Milia Ali

A couple of days ago, while I was waiting at a traffic signal I noticed a thought-provoking bumper sticker on the car in front: “I am a proud parent of a Middle School Honor Roll student.” My immediate reaction was bafflement coupled with disdain. I wondered why any parent would want to flaunt a child's achievement so blatantly! “And, should middle school grades matter enough to warrant this kind of bragging?” I muttered to myself, while staring at the sticker.

After a prolonged stay in Dhaka, I am set to return “home.” Some readers may ask: “Where is home for you?” It's a pertinent question

The placid Aegean Sea, the whitewashed villas dotting its Islands and “Zorba's Dance” could delude some into believing that all is well

Whether we choose to move forward or lag behind, life goes on. However, there comes a time, when looking back at the many

While it's been almost two-weeks since the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh, the ripples of his visit are still

Many Muslims currently living in the west claim that they are facing discrimination and even bigotry, on a day-to-day basis. While it's

Time seems to have a transformative impact on a person's perception of the surrounding environment. Since my stay in Dhaka this

Election Day invariably creates a festive mood mingled with a sense of anticipation. The recent mayoral contest in Dhaka on April 28 was no different.

Sometimes I wish I was a gifted fiction writer and not a mediocre columnist.

Sometimes I wish I was a gifted fiction writer and not a mediocre columnist.

With time the Pahela Baisakh festivities in Bangladesh have assumed a grand and massive scale, as if people are making a bold

The Independence Day celebrations across the country, combined with the national euphoria created by the Bangladesh Cricket team's

A little more than a year ago I wrote an unflattering piece on the Bangladesh cricket team's performance in the Asia Cup. Today realities

During my late teens and early twenties I was obsessed with the dream of a free, secular and democratic Bangladesh.

SPEAKING at London's Science Museum recently, physicist Stephen Hawking said: “The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression.