Samin Sabah Islam

But it's a new hand embroidered designer cashmere one, that too in shamrock green? Oh dear, you need help. Read on.

Aww, look at you scribbling down names of exotic places to visit and listing down movies you're going to watch when vacation starts, beside your inaccurate math calculations. That's real cute. Here's how it's really going to go down.

The rumour mill is the whimsical fifth grade game of Chinese whisper that could start with “Jenny flushed the tiny sea creature” and potentially end at “Jenny has a crush on the new English teacher”.

All those debating and 'Best Delegate' crests you're stocking your shelves with are no match against twenty minutes in a room packed with faces you see twice a year.

While the age for driving licenses and national IDs are signified boldly in society, the correct age for social accountability remains a confusion amidst ignorance and excuses.

While the age for driving licenses and national IDs are signified boldly in society, the correct age for social accountability remains a confusion amidst ignorance and excuses.

Load shedding season is back. We are the victims and must thrive to survive.

Seriously, don't be the reason elevators bring people down.

Nobody likes being the stray cat at a wedding who only takes selfies, since they're a stranger to everybody but perhaps the happy couple. However, with the mere thought of kacchi and unlimited free coffee, we eventually give in.

From howling “Mama, duita shingara” to frantically skimming through bio notes at the last minute for next period's test to bunking math and jamming with a guitar and dudh cha by the staircase – cafeterias not only occupy an enormous space on our school/university grounds but also in our hearts (because who doesn't know that the way to our hearts are through our stomachs?).

Party, next Friday? Prep must start from at least a week before. Bengali house parties are disasters just waiting to happen

I'm a poet and I tell you this,

Dieting and exercising is tough. Sometimes, we, the horizontally challenged need a gentle push, a trace of added motivation to run that extra mile (literally).

One destructive guy. Two fierce, infatuated best friends. A tinge of envy, a spoonful of passive aggressive insults, catfights, and a whole lot of drama.

Some people overlook the hidden meanings behind handshakes because it's an impulsive greeting. But there are many things one can infer from a simple handshake.

Horror movies are created with intentions greater than petrifying you of entering the bathroom solo for weeks, or providing an excuse to play hero as your girlfriend grasps on to you in terror. They aim to convey momentous teachings that your life and death dangerously dangle upon.

Sometimes even cupid's work needs a little push. That's where the wingwoman walks in with the sole duty of finding the single friend a Pringle.

Being in a trio, we don't respond very well to pair works. We're just not about that lifestyle. We face great dilemma when asked to pick a partner.

Coffee tastes better in your tainted china cup,

Marriage, the supposed unification of two souls. What doesn't quite make the "happily ever after" image is the separation between