S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed (eds.)Amulet Books, 2020

Being a Dhakaite, your Eids in childhood were spent in mournful longings for something to happen.

The panel supplied a critical as well as emotional commentary on the issues of linguistic hegemonisation, power imbalances, the marginalisation of non-Bangali languages and identities, and the aftermath of the revolutionary spirit of July 2024

This was the first poetry competition in the Rohingya camp

While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, enriching the experience of Ramadan and deepening one’s spiritual reflections

Beneath the ocean of a cave  Are you not born with bareness?

She told me in her last visit— “Hold on to hope, my child.

Having jotted down the iambic stanzas on the chopping board and collected the veggies alive from the realms of metaphors that smell the labor of her regular gardening records;

I was raised in the old country, back in the old house where all my siblings had grown up long before I was born.

Throughout the session, Mohaiemen’s passionate, spontaneous, and engaging demeanour captivated the audience, fostering a deeper understanding of storytelling through images.

Tell me about this life you live behind the curtain…

What matters when there's a Motherland to defend? 

On the evening of February 10 the curtain fell for the last time on a performance that, over the preceding days, had cast an enchanting spell upon its audience.

Review of ‘Apni Ki Alien Dekhte Chan?’ (Afsar Brothers, 2024) by Wasif Noor

Pre-occupation Palestine had, to use Anglo-American poet WH Auden's words, "marble well-governed cities" full of "vines and olive trees." But Israel and its allies have turned it into "an artificial wilderness"

Dr Zaman, this year’s recipient of the Ekushey Padak, guided the audience to use the Pink Shelf regardless of gender, “I will also say that a man can be a greater feminist than a woman.

This International Women’s Day, Star Books and Literature brings to you a list of five books that delve into the history of feminist movements and feminist resistance.

Mohsin would burst into laughter, saying, "Justice for rape? Is that even a crime worthy of justice?" Rabeya, laughing alongside him, would add, "People expect justice for rape these days? I'm speechless at their naïveté!" 

With International Women’s Day being celebrated across the world tomorrow, we here at Star Books and Literature decided to take a moment to read and reflect on the many expressions of female rage in both ancient and contemporary literature

face to face, 20 taka in my pocket and this keyless map do you think love ever ends?