A taste of rural Bengal at Rajshahi’s Varendra Resort
Every few days, people like us living in the concrete cities, especially Dhaka, are susceptible to fatigue relating to city living.
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM
BRB...GONE CAMPING
One of my fondest memories consists of three days spent camping with my friends, in the large field behind my school. Messing around with the tents until someone who knew their business set it up for us, making “gadgets” out of driftwood or tree branches, the “freezer”
29 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Monsoon predicaments
Intermittent rain, the preceding humidity, and the scorching sun combination common to monsoon days is a recipe that often makes for the spread of the common cold, flu, and also fever. Annoying and painful normally, these can become serious if not taken care of.
22 July 2019, 18:00 PM
The scent of rain
The breeze that heralds rain has a different smell —a rich soothing aroma, instantly evocative of wet earth, and unbridled joy of feeling the first drops of much anticipated rain, cooling droplets cutting the dominance of a blazing sun, or increasing the mystique of a pitch black silent night.
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Little Asia: Asia’s greatest hits
There is nothing that brings people close like food, and the Asian cuisine can boast perhaps the largest variety of goodies; spicy, savoury, and scrumptious.
3 June 2019, 18:00 PM
The versatile short kameez
The first time I became aware of fashion trends, sometime in my early teens, it was because this picture of a pristine white kameez with delicate beige embroidery on the neckline, sleeve hems, and the side slits caught my eye, and I wanted it so badly for that Eid.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM
A village fair
As our lives move away from our rural agrarian roots, more and more traditions that were quintessential to the Bengali experience are slowly lost.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM
A belle’s love for bangles
What is there to not like about a wristful of gently clinking glass bangles? Nothing!
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM
A wristful of rainbow
In our always-in-a-rush lives, truly just running from place to place, and errand to errand, barely taking a breather every weekend, ‘We have no time to stand and stare.’
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM
A queen–sized heart
Modern narratives are wretchedly bare of the stories of powerful Muslim women, and their achievements are rarely emphasised.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Love for my language
I am sure you have heard it, being hurled at someone, by someone who claims to love their mother tongue, so much that they cannot stand any other in their home turf.
25 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Nostalgia avenue
I am one of those people who grew up under the proverbial rock, so the first time I witnessed Ralph's wrecking prowess was last week.
25 February 2019, 18:00 PM
To the sacred cities
One of the first set of story books I received, read, and till date cherish, are about the Sirah — the life of the beloved Prophet Muhammad (S).
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM
The waterfall on the Sangu
Winter leaves us too early every year, and is already bidding adieu this time too, but if you want to catch a touch of it still, head to the hills and valleys in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Barishal the unspoilt
Legends speak of holy men travelling places carried by large fish, turtles, birds, carpets, animals, jinns, and such, but I am yet to hear of anyone travelling on the back of an Ilish.
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Izakaya: for the love of fusion Japanese
If the wedding hullabaloo and the repetitive rich food, however delicious, gets to be too much, or if you happen to be among the lucky couples who got hitched this
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM
The mehr mystery
Weddings anywhere are occasions to rejoice new beginnings, be those seeped in simplicity or wild extravagant fanfare. But apart from the elements of gaiety and the obvious joy and lifestyle change for the couple and their families, there are also legal aspects pertaining to the official side of the union of two people.
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM
White Elegance at klubhaus
In this melee of the colours that weddings are, perhaps the best bet to truly stand out, especially as the guest or the best mate of the bride or groom, is by opting for the regal and classic white.
26 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Sunsets & Pearls
With the azure sky kissing the horizon and warm sea breeze flowing through our hair, one could not help but ignore their calming effects on the senses and come to the only natural conclusion
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Nepal calling
The mystique of towering mountains, some snow-capped, some verdant, interspersed with lush valleys, singing brooks, and rivers rushing between mountains, is what Nepal is to me.
1 October 2018, 18:00 PM