and literature have a long history. Looking only at English literature, we can trace
23 June 2017, 18:00 PM